今兒興沖沖的給胖友們發(fā)信息祝小年快樂，卻收到好些如下回復(fù)：
“是明天啊瓜贾，你似不似撒诺祸。”
“納尼祭芦？這才幾號(hào)翱瓯俊！早著呢肮昃ⅰ胃夏！”
“年還沒過咋還先過上小年了”
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寶寶心里苦啊，什么情況啊這是昌跌。
感謝度娘及微博君仰禀，解了本寶寶滴疑惑。既如此蚕愤，善良的斯諾姑娘我來跟大家科普下小年的知識(shí)悼瘾！
【小年的英文名字叫啥】【How to say it in English】
Minor Spring Festival或Minor Chinese New Year
二者皆可
【小年是啥】【what is it】
總的來說，小年的定義有仨：
In general, there are three different definition of the Minor Chinese New Year:
1.農(nóng)歷臘月是小建的年份审胸，也就是說亥宿，農(nóng)歷臘月只有29天，沒有年三十的年份砂沛。
A lunar year in which the last month has 29 days.
2. 小年通常在臘月二十三或二十四日烫扼，意味祭灶。
Festival on the 23rd or 24th of the 12th month of the lunar year, when sacrifices are made to the kitchen god.
3.指果樹歇枝碍庵、竹子等生長得慢的年份映企。
Non-bearing year (for fruit trees, bamboo, etc.)
【時(shí)間】【Time】
小年在各地日期不同悟狱。北方是臘月廿三，南方部分地區(qū)是臘月廿四堰氓，江浙滬把臘月廿四和除夕前一夜都稱為小年夜挤渐；安徽北部和南京地區(qū)把小年和元宵合在一塊,而西南和北方部分少數(shù)民族地區(qū)則又是除夕。
The time to celebrate this festival varies from place to place across China. In the north part, it is usually celerated on the 23rd of the Luna month, while in the south part it is the 24th and the night before new year's eve. In north part of An hui province and Nanjing, people combine the minor Chinese new year and the Latern Festival together. In the south-west part, where there is filled with minorities, the Minor Chinese New Year is celebrated on the Chinese New Year's eve.
【習(xí)俗】【Convention】
1双絮、【祭灶王】 【Offer sacrifices to Kitchen God】
為灶神燒紙錢浴麻，祈福來年灶王爺保佑。
Burning a paper image of the Kitchen God is seen as one of the most important convention on the Minor Chinese, as it can dispatchthe god's spirit to Heaven to report on the family's conduct over the past year. It is believed that the Kitchen God will oversee and protect the household for another year.
2囤攀、【吃灶糖 】【Guandong Candy】
Guandong candy, a sticky sweet made out of glutinous millet and sprouted wheat, is a traditional snack that Chinese people eat on the Festival of the Kitchen God.
3软免、【剪發(fā)】【get hair cut】
民間有"有錢沒錢，剃頭過年"的說法焚挠。沐浴理發(fā)的活動(dòng)膏萧，多集中在小年前后進(jìn)行。
As the old Chinese saying goes, “whether you are rich or poor, get a haircut before the Spring Festival”. The activity of taking bath and haircut is often taken on the Little New Year.
后記：斯諾姑娘乃北方女漢子一枚蝌衔，so榛泛，今天就是我們的小年啦。斯諾姑娘在這兒祝大家小年快樂啦噩斟！么么噠Ｐ！
