[color=a href=http://yulinapp.com/index.php?app=public&mod=Topic&act=index&k=169179%3B%22%3E%3Cstrong%3E%E5%8C%97%E6%96%B9%E5%9C%B0%E5%8C%BA%E6%98%AF%E8%85%8A%E6%9C%88%E4%BA%8C%E5%8D%81%E4%B8%89%3C%2Fstrong%3E%3C%2Fspan%3E%EF%BC%8C%3Cspan+style%3D%22color%3A+#169179]北方地区是腊月二十三，[color=#/ae67e23]部分南方地区是腊月二十四，是中国民间传统的[color=a href=http://yulinapp.com/index.php?app=public&mod=Topic&act=index&k=ba372a%3B%22%3E%E7%A5%AD%E7%81%B6%E6%97%A5%EF%BC%8C%E7%A7%B0%E2%80%9C%E5%B0%8F%E5%B9%B4%E2%80%9D%3C%2Fspan%3E%3C%2Fstrong%3E%EF%BC%8C%E4%B9%9F%E8%A2%AB%E7%A7%B0%E4%B8%BA%3Cspan+style%3D%22color%3A+#ba372a]祭灶日，称“小年”，也被称为[color=#/a236fa1]灶王节。
小年也意味着人们开始准备年货，准备干干净净过个好年，表示新年要有新气象，表达了中国劳动人民一种辞旧迎新、迎祥纳福的美好愿望。

古时，过小年有[color=a href=http://yulinapp.com/index.php?app=public&mod=Topic&act=index&k=ba372a%3B%22%3E%3Cstrong%3E%E2%80%9C%E5%AE%98%E4%B8%89%E6%B0%91%E5%9B%9B%E8%88%B9%E4%BA%94%E2%80%9D%3C%2Fstrong%3E%3C%2Fspan%3E%E7%9A%84%E4%BC%A0%E7%BB%9F%EF%BC%9A%3C%2Fspan%3E%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp+style%3D%22text-align%3A+justify%3B%22%3E%3Cspan%3E%E5%AE%98%E5%AE%B6%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%8F%E5%B9%B4%E6%98%AF%E8%85%8A%E6%9C%88%E4%BA%8C%E5%8D%81%E4%B8%89%EF%BC%8C%E7%99%BE%E5%A7%93%E5%AE%B6%E7%9A%84%E6%98%AF%E8%85%8A%E6%9C%88%E4%BA%8C%E5%8D%81%E5%9B%9B%EF%BC%8C%E8%80%8C%E6%B0%B4%E4%B8%8A%E4%BA%BA%E5%AE%B6%E5%88%99%E6%98%AF%E8%85%8A%E6%9C%88%E4%BA%8C%E5%8D%81%E4%BA%94%E3%80%82%3C%2Fspan%3E%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp+style%3D%22text-align%3A+justify%3B%22%3E%3Cspan%3E%E9%82%A3%E6%97%B6%EF%BC%8C%3Cspan+style%3D%22color%3A+#ba372a]“官三民四船五”的传统：
官家的小年是腊月二十三，百姓家的是腊月二十四，而水上人家则是腊月二十五。
那时，[color=#/aba372a]祭灶日的地位仅次于中秋节，在外做官、经商或读书者，都要在祭灶日前赶回家团圆，吃自家做的祭灶糖果，[color=a href=http://yulinapp.com/index.php?app=public&mod=Topic&act=index&k=ba372a%3B%22%3E%3Cstrong%3E%E4%BB%A5%E6%B1%82%E7%81%B6%E7%A5%9E%E7%A5%88%E7%A6%8F%E3%80%81%E6%9D%A5%E5%B9%B4%E5%85%A8%E5%AE%B6%E5%B9%B3%E5%AE%89%E3%80%82%3C%2Fstrong%3E%3C%2Fspan%3E%3C%2Fspan%3E%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3E%3Cimg+src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fstatic2.yulinapp.com%2F%2F2022%2F0125%2F1643081721935405259021923.jpg%22+width%3D%22100%25%22+%2F%3E%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp+style%3D%22text-align%3A+justify%3B%22%3E%3Cspan%3E%E4%BC%A0%E8%AF%B4%E7%81%B6%E7%8E%8B%E7%88%B7%E5%8E%9F%E4%B8%BA%E5%B9%B3%E6%B0%91%E5%BC%A0%E7%94%9F%EF%BC%8C%E5%A8%B6%E5%A6%BB%E4%B9%8B%E5%90%8E%E7%BB%88%E6%97%A5%E8%8A%B1%E5%A4%A9%E9%85%92%E5%9C%B0%EF%BC%8C%E8%B4%A5%E5%B0%BD%E5%AE%B6%E4%B8%9A%E6%B2%A6%E8%90%BD%E5%88%B0%E4%B8%8A%E8%A1%97%E8%A1%8C%E4%B9%9E%E3%80%82%3C%2Fspan%3E%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp+style%3D%22text-align%3A+justify%3B%22%3E%3Cspan%3E%E4%B8%80%E5%A4%A9%EF%BC%8C%E4%BB%96%E4%B9%9E%E8%AE%A8%E5%88%B0%E4%BA%86%E5%89%8D%E5%A6%BB%E9%83%AD%E4%B8%81%E9%A6%99%E5%AE%B6%EF%BC%8C%E7%BE%9E%E6%84%A7%E9%9A%BE%E5%BD%93%EF%BC%8C%E4%B8%80%E5%A4%B4%E9%92%BB%E5%88%B0%E7%81%B6%E9%94%85%E5%BA%95%E4%B8%8B%E7%83%A7%E6%AD%BB%E4%BA%86%E3%80%82%3C%2Fspan%3E%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp+style%3D%22text-align%3A+justify%3B%22%3E%3Cspan%3E%E7%8E%89%E5%B8%9D%E7%9F%A5%E9%81%93%E5%90%8E%EF%BC%8C%E8%AE%A4%E4%B8%BA%E5%BC%A0%E7%94%9F%E8%83%BD%E5%9B%9E%E5%BF%83%E8%BD%AC%E6%84%8F%EF%BC%8C%E8%BF%98%E6%B2%A1%E5%9D%8F%E5%88%B0%E5%BA%95%EF%BC%8C%E6%97%A2%E7%84%B6%E6%AD%BB%E5%9C%A8%E4%BA%86%E9%94%85%E5%BA%95%EF%BC%8C%E5%B0%B1%E6%8A%8A%E4%BB%96%E5%B0%81%E4%B8%BA%E7%81%B6%E7%8E%8B%EF%BC%8C%E6%AF%8F%E5%B9%B4%E8%85%8A%E6%9C%88%E4%BA%8C%E5%8D%81%E4%B8%89%E3%80%81%E4%BA%8C%E5%8D%81%E5%9B%9B%E4%B8%8A%E5%A4%A9%E6%B1%87%E6%8A%A5%EF%BC%8C%E5%A4%A7%E5%B9%B4%E4%B8%89%E5%8D%81%E5%86%8D%E5%9B%9E%E5%88%B0%E7%81%B6%E5%BA%95%E3%80%82%3C%2Fspan%3E%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp+style%3D%22text-align%3A+justify%3B%22%3E%3Cspan%3E%E8%80%81%E7%99%BE%E5%A7%93%E8%A7%89%E5%BE%97%E7%81%B6%E7%8E%8B%E4%B8%80%E5%AE%9A%E8%A6%81%E6%95%AC%E9%87%8D%EF%BC%8C%E5%9B%A0%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%96%E8%A6%81%E4%B8%8A%E5%A4%A9%E6%B1%87%E6%8A%A5%E3%80%82%3C%2Fspan%3E%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp+style%3D%22text-align%3A+justify%3B%22%3E%3Cspan+style%3D%22color%3A+#ba372a]以求灶神祈福、来年全家平安。

传说灶王爷原为平民张生，娶妻之后终日花天酒地，败尽家业沦落到上街行乞。
一天，他乞讨到了前妻郭丁香家，羞愧难当，一头钻到灶锅底下烧死了。
玉帝知道后，认为张生能回心转意，还没坏到底，既然死在了锅底，就把他封为灶王，每年腊月二十三、二十四上天汇报，大年三十再回到灶底。
老百姓觉得灶王一定要敬重，因为他要上天汇报。
[color=#/aba372a]于是，民间就有了腊月二十三、二十四的祭灶“小年”，祈求来年平安和财运。

[color=a href=http://yulinapp.com/index.php?app=public&mod=Topic&act=index&k=ba372a%3B%22%3E%3Cspan+style%3D%22color%3A+#ba372a][color=#/a000000]小年，是整个春节庆祝活动的开始。备年货、扫尘、祭灶……人们正式开启“过年模式”。
小年这天除了吃灶糖之外，在北方一些地区，火烧也是特色的节令美食，[color=a href=http://yulinapp.com/index.php?app=public&mod=Topic&act=index&k=e67e23%3B%22%3E%3Cstrong%3E%E5%AF%93%E6%84%8F%E6%9D%A5%E5%B9%B4%E7%9A%84%E6%97%A5%E5%AD%90%E7%BA%A2%E7%BA%A2%E7%81%AB%E7%81%AB%E3%80%82%3C%2Fstrong%3E%3C%2Fspan%3E%E2%80%9C%E4%BA%8C%E5%8D%81%E5%9B%9B%E5%A4%9C%E5%90%83%E5%9B%A2%E5%AD%90%E2%80%9D%E6%98%AF%E6%B1%9F%E5%8D%97%E7%9A%84%E9%A3%8E%E4%BF%97%EF%BC%8C%E4%BA%BA%E4%BB%AC%E5%9C%A8%E8%92%B8%E5%88%B6%E5%A5%BD%E7%9A%84%E5%9B%A2%E5%AD%90%E4%B8%8A%E7%82%B9%E7%BA%A2%E8%89%B2%E7%9A%84%E5%8D%B0%E5%AD%90%EF%BC%8C%3Cspan+style%3D%22color%3A+#e67e23]寓意来年的日子红红火火。“二十四夜吃团子”是江南的风俗，人们在蒸制好的团子上点红色的印子，[color=#/ae67e23]期盼一年的好彩头。