1. Thousands of households always replace old talismans with new ones
Source: "Yuan Ri" by Wang Anshi of the Song Dynasty
Translation: Chusheng The bright sun shines on thousands of households, and they all take down the old peach charms and replace them with new ones.
2. Listening to the burning of firecrackers brings out the childlike innocence, while watching the exchange of peach charms for old people
Source: "Jiawu New Year's Day" by Kong Shangren in the Qing Dynasty
Translation: Hearing the sound of firecrackers , I feel that my childlike innocence is still there, and watching others replace the peach charms makes me feel that the ups and downs of the previous year have passed.
3. Half of the lamp has not yet been lifted, but the grass in front of the lamp is written with peach symbols
Source: "Snowy Night" by Lu You of the Song Dynasty
Translation: Half the lamp is filled Before I had time to raise the cup of Tusu wine to celebrate, I was still writing the peach charms to welcome the Spring Festival in cursive script under the lamp.
4. On the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month every year, peach charms are nailed on the door of every house
Source: Song Dynasty Shi Huiyuan's "One Hundred and Two Poems"
Translation: Every year on the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, peach boards with the door gods or their names painted on them are nailed to the door of every household.
5. Corned millet is piled on the plate and the pot is full of wine, and every family is happy to change the new charm
Source: Hong Liangji's "Twelve Poems for Yunxi Race Ferry" in the Qing Dynasty
Translation: Zongzi are piled on the plate, wine is filled into a pot, and every household happily exchanges new peach charms.