What are the festive customs of the Spring Festival in the North

1, honoring the god of the stove: the small year in the north to honor the god of the stove, in this day, legend has it that the god of the stove up to the sky to the Jade Emperor to report on the work of the day. Households in front of the portrait of the God of the stove full of tribute, expecting the God of the stove in the Jade Emperor where a few words of praise. "Saying good things in heaven and sending good luck back to the palace" exactly describes people's good expectations.

2, paste couplets: paste couplets is China's Spring Festival unique customs, every year, the eve of the Spring Festival, families will be at both ends of the door, with a large red paper, written on the blessing of the words, pasted on both sides of the door frame, which implies that two years can be a good wind and rain, and wishing good luck and other good wishes.

3, firecrackers: New Year's Eve firecrackers is also one of the customs of the Spring Festival, legend has it that in ancient times there is a very vicious beast, will be in the Spring Festival, breaking into the village, the people, but the beast is very afraid of firecrackers, so people will be in the night of New Year's Eve firecrackers, to scare away the beast. Nowadays, fireworks are banned in big cities to protect the environment, but they are still allowed in rural areas.

The Spring Festival, the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar, also known as the lunar year, commonly known as "New Year's Eve". This is one of the grandest and most lively traditional festivals in folklore. The Spring Festival has a long history, originated in the Yin Shang period at the end of the year the gods and ancestors activities. The Spring Festival is here, meaning that spring will come, the recovery of grass and trees renewed, a new round of sowing and harvesting season will begin. People have just passed through the ice and snow, grass and trees withered the long cold winter, have long been looking forward to the days of spring, when the arrival of the Spring Festival, naturally full of joy singing and dancing to meet the festival.