What are the customs during the Spring Festival?

Spring Festival is the most important traditional festival in China, and it is also a day for people in China to celebrate the Lunar New Year. There are many colorful customs in this festive festival. Here are some main customs and related pictures of the Spring Festival.

1. New Year's Eve: New Year's Eve is one of the most important dinners in the Spring Festival. The family get together for dinner to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. The table is full of all kinds of delicious food, which symbolizes the bumper harvest and good luck in the coming year.

2. Spring Festival couplets: Spring Festival couplets are couplets posted on doors, usually composed of neat characters, meaning good luck. People believe that Spring Festival couplets can ward off evil spirits and bring good luck.

3. Firecrackers: Firecrackers are one of the indispensable fireworks in the Spring Festival. Their voices can drive away evil spirits and welcome the new year.

4. New Year greetings: During the Spring Festival, people will pay New Year greetings to each other and wish each other a happy New Year, good health and all the best.

5. Red envelopes: During the Spring Festival, elders will give red envelopes to their younger generations, which contain a certain amount of money. This is a blessing and lucky money, representing good luck and wealth.

6. Dragon and lion dance: Dragon and lion dance is a traditional performance during the Spring Festival. People wear colorful dragon and lion costumes and perform dances to pray for peace and good luck in the coming year.

7. Lanterns: Lanterns are important decorations during the Spring Festival. People hang colorful lights at home, symbolizing hope and warmth.

8. Posting blessings: People will post red blessings on the walls of their homes, meaning full of blessings and happiness.

These are common customs during the Spring Festival. I hope these pictures and introductions can help you better understand the traditional customs of the Spring Festival in China.