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 timing: Usually the twenty-third or twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month. It usually falls in January or February.
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 timing: Usually the twenty-third or twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month. It usually falls in January or February.
What traditions are associated with Little New Year?
Common traditions include offering, eating, year-end cleaning, flowers, local festival custom, New Year goods.