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The customs of all ethnic groups belong to the Han nationality-on the first day of the New Year, people do not sweep the floor, splash water outside, enter through the back door, beat and scold children, and congratulate each other on the auspicious and prosperous New Year. Manchu-As the Chinese New Year approaches, every family cleans the courtyard. stick grilles writes couplets and wishes. On the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month, every household erected a lantern pole more than six meters high. From the first day to the sixteenth day, the red light is hung high every day. It's better to pack jiaozi on New Year's Eve, and it's better to study the pleats. When jiaozi is cooked, some of them are wrapped in copper coins, and the people who eat it will have good luck. Worship twice during the Spring Festival and once on New Year's Eve to bid farewell to the old year; Worship again on the first day of the new year to welcome the new year. There will be vault and camel jumping competitions before the Spring Festival. There is also the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month. Koreans-every family sticks Spring Festival couplets, cooks all kinds of sumptuous meals and eats "eight-treasure rice". On New Year's Eve, the whole family stayed up all night, playing gayageum and playing the flute. At the dawn of the first day, people put on holiday costumes to pay New Year greetings to their elders. During the festival, men, women and children indulge in singing and dancing, springboard pressing and tug-of-war. On the fifteenth night of the first month, a traditional celebration party is held. Several elected old people boarded the wooden "moon-watching frame", singing and dancing with long drums, flutes and suona. Oroqen-On New Year's Eve, the whole family sits around for dinner. Taste delicious food, drink wine and have New Year's Eve dinner. Young people salute and kowtow to their families and relatives and elders. At midnight, people walk around the stable with birch bark boxes or iron boxes, praying for the prosperity of six animals. On the first day of junior high school, we pay New Year greetings to each other in new clothes. Young men and women get together to dance in groups. There are hunting dances, "red fruit" dances and "black bear fighting" dances. Hezhe nationality-On New Year's Eve, everyone is busy cooking New Year's Eve, cutting window grilles and putting up lanterns. On the first day of junior high school, girls, women and children put on new clothes embroidered with clouds, went to relatives and friends' homes to pay New Year greetings and entertained guests with a "fish feast". Raw fish with hot and sour flavor, crispy "fried fish hair", salmon seeds. Folk poets offer poems and tell stories to people. Women play "touching paste" and "throwing bones". Teenagers take part in skiing, skating, shooting grass targets and crossing grass competitions. Mongolian people eat jiaozi and set off firecrackers, just like Han people. Besides, we should eat "hand-grabbed meat" on New Year's Eve to show family reunion. In the early morning of the first day, the younger generation presented "farewell wine" to their elders. Then the young men and women got on their horses, rode on yurts, kowtowed to their elders first, and then drank and danced. Later, both men and women also took this opportunity to hold horse races. Naxi people visit relatives and friends in the first month of the lunar calendar and take turns to be guests. Young men organize lantern festivals to compete with other villages. Lantern Festival is held in cities and villages to show their national stories, such as A Niu's banter, longevity, social drama night pearl, lion rolling hydrangea, phoenix dance and so on. Tibetans-On New Year's Eve, a grand "God Jumping Meeting" was held, and people wore masks to sing and dance to show that they would bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, so as to eliminate disasters and reduce happiness. Yi people-during the Spring Festival, people will get together and dance "Xi jumps over the moon". In some villages, men take water for cooking on the first day of the Lunar New Year, so that women can have a rest and give them a year's comfort. Miao people-call the Spring Festival "Hakka Year", and everyone slaughters pigs and sheep and bakes wine to celebrate the harvest, hoping that the weather will be good and the crops will be bumper in the coming year. Also need to sing "Song of Spring", the lyrics are: longing for spring, longing for spring, cherishing spring and embracing spring. Bai people-Bai people began to worship each other and give each other gifts on New Year's Eve. New Year's Eve vigil. After midnight, young men and women rushed to fetch water as a sign of thrift. In the morning, the whole family drinks sugar water soaked with rice fragrance, wishing a sweet life. We may visit places of interest together, or play dragon lantern, lion dance and overlord whip. Zhuang nationality-On New Year's Eve, every household will light a fire on the fireplace and it will not go out all night, which is called "welcome fire". The folk custom is to wrap zongzi for the New Year. During the festival, we will also organize various national cultural and sports activities to celebrate, such as singing "tea picking", lion dancing, pole dancing, playing gongs, playing top, playing ball games and performing local operas. Jing people-on New Year's Day, they should go to the well with incense sticks to worship, which is called "buying new water". On the first day of the first day, Tibetan women should carry "auspicious water" from the river before dawn. I think the new water in the first grade can bring good news and good luck, which can guarantee good luck for a year. Dongxiang people-like to have a land war during the Spring Festival to show their love for raising their own land. Qiang people-every household should make all kinds of fried calf, lamb, chicken and other sacrifices to pay homage to ancestors and gods. During the Spring Festival, they will drink and sit around the altar. The oldest person sings "opening the altar" and then sucks it from left to right with a straw about two feet long. Ewenki people-on the first day of the first month, pay New Year greetings to each other, especially to their elders and relatives. On the first night of the new year, men, women and children gather in a big house to have fun. Usually, elderly people hold this kind of entertainment party. Ladies start dancing or singing first, and then dance together regardless of gender. Daur nationality-at the dawn of the first day of the first month, women prepare breakfast, men burn incense and worship God, pray for God to bless their peace and prosperity, worship God, toast and kowtow to their elders and accept greetings from the elderly. After eating jiaozi and putting on new clothes, close relatives of men and women get together and are led by their elders to carry out various recreational activities according to their generations. Hani people-women are busy making Ciba on New Year's Eve, and young people go up the mountain to cut bamboo and build a swing frame. During the Spring Festival, both men, women and children like to play on swings. Buyi people-On New Year's Eve, the whole family sat around the fireplace and stayed up all night. As soon as New Year's Day dawned, the girls ran to the river to fetch water. Whoever carries the water first is the most diligent and happy person, which also indicates a good year. Yao nationality-during the festival, people get together and watch the funny and unique "farm drama". One person plays the role of cow, one person plays the role of farmer plowing, one person plays the role of farmer expanding hoe, and three people sing and dance to celebrate the agricultural harvest; Young men and women gathered on the lawn around the village, playing Lusheng, Qin Yue, singing folk songs and looking for the right person. Jingpo nationality-held a "shooting competition" during the Spring Festival. On the morning of the first grade, people gathered in the gym. The girls hung their embroidered wallets on the top of the bamboo pole. The shooter hung the string of his purse as a sharpshooter, and the girls rewarded the sharpshooter with a bowl of sweet rice wine. Lahu nationality-The first to fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the "Pagoda Expansion" Festival of Lahu nationality in Yunnan (Lahu Spring Festival). On New Year's Eve, every household should make glutinous rice cakes symbolizing the sun, the moon and the stars, offering sacrifices to the sun, the moon and the stars, hoping that the new year will be good and the crops will be plentiful. From the first day to the fourth day, young men and women rushed to the spring to meet the new water symbolizing purity and happiness. At the same time, bring gifts to visit relatives and friends.