What are the customs and characteristics of the Spring Festival?

1. Sweep the dust: In the folk, there is a custom of "sweeping the house on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month" on New Year's Eve. The folk proverb says "Twenty-four, sweep the house". Folk call it "Dust Day". Dust removal is year-end cleaning. Every household should clean their own homes, clean all kinds of electrical appliances, remove and wash bedding curtains, sweep six yards, dust cobwebs and dredge culverts in open channels.

2, paste Spring Festival couplets: Spring Festival couplets, people will paste Spring Festival couplets every Spring Festival to increase the festive atmosphere of the festival, also known as Spring Festival couplets. Traditional spring stickers are handwritten with a brush, but there are also spring stickers printed by machines. There are many kinds of Spring Festival couplets, including street couplets and door couplets, but not every Spring Festival couplets has a horizontal batch.

3. New Year's Day: China's annual custom culture has a long history, and various New Year's customs originate from all parts of the country, and the north and south have their own characteristics. Although customs vary from place to place, it is almost a "must-have" for Chinese New Year to prepare new year's goods and send new year's gifts all over the country.

4. ancestor worship: the most important thing in the new year is ancestor worship, which is also a traditional custom of China people. Due to cultural differences, the forms of ancestor worship vary from place to place. Some go to the wild to sweep graves, and some go to the ancestral temple to worship. No matter what the form, it is to commemorate the ancestors.

5. Visit temple fairs: temple fairs, also known as "temple fairs" or "festivals". It refers to gathering near temples, offering sacrifices to gods, entertaining and shopping, which is a traditional festival custom of China culture. Temple Fair is a traditional folk activity widely circulated in China.