The custom of celebrating the New Year in Nanchang

As the saying goes: "A hundred miles of different winds, a thousand miles of different customs", the same Spring Festival, in the north and south of the motherland, in addition to eating reunion dinner, watching the Spring Festival Gala, setting off firecrackers, there are many very interesting and even wonderful customs. On New Year's Eve, the streets and alleys will be covered with neon lights, and China Red can be seen everywhere.

There is a saying in Nanchang that "every day is a year", which is no exaggeration. In fact, most Nanchang people still spend their holidays on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, and some people spend their holidays on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. From the beginning of the new year, the journey of "big fish and big meat" began.

There are many things to do on New Year's Eve, such as lucky money, posting Spring Festival couplets, preparing melon seeds, peanuts, candy, eating glutinous rice balls, watching the Spring Festival Evening, setting off fireworks together, watching fireworks and so on.

There is a saying in Nanchang: "(Nanchang dialect) one-year-old boy, two-year-old lang, three-year-old uncle." ? Chinese New Year is always children's favorite, because they can eat a lot of delicious food, and most importantly, they can receive lucky money from adults and play with their peers.

The most important activity of Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month is dragon dancing. Dragon lanterns come from every village and town. People will follow the dragon lantern team all the way, and the dragon lantern team will enter every shop in the place, which means that business is booming.