What are the traditional customs of Spring Festival in China?

The traditional custom of Spring Festival in China is:

1. Posting Year Red: Every household posts Year Red on the 28th, 29th or 30th of each year (Year Red is the general name of red festive elements such as Spring Festival couplets, door gods, banners, New Year pictures and blessings). Sticking New Year Red (waving spring) is a traditional Chinese New Year custom in China, which adds a festive atmosphere and places people's good expectations for the new year and new life.

2. Keeping old: Keeping old on New Year's Eve is one of the annual customs, and the custom of keeping old has a long history. The folk custom of observing the new year is mainly manifested in that every household lights a New Year's fire and gets together to keep the "New Year's fire" from going out and wait for the moment to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year.

3. Happy New Year: Happy New Year, one of the annual custom activities. Welcome the new year on the morning of the first day of the year and worship the "Year God". "Sui", also known as "country" and "Tai Sui", is an ancient star name.

Modern China New Year Customs

The Spring Festival, in a narrow sense, refers to the first day of the first lunar month, and in a broad sense refers to the first day of the first lunar month to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Spring Festival, also known as China New Year, is the biggest traditional folk festival. In the historical development, it has integrated a variety of folk customs and formed some relatively fixed customs.

During the Spring Festival, the main contents of the celebration are to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, to welcome the new and to receive the blessings, to worship the gods and ancestors, and to pray for a bumper harvest. Rich and colorful forms, with strong regional characteristics.