What are the folk customs of the Spring Festival?

The customs of the Spring Festival include: buying new year's goods, sweeping dust, pasting couplets, eating New Year's Eve, observing New Year's Eve, dancing dragons and lions, beating gongs and drums, flying flags, setting off lanterns and placing wine, enjoying flowers and lanterns, offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors, praying for disaster relief, worshiping gods, holding dragon boat races and holding temple fairs.

The Spring Festival evolved from the ritual of praying for the New Year at the beginning of ancient times. The activities to celebrate the New Year are centered on praying for the New Year, and are carried out in the form of eliminating the old, worshipping ancestors, exorcising evil spirits and praying for a bumper harvest. The content is rich and colorful, lively and festive, and the annual flavor is rich, which embodies the essence of traditional culture of Chinese civilization.

Dust removal: Dust removal means year-end cleaning, which is called "cleaning" in the north and "cleaning" in the south. Whenever the Spring Festival comes, every household should clean the environment, clean all kinds of electrical appliances, remove and wash bedding curtains, sweep six yards, dust cobwebs and dredge culverts in open channels.

Eating New Year's Eve: The New Year's Eve originated from the end of the year ceremony in ancient times, and it is a reunion dinner after offering sacrifices to the gods and ancestors. Reunion dinner is the highlight of the year ago, which is not only colorful, but also very meaningful. Worship the gods and ancestors before the reunion dinner, and eat after the worship ceremony.

Happy New Year: Happy New Year is a way of visiting relatives and friends to congratulate each other during the New Year. Paying New Year greetings is an important activity in the Spring Festival, and it is also a way for people to express their best wishes to each other. They visit relatives and friends, pay New Year greetings to each other and say some words of congratulations on new happiness, wealth, congratulations and Happy New Year.