What is the custom of Wuzhen celebrating the New Year?

As a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, Wuzhen has preserved its simple folk customs for thousands of years.

Such as New Year's greetings, Lantern Festival bridge walking, Qingming outing, Dragon Boat Festival eating rice dumplings, dragon-splitting colorful rain, Tiankuang sun-drying insects, Zhongyuan river lanterns, etc.

The Spring Festival falls on the first day of the first lunar month, formerly known as "New Year" and is the most solemn traditional festival.

The day before is New Year's Eve, commonly known as "New Year's Eve", when families gather together to have a "New Year's Eve dinner".

That night, there were activities such as praying for good fortune and meeting the Kitchen God.

On the first morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, people "receive the sky", first worship their ancestors, then worship in the high hall, and then the elders and younger ones worship each other, and then meet with relatives and friends to wish them a happy new year, collectively called "New Year greetings."