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The celebration actually began on New Year's Eve.

Family reunion dinner. By New Year's Eve, you should have

Complete the following operations:

Clean the whole house and throw away everything.

Associated with the old year.

Put away all the brooms and brushes.

Pay off all your debts.

Resolve differences with family, friends, neighbors and business partners.

Buy the following products:

Red envelopes,

Oranges and/or oranges,

Put melon seeds, chocolate and coins in a round red plate.

Flowers (especially plum blossom, peach blossom and water lily),

A new set of children's clothes and shoes, preferably red or orange.

Get new dollar bills from the bank. Put the new dollar bill in the red envelope. Now red envelopes are called Alai red envelopes or lucky money envelopes.

on Chinese New Year's Eve

Get together with close family members (excluding married daughters and their families) to have a "reunion dinner".

Pay tribute to ancestors and family gods. Recognize the existence of ancestors, because they are responsible for the fate of future generations.

Open every door and window in the house at midnight and put down the old year.

On New Year's Day

Decorate your home with symbols of good luck. Here are some suggestions:

Color: bright red (happiness); Gold/orange (wealth & happiness).

Fruits: oranges and oranges (good for health & long life); An orange with intact leaves (a lasting relationship; Multi-bearing and reproduction); Persimmon (happiness and wealth).

"Chuen Hup" round candy tray (candy stands for sweetness, and circle stands for unity and continuity).

Flowers: If flowers bloom on New Year's Day, it will be a prosperous year.

Red banners or couplets with New Year's greetings and golden symbols of good luck.