Traditional etiquette for the Spring Festival _550 words

During the winter vacation, several of our classmates made a comprehensive survey on the traditional customs and habits of the Spring Festival in China. The following is our investigation report.

On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, also known as "off-year", people hold a ceremony of offering sacrifices to stoves on this day. After holding the sacrificial stove, they officially began to prepare for the New Year. Every year from the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month to New Year's Eve, people call it "Spring Festival".

New Year's Eve, that is, New Year's Eve. New Year's Eve means "the month is poor and the year is over". People should get rid of the old year and welcome the new year. On this day, most people go home to reunite with their relatives and put up Spring Festival couplets on their doors. In the evening, people eat jiaozi at home and watch the Spring Festival Gala.

On New Year's Day, people go out to pay New Year's greetings. When greeting the New Year, the left hand wraps around the right hand, and the right hand makes a fist. The first is to visit relatives; The second is a courtesy visit; The third is a grateful visit; The fourth is a series of visits.

The fifth day of the first month, commonly known as breaking the fifth day. Many taboos can be broken before the break of the fifth day. This day is the holy day of the god of wealth, so all the shops, large and small, have opened. I believe that opening on this day will definitely make a fortune.

According to folklore, the first day to the sixth day is the day of six animals, and the seventh day is the day of people. On the eighth day of the first month, the legend is Xiaomi's birthday; The ninth day of the first month is this day. It is said that this day is the birthday of the Jade Emperor. On the tenth day of the first month, stone tools such as grinding and grinding should not be moved for fear of hurting crops.

The fifteenth day of the first month is the Lantern Festival. This day is the main traditional festival in China, also known as Shangyuan Festival, because it is the first full moon night of the New Year. Because this festival has the custom of watching lanterns in past dynasties, it is also called Lantern Festival.

Spring Festival is an ancient festival in China, and it is also the most important festival in a year. How to celebrate this festival, in the thousands of years of historical development, has formed some relatively fixed customs, many of which have been passed down to this day, and we should keep these Spring Festival customs.