馃崿 Little New Year
A pre-New-Year household festival of sending off the Kitchen God, cleaning, sweets, offerings, and preparations for the lunar year.
Open in the 3D map- China 路 Beijing Little New Year 路 Beijing
- China 路 Jiangnan Kitchen God Send-Off 路 Jiangnan
- China 路 Fujian Sending the Gods 路 Fujian
- China 路 Guangdong Kitchen God Thanksgiving 路 Guangdong
- Taiwan 路 Taiwan Sending the Gods 路 Tainan
- China 路 Tianjin Little New Year 路 Tianjin
Traditions and customs
- offering
- eating
- year-end cleaning
- flowers
- local festival custom
- New Year goods
- hanging spring couplets
- worship
Food and symbols
- local festival food
- dumplings
- rice cake
- tangyuan
- cake
- sweet rings
- offering
- flowers
When it is celebrated
Little New Year is usually organized around Usually the twenty-third or twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month. Month: Jan / Dec
Shared roots and regional differences
Shared roots: blessing, family reunion, New Year renewal, offering, flowers, year-end cleaning, New Year goods, dumplings
China regional differences
- Beijing Little New Year (China 路 Beijing): offering, eating, dumplings, yangge dance, traditional clothing
- Jiangnan Kitchen God Send-Off (China 路 Jiangnan): year-end cleaning, rice cake, traditional clothing
- Fujian Sending the Gods (China 路 Fujian): offering, nanyin music, drums temple fair, traditional clothing
- Guangdong Kitchen God Thanksgiving (China 路 Guangdong): sweet rings, rice cake, lion dance percussion, traditional clothing
- Taiwan Sending the Gods (Taiwan 路 Tainan): drums, traditional clothing
- Tianjin Little New Year (China 路 Tianjin): offering, eating, dumplings, traditional clothing
Little New Year
Little New Year matters because it turns renewal, reunion, blessing, and a fresh seasonal start into a visible cultural system of time, place, family, and public ritual.
Customs
- offering
- eating
- year-end cleaning
- flowers
- local festival custom
- New Year goods
- hanging spring couplets
- worship
Food
- local festival food
- dumplings
- rice cake
- tangyuan
- cake
- sweet rings
- offering
- flowers
Music / Dance
- local music and dance
- yangge dance
- nanyin music
- drums temple fair
- lion dance percussion
- drums
FAQ
What is Little New Year?
A pre-New-Year household festival of sending off the Kitchen God, cleaning, sweets, offerings, and preparations for the lunar year.
When is Little New Year celebrated?
Little New Year is usually organized around Usually the twenty-third or twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month. Month: Jan / Dec.
What traditions are associated with Little New Year?
Common traditions include offering, eating, year-end cleaning, flowers, local festival custom, New Year goods.