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What activities are there on New Year's Day?

1, the custom of Chinese New Year in ancient China. In ancient times, New Year's Day was the first day of the first lunar month to commemorate the day of offering sacrifices to heaven and earth and the founding emperor Yao. Every dynasty held ceremonies and ceremonies to celebrate New Year's Day, such as offering sacrifices to ancestors, writing couplets on doors, writing blessings and dancing dragon lanterns. People have also gradually formed celebrations such as offering sacrifices to gods and buddhas, posting Spring Festival couplets, setting off firecrackers, observing the New Year, having family reunion dinners, and making countless fires.

2. Modern New Year's Day custom in China. 1949 After the founding of New China, 1 in the solar calendar was designated as New Year's Day, because New Year's Day was born in the Republic of China. Of course, the customs and habits of celebration are mostly similar to the Spring Festival, which can also be said to be a pocket version of the Spring Festival. After all, New Year's Day is not a traditional festival in China, although it follows some traditional ways of celebration. Such as setting off fireworks, killing Sansheng, offering sacrifices to ghosts and gods, and offering sacrifices to ancestors.