My opinion on the traditional New Year greeting etiquette

Happy New Year in all directions # You should toast your family first.

A very important activity in the Spring Festival is to visit relatives, friends and neighbors. In China, the custom of paying New Year greetings has a long history. In ancient times, there were differences between New Year greetings and New Year greetings: New Year greetings were deducted from elders; The New Year is a time for peers to congratulate each other. Now, some organs, organizations, enterprises and schools get together to congratulate each other, which is called "group worship".

New Year greetings usually begin at home.

On the morning of the first day, after getting up, the younger generation should first pay a New Year call to their elders, wishing them a long and healthy life and all the best. After the elders worship, they should distribute the "lucky money" prepared in advance to the younger generation. After greeting the elders at home, when they go out to meet each other, people greet the New Year with a smile and exchange auspicious words such as "Congratulations on getting rich", "Good luck in all seasons" and "Happy New Year". Neighbors, relatives and friends will also visit each other or invite them to drink and entertain.

There are five common ways to pay New Year greetings:

From the ceremony, there are usually several ways to "worship the law" in New Year's greetings:

First, bow down, that is, bow down and kowtow. Nowadays, in some rural areas, it is ok for the younger generation to pay New Year greetings to the elders, especially the underage René to pay New Year greetings to the elders with higher qualifications.

The second is to bow, bow, bow posture is to raise your hand and make a fist first. These fuels must not be misplaced. A man is still zu ǐ, that is, a man holds his right hand with his left hand. This is called "Bai Ji", on the contrary, it is "fierce worship". On New Year's Day, holding the left hand with the right hand will bring bad luck. Salute, regardless of seniority, holding Qi Mei, up and down a few times, after the heavy ceremony can bow. This kind of etiquette is generally that the younger generation greets the elders, or that the younger generation greets the superiors.

The third is boxing, which is a unique traditional etiquette of the Chinese nation. Fist is to hold the right hand with the left hand, naturally hold it together, moderately tight, and naturally shake slightly before the chest, not too hard or too high. This kind of etiquette is more common in New Year greetings among peers.

The fourth kind is hail, a kind of ancient female etiquette. The right hand covers the left hand, and the fist is half clenched. It is attached to the right side of the waist and ribs. Swing up and down slightly, knees slightly squat. Sometimes, while saluting, we call it hail. It is rarely used now.

Bowing, a common etiquette in modern times, is used to pay New Year greetings, which is more common for younger generations to their elders, lower generations to their superiors, and also for peers, both men and women.

Traditional festival etiquette

China is a multi-ethnic country with a long history of five thousand years. In the historical process of continuous development, many traditional festivals with unique features, diverse forms and rich contents have been formed. Festive customs and habits are the product of the combination of social life and national culture, reflecting our national production, life, national psychology, religious beliefs, cultural wisdom and other aspects, and have become an important part of China traditional culture. 1. Customs of the Spring Festival The Spring Festival is the biggest and most lively traditional national festival among the folk festivals in China. The Spring Festival marks the end of the Lunar New Year and the beginning of X and N years ... On the eve of the Spring Festival, from the twelfth lunar month, everyone is in a state of tension and busyness mixed with joy and expectation, preparing for a good year. Among them, on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, there is the custom of drinking Laba porridge; The 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month is the traditional day of offering sacrifices to stoves. Spring Festival couplets are posted on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month. Since the Song Dynasty, inscribing Spring Festival couplets has gradually become a necessary custom for Spring Festival activities in China. The real "New Year" begins on New Year's Eve. New Year's Eve refers to the last day of the year. According to the northern folk custom, the staple food of the New Year's Eve dinner must be pasta jiaozi. There is also the custom of setting off firecrackers and fireworks during the Spring Festival. Fireworks have been set off in the New Year for more than two thousand years. At first, it was mainly to scare away ghosts and evil spirits. Later, setting off fireworks became an entertainment custom, adding a festive and lively atmosphere to the festival. The ceremony to welcome the New Year during the Spring Festival has continued to this day. It is a form for people to visit each other, congratulate the festival, bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, and it is also a means for people to exchange ideas, contact feelings and adjust relations during the festival. It is a traditional holiday etiquette to strive for a New Year's greeting, but we should pay attention to avoid the unhealthy trend of treating guests and giving gifts and drinking alcohol. Before the Spring Festival is the preparation stage, after the Spring Festival is the celebration stage, and the atmosphere of the Spring Festival will last until the fifteenth day of the first month, or even the second day of February. There is a folk saying that "the twelfth month is busy, the first month is noisy, and it will be delayed until February". Holidays, holidays, happiness and peace are the biggest characteristics during the Chinese New Year. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, just after the Spring Festival, the first full moon night of the New Year is ushered in. On this night, the bright moon hangs high in the sky, and the lanterns on the ground are colorful, forming the unique Lantern Festival in China. According to historical records, the origin of Lantern Festival is related to the rebellion put down by Emperor Wendi 1 month 15 in the Western Han Dynasty. Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty stipulated that officials and people should go out for fun every night. On the fifteenth night of the first month, every household is decorated with lanterns, brightly lit and lively everywhere, becoming a veritable "Lantern Festival". The entertainment activities of the Lantern Festival are becoming more and more abundant. Besides hanging lanterns, there are activities such as dragon lanterns, yangko, dry boat, solve riddles on the lanterns, fireworks and so on. There are lanterns and gongs, which are very lively. In addition, the most important content of the Lantern Festival is that every household should eat glutinous rice balls, also called Yuanxiao. The beginning of the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month marks the climax of the New Year celebrations.

Traditional Chinese New Year etiquette?

First of all, the most important thing in Chinese New Year is to keep the year. On New Year's Eve, friends and relatives get together and play mahjong to watch the Spring Festival Gala. Everyone stays up all night, talking about the happy events of the past year and looking forward to the new year. But be careful not to say unlucky things, because old people are very taboo about them.

After the Lunar New Year's Eve, we will begin to pay New Year's greetings. When visiting New Year, we usually put on new clothes or clothes that look festive, and bring carefully selected gifts. Note that gifts for relatives, colleagues and leaders are generally different. We should choose gifts accurately according to our relationship with the people we want to visit. Moreover, we should pay attention to knowing the address of the elders we may meet in advance, otherwise it will be embarrassing not to call the address when we meet, and we should also pay attention to saying auspicious words appropriately, and this should also be prepared in advance.

After we celebrate New Year, we always have dinner together. Then know that proper dinner etiquette can make you leave a good impression on others. Spring Festival is a happy festival, so the conversation at the dinner table should be humorous. Secondly, moderate persuasion, although the Chinese New Year is for fun, sometimes excessive persuasion will destroy the original emotional atmosphere.

Finally, the hospitality etiquette. What should I do when I go to someone else's house for the New Year? Before the Spring Festival guests come, they should clean their homes in advance and prepare fruits, sugar and tea sets. When guests arrive at home, they should be hospitable, take the initiative to pour water for them, or invite them to dinner at home.