When is New Year's Eve?

New Year's Eve refers to the last night of the twelfth lunar month every year.

New Year's Eve, commonly known as "Nianguan", refers to the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month (29 in some years) and the last day of the lunar year. On that day, no matter in the city or in the countryside, every household should clean the courtyard, tidy up the indoor and outdoor environment, put up Spring Festival couplets, pay homage to the gods, hang up money, burn incense to worship the ancestors and set off firecrackers, aiming at getting rid of the old. In the evening, every household eats green powder stew, which is called "loading warehouse", which means family reunion and long life.

While watching the Spring Festival Gala program, the whole family began to pack jiaozi and prepare for the New Year's Eve dinner. This evening, most people eat dumplings, and few people eat steamed dumplings. In the words of the elderly, steamed dumplings on New Year's Eve are unlucky. They are steam. When buying jiaozi, every family should pack as many bags as possible. When the whole family is full, there will be some left, which means "life is rich, more than one year".

The origin of New Year's Eve

According to legend, there was a fierce animal in ancient times, very fierce. People call it the year. Appears every 365 days in. As soon as this thing "Nian" came out, it would endanger mankind and cause great disaster to mankind. "Nian" came out for activities at night, so people turned off the lights and stayed up all night to avoid disaster. Later, people found that wearing red clothes and burning firecrackers could drive away the New Year.

Therefore, at the end of each year, when people feel that the Year of the Year is coming, they will set off firecrackers to ward off evil spirits and pray for good luck in the coming year. Therefore, the custom of setting off firecrackers in the New Year has spread to this day.