What are the customs during the Spring Festival?

Sweep the dust, paste Spring Festival couplets, paste New Year pictures, celebrate the New Year, set off firecrackers, have a reunion dinner, etc.

1, dust removal. The folk proverb says, "On the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, dust and sweep the house". After holding the sacrificial stove, they officially began to prepare for the New Year. Dust removal is year-end cleaning, which is called "house cleaning" in the north and "dust removal" in the south. Cleaning the dust before the Spring Festival is a traditional habit of China people.

2. Post Spring Festival couplets. Spring Festival couplets, also known as "door couplets", "couplets" and "peach symbols", are a kind of couplets, named after being posted during the Spring Festival. It depicts the background of the times and expresses good wishes with neat, dual, concise and exquisite words, which is a unique literary form in China. Every Spring Festival, no matter in urban or rural areas, every household should choose a pair of red Spring Festival couplets and stick them on the door to add festive atmosphere to the festival.

3. Paste the New Year pictures. Hanging New Year pictures during the Spring Festival is also very common in urban and rural areas. Thick black and colorful New Year pictures add a lot of prosperity and festive atmosphere to thousands of families. These all have folk functions of praying and decorating the residence. New Year pictures are an ancient folk art in China, which reflects people's customs and beliefs and places their hopes for the future.

4. keep the age. China people had the habit of New Year's Eve, commonly known as "endure the New Year". Watching the new year begins with eating New Year's Eve dinner. This New Year's Eve dinner should be eaten slowly, starting with lighting lanterns, and some families have to eat it until late at night.

5. Happy New Year. An important activity of the Spring Festival is to go to friends, relatives and neighbors' homes to congratulate the Spring Festival, which used to be called New Year greetings.

6. Set off firecrackers. When the door is opened in the morning of the Spring Festival, firecrackers are set off first, which is called "opening the door to set off firecrackers". After the firecrackers, the ground is broken red, which is the so-called "full house". At this time, the streets are full of anger and joy. The saying of "setting off firecrackers" has existed since ancient times. When the new year comes, the first thing for every household to open the door is to set off firecrackers to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new.

7. Reunion dinner. The annual reunion dinner fully shows the mutual respect and care among family members in China, which makes the relationship between families closer. Family reunion often brings spiritual comfort and satisfaction to the head of the family. The old man looks after his children and grandchildren, and the family is full. How happy it was to care for and raise children in the past, and the younger generation can take this opportunity to express their gratitude to their parents for their parenting.