Shandong Culture

Culture Insider: Traditional Spring Festival customs

(Chinaculture.org) Updated: 2017-01-22

Culture Insider: Traditional Spring Festival customs

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Day 11 of the 1st month

People make offerings to Zi Gu, the guardian angel for weak women, on the 11th day.

This day is also for Yuefu (fathers-in-law) to entertain Nuxu (sons-in-law).

In many areas, after this day, people will start preparing for the upcoming Lantern Festival which is on the 15th day of the 1st month.