Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Traditional festivals - Chinese Folkways and Customs (20 to 30 words)

Chinese Folkways and Customs (20 to 30 words)

New Year's Customs

Lapa: The eighth day of the eighth month of the Lunar Calendar is a traditional Han Chinese festival that signals the coming of the "Jubilee of the Year". Traditionally, Laha congee is drunk and Laha garlic is made on this day. See Laha Festival

Stove-worshiping, which is the sending of Zaowang to heaven on New Year's Day

Sweeping the dust,

Putting up Spring Festival couplets and New Year's paintings,

Inviting the gods, worshipping the gods and sending the gods to the gods,

Burning incense and candles,

Hanging lanterns with lighted candles, which are very beautiful when the candle flame flutters around. If you put a light bulb in the lantern, it will be much less beautiful.

Worshiping ancestors,

Drumming,

New Year's Eve dinner, keeping watch,

Firecrackers,

Paying respect to the New Year,

New Year's money,

Stilt stepping, dragon lantern dance,

Reunion of all the families. People who go out to study and work have to go home to their parents to celebrate the New Year together.