Spring Festival customs or activities in different parts of China.

In China, the Spring Festival is also a custom festival for ethnic minorities. People of all ethnic groups hold various celebrations according to their own customs, which have their own strong national unique style.

Han nationality-before the Chinese New Year, the house should be cleaned inside and outside, as well as couplets and door gods. On the first day of the new year, people don't sweep the floor, splash water outside, go through the back door, beat and scold children, and congratulate each other on the good luck and prosperity of the new year.

Tujia nationality-from two days before the first day of the first month, the first day is called New Year, and the second day is called off-year. On New Year's Eve, every household lights a log, and everyone sits around and listens to the old man telling stories until dawn. During the festival, we eat "red koji fish" to symbolize wealth, and we also eat braised dishes in a large pot, which is called combination dishes. In the third grade, a "wave dance" was held, with as many as 10 thousand participants. In addition, there are dragon lanterns, lion dances, lantern festivals, dramas, martial arts and other activities.

Hezhe nationality-On New Year's Eve, everyone is busy cooking New Year's Eve, cutting window grilles and putting up lanterns. On the first day of junior high school, girls, women and children put on new clothes embroidered with clouds, went to relatives and friends' homes to pay a New Year call, and entertained guests with a "fish feast". Raw fish with hot and sour flavor, crispy "fried fish hair" and salmon roe. Folk poets offer poems and tell stories to people. Women play "touching paste" and "throwing bones". Teenagers take part in skiing, skating, shooting grass targets and crossing grass competitions.

Zhuang nationality-from the 30th day of the first month to the 2nd day of the first month for three days. Anyone who works outside must go home before thirty. On New Year's Eve, a fire will be lit on the fireplace of every household, and it will not go out all night. This is called "welcome fire". On New Year's Eve, everyone will kill chickens and ducks, steam pork, eat lean meat powder and cook barbecued pork. There are eight courses for dinner, including "boiled chicken" and stewed whole chicken. Every family should stay up until midnight, set off firecrackers and then go to bed. On the first and second days of the first month, all tourists must eat zongzi, which is stuffed and made of peeled mung beans and semi-fat, non-thin meat mixed sauce. Men and women are more likely to sing at this time, or play top, dance, match the ball and perform. Cook for a whole day on the first day of New Year's Eve to show the bumper harvest in the coming year. This kind of rice is called "Zongba", and some of it is more than a foot long and weighs five or six pounds. I like to hold flower bag throwing activities during festivals. Young men and women are divided into a team, and the distance between them is about 50 meters. Draw a line and throw it at each other. Those who draw boundaries or don't follow them will be losers.

Dong nationality-On the first day of the New Year's Day, several large and fresh carp are fished out of the pond, fried, roasted and stewed, and then served on the table, with a plate of pickled fish overflowing with fragrance. The whole table is mainly fish. Dong people say that eating fish in the Spring Festival indicates that there will be a lot of fish in the new year, with a bumper harvest of crops and a surplus of money and grain. Mountain climbing competitions are very popular during the Spring Festival. Whoever climbs to the top of the mountain first will get a gift from a girl or a young man. The girl showed off her embroidered Dong brocade, and the young people showed off exquisite bamboo boxes and hats. This activity often lasts for half a month.

Kazakhs-they like to carry out "chasing girls" activities during the Spring Festival. This kind of activity is both interesting and touching, and it is also a unique way for young men and women to express their love.

South Korea-Every household sticks Spring Festival couplets, cooks all kinds of sumptuous meals and eats "eight-treasure rice". On New Year's Eve, the whole family stayed up all night, playing gayageum and playing the flute. At the dawn of the first day, people put on holiday costumes to pay New Year greetings to their elders. During the festival, men, women and children enjoy singing and dancing, pressing springboard and tug-of-war.

Aquarium-According to the aquarium's water calendar, the twelfth day of the first month means "the end of the festival", which means "China New Year". On the night of the festival, a party was held in the stockade. Young men and women sang and danced heartily in the sound of gongs and drums and suona. There are many kinds of gongs and drums used at the get-together, the largest diameter is more than one meter, and the gong weighs one or two hundred kilograms. The drum surface is painted with patterns and the drum body is engraved with reliefs, which is not only a folk music, but also a handicraft.

Tibetans-A grand "God Jumping Meeting" was held on New Year's Eve. People wore masks to sing and dance to show farewell to the old and welcome the new, and to eliminate disasters and reduce happiness. Entertain guests with highland barley wine, butter tea and cakes during the Spring Festival.

Dai people-On the second and third day of junior high school, some villages will hold "Elephant Foot Drum Competition". The players are full of energy and keep beating drums. Whoever moves beautifully and plays the drums well will win the prize. During the Spring Festival, boys and girls throw chaff bags at each other to see who can throw them accurately and who can catch them. After playing for a period of time, the girls quietly grabbed the broadsword, wrapped cloth or tied horse worn by the young man and ran home. If this young man has feelings, follow him. When parents saw their daughter coming back with a headscarf and a good horse, they held a party. In addition, April 13 every year is the Dai New Year, and it is also the most solemn festival of the Dai people-the Water Splashing Festival. They regard splashing water as a symbol of exorcism and decontamination, and also regard this day as the most beautiful and auspicious day.

The year of the dragon alone is generally held in late December of the lunar calendar every year. The specific date is determined by each family's own divination, and the length of the festival also depends on the amount of food prepared. Because Dulong people have no writing, they used to invite guests during the Spring Festival, so they had to use carved wood or knotted rope as "invitations". After a family decides which day to celebrate the festival, it will calculate how many days are left before the festival. If you record a day by carving wood, it will carve several squares on a special board, each square represents a day, and then cut it in half, half for yourself and half for guests. From now on, both sides will cut off one grid every other day. When the last grid is left, they will know that the next day will be a holiday. If you mark this day with knots, you can tie as many knots as you want before the festival, and then give them to relatives and friends you want to invite and keep one for yourself. When you untie a knot every day, when you reach the last knot, you will know that it is a new year.

Naxi people visit relatives and friends in the first month of the lunar calendar and take turns to be guests. Young men organize lantern festivals to compete with other villages. Lantern Festival is held in cities and villages, and their own national stories are displayed, such as A Niu's sister play, longevity, social drama night pearl, lion rolling hydrangea, phoenix dance and so on.

Hani-every year for two years. One is October Festival, and the other is June Festival. The calendar of the Hani nationality begins in October, which is the "New Year". On New Year's Day in China, people visit relatives and friends and get engaged. During the "June Festival", ancestors were sacrificed and cultural and sports activities such as swinging, wrestling and singing folk songs were carried out. On New Year's Eve, women were busy making Ciba, and the young man went up the mountain to cut bamboo and set up a swing. No matter men, women and children, they like to play on swings during the Spring Festival.

Kaduo nationality (branch of Hani nationality)-Kaduo nationality in Xinping County, Yunnan Province celebrates the New Year on the sixth day of the first lunar month. Legend has it that in ancient times, brave young people in Cameroon went out to fight against foreign aggression, leaving a message when they left, and their new life began on the day they returned to China. After the war, because of the long journey, they didn't go home until the sixth day of the Lunar New Year. Hometown people set this day as the beginning of a new year. During the New Year in China, they slaughtered pigs and sheep and danced to celebrate.

Pumi people-Pumi people in the northwest Yunnan Plateau mostly start a year on the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month. On New Year's Eve, every village should fire guns three times and blow conch. Then the family get together to eat glutinous rice.

Lemo people (the appellation of Bai nationality)-mainly live in Bijiang County, Yunnan Province. They have their own methods to calculate festivals, and the dates of the Spring Festival are also different. For example, peach blossoms are called March, and sumac trees are called May when their leaves are about five inches. The result of this calculation is that a year is thirteen months, and March is called March Festival, which is equivalent to the Spring Festival of the Han nationality.

Jinuo people-Jinuo people in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan call June in the solar calendar New Year's Month. Singers take turns singing to each other. If they lose, they leave a piece of Baotou cloth and go to the next year. Every night during the New Year in China, the elderly and women are encouraged to taste wine and food, and young men and women take this opportunity to make love and find their lovers.

Manchu-When the New Year approaches, every household cleans the courtyard, stick grilles, writes couplets and wishes. On December 30th of the lunar calendar, every household erected a lantern pole more than six meters high. From the first day to the sixteenth day, the red light was hung high every day. It's best to wrap jiaozi on the New Year's Eve, and pay attention to the folds. When you cook jiaozi, some jiaozi is wrapped in copper coins, and people who eat jiaozi will have good luck. Worship twice in the Spring Festival, once on New Year's Eve, and bid farewell to the old year; Worship again on the first day of the new year to welcome the new year. There will be vault and camel jumping before the Spring Festival. There is also the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month. The New Year's Eve dinner is very rich and grand. The staple foods are glutinous rice flour or jiaozi, sesame cakes and tofu. Traditional China New Year dishes include delicious blood sausage, boiled white meat and pickled white meat with unique style, and fish dishes symbolizing good luck are even more essential. I have to eat a fresh meat jiaozi to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year.

Oroqen people-On New Year's Eve, the whole family sits around for dinner. Taste delicious food, drink wine and have New Year's Eve dinner. Young people salute and kowtow to their families, close relatives and elders. At midnight, people walk around the stables with birch bark boxes or iron boxes, praying for the prosperity of six kinds of animals. On the first day of junior high school, I wore new clothes to pay New Year greetings to each other. Young men and women get together to dance in groups. There are hunting dances, red fruit dances and black bear fighting dances.

Mongolians eat jiaozi and set off firecrackers just like Han people. Besides, we should eat "hand-held meat" on New Year's Eve to show family reunion. In the early morning of the first day of junior high school, the younger generation presented "farewell wine" to their elders. Then the young men and women got on their horses and rode on yurts, kowtowing to their elders first, then drinking and dancing, and then the men and women took advantage of this opportunity to hold horse races. On New Year's Eve, when the family is older, they will sit around the fire in the bag. After toasting the elders, they will eat roast leg of lamb and dumplings.

Yi people-During the Spring Festival, people get together to dance "Xi jumps over the moon". In some villages, men take water to cook on the first day of the Lunar New Year to give women a rest and express their condolences to the Miao people for their hard work over the past year. They call the Spring Festival "Hakka Year", and every family kills pigs and sheep and bakes wine to celebrate the harvest. I hope the weather will be good and the crops will be bumper in the coming year. I also want to sing "Song of Spring". The main idea of the lyrics is longing for spring, longing for spring, cherishing spring, embracing spring and so on.

Bai people-Bai people begin to worship each other and give gifts to each other on New Year's Eve. New Year's Eve vigil. After midnight, young men and women competed for water to show their diligence. In the morning, the whole family drinks sugar water soaked with rice fragrance, wishing a sweet life. We may visit places of interest together, or play with dragon lanterns, lion dances and whip the overlord.

Tibetans-on New Year's Day, they should bring incense sticks to the well to worship. This is called "buying new water". On New Year's Day, Tibetan women have to carry "auspicious water" from the river before dawn. People think that new water can bring good news and good luck on the first day of junior high school, and it can keep good luck for a year.

Qiang people-every household should make all kinds of fried calf, lamb, chicken and other sacrifices to worship ancestors and gods. During the New Year, they should drink and sit around the altar. The oldest person sings "opening the altar" and then sucks it from left to right with a straw about two feet long.

Ewenki people-on the first day of the first month, pay New Year greetings to each other, especially to their elders and relatives. On the first night of the Lunar New Year, men, women and children gather in a big house to have fun. Generally, the elderly call it an entertainment party. Ladies start dancing or singing first, and then everyone dances regardless of gender.

Daur people-live on both sides of Heilongjiang and Nenjiang River. On New Year's Eve, rice cakes and yellow rice are steamed together. On the morning of the first day of the lunar new year, people who visit each other grab rice cakes as soon as they enter the door, in order to pray for better every year. On the first day of the first month, at dawn, women prepare breakfast, and men burn incense to worship the gods and pray for a peaceful and fruitful year. After worshipping God, they toasted their elders and kowtowed to accept their greetings. After eating jiaozi and putting on new clothes, close relatives of men and women get together and are led by their elders to carry out various recreational activities according to their generations.

Yao nationality-during the festival, people get together to watch the funny and unique "farming drama". One person plays the role of cow, one person plays the role of ploughing farmer, one person plays the role of expanding hoe farmer, and three people sing and dance to celebrate the agricultural harvest; Young men and women gathered on the lawn around the village, playing Lusheng, Qin Yue, singing folk songs and looking for the right person. On Lunar New Year's Eve, every household is very busy, and horns and laughter are everywhere outside the village. Every year, from the first day to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, it is the "Tower Expansion" Festival of the Lahu nationality in Yunnan (Lahu Spring Festival). On New Year's Eve, every household should make glutinous rice cakes symbolizing the sun, the moon and the stars, offering sacrifices to the sun, the moon and the stars, hoping that the new year will be good and the crops will be plentiful. From the first day to the fourth day, young men and women rushed to the spring to meet the new water symbolizing purity and happiness. At the same time, bring gifts to visit relatives and friends.

Gaoshan people-Gaoshan people in Taiwan Province Province have the custom of eating "long-year dishes". Long-term vegetables are also called "mustard greens", which indicates longevity. Some people add long vermicelli to long-term dishes, symbolizing the immortal Li nationality-during the Spring Festival, every family kills pigs and chickens, prepares delicious food and wine, and the whole family sits around to eat "New Year's rice" and sing "New Year's songs" during the dinner. On the first or second day of the Lunar New Year, people hunt in groups. The prey first reaches the first shooter who hits the prey, and the remaining half is divided equally. Pregnant women can get two prey.

Wa people-besides congratulating each other when they meet for the first time in the New Year, they will also receive glutinous rice balls, sugar cane and bananas to wish their family life harmony, sweetness and beauty.

Tujia people-there must be meat and assorted dishes on the dinner table of family reunion dinner.

Uyghur-New Year family banquet food includes: Rop made of rice, mutton and raisins, Pitier Manda (steamed stuffed bun) made of flour, mutton and onion, Gesi (hand-grabbed mutton) cooked with mutton with bones, and Lanman (Lamian Noodles) made of dough. In addition, there are various traditional ethnic cakes and snacks, such as "Aisim Sanza" (jiaozi).

Yayimaza (lace prickly heat), Bohusak (fried chicken skin), Shamubosa (fried zygote), Kayikeka (fried food with different colors) and so on.

Bulang nationality-Holding the ball during the Spring Festival is both lively and interesting. Participants form a circle. First, a person lifts a small ball made of bamboo into the air, then catches the ball in sequence and lifts the ball into the air with his palm. Those who can't catch the ball will be punished for singing a song.