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On New Year's Eve, it is a tradition to stay up until midnight.

On New Year's Eve, families will get together for a reunion dinner, have fun all night and set off firecrackers to welcome the arrival of the New Year. This custom is called "Shounian".

The custom of observing the age has a long history. As early as the Jin Dynasty, it was recorded in Local Customs in the Early Zhou Dynasty. People will give gifts to each other on New Year's Eve, which is called "feeding the elderly" and inviting each other to dinner. This is called "parting the elderly", and families will get together to drink and wish each other health. This is called "parting the elderly", instead of staying up all night and waiting for dawn.

In Song Dynasty, Meng Yuan's Dream of China in Tokyo also described the firecrackers, celebrations and people in the palace on New Year's Eve. Legend has it that staying up late on New Year's Eve indicates energy in the coming year.

On New Year's Eve, many literati also described the festive scene of the night through poems, expressing the joy and expectation of the young and old for the New Year, as well as people's gathering and celebration on this night.