What are some interesting New Year customs in foreign countries?

Looking at the traditional Chinese festival of Spring Festival is coming, I would like to pay a good morning to everyone, wishing you all the best in the new year.

When it comes to the Spring Festival, I'm sure we all think of putting up spring couplets, eating New Year's Eve dinner, and visiting friends and relatives....... In fact, there are some strange New Year's customs in foreign countries, except that their New Year is not on the lunar calendar. Take a look at it ~

India

Bohil people, the indigenous peoples of central India, in celebration of the New Year, in the playground to erect a smooth and thick wooden pole, the top of the pole with a gift of the pouch, the girls holding the Harvest Bamboo pole to try to thwart to the pole climbed to the lads, the lads in the pole under the circle, and efforts to defend the girls on the pole-climber's attack until the pole-climber to capture the pouch to achieve victory. the pouch for victory.

North Korea

North Korea, like China, has the custom of putting up windowpane and peach symbols on New Year's Day. North Koreans put up couplets and New Year's paintings in every house on New Year's Day. Some people put the portrait of a longevity star or a fairy on their doors to pray for heaven's blessing, drive away ghosts and give happiness. At dawn on New Year's Day, people stuffed some banknotes into the scarecrows pre-tied on New Year's Eve and threw them to the crossroads to send away evil and welcome the lucky star. At dusk, people also burn the hair that the whole family has lost during the year, wishing the family peace in all seasons.

Mongolia

At the arrival of the new year, Mongolian old men will dress up as shepherds, wearing plush leather jackets, a leather cap, and a whip in their hands, which they keep snapping in the air to ward off evil spirits and blessings.

Singapore

Singapore, New Year's Day, get up early, happy from the elders to take the "red packet (New Year's money)". In the New Year, there is a lion and dragon dance team formed by an organization that performs along the streets. Men, women and children dress up in costumes and bring gifts to visit friends and relatives. On New Year's Day, people love to eat sweet rice cakes made of fried glutinous rice and brown sugar.

Britain

In Britain, the New Year's Day in the Gregorian calendar is not as grand as Christmas, but on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, according to local customs and habits to carry out a variety of celebratory activities to show that the old to welcome the new. British people in the late night of New Year's Eve, often with pastries and wine out to visit, they do not knock on the door, went straight into the home of friends and relatives. According to the British custom, after New Year's Eve, the first person to step into the house, heralding the luck of the new year. If the first guest is a dark-haired man, or a happy, happy and wealthy person, the host will be lucky all year round. If the first guest is a woman with light yellow hair, or a sad, poor, unfortunate person, the host will have bad luck in the new year, and will encounter difficulties and disasters.

Germany

The German New Year is celebrated for a week. During this period, every family should put a fir tree and horizontal tree, the leaves of the tree tied full of silk flowers, indicating that the flowers are like a brocade, spring is full of people. Germans in the midnight of New Year's Eve New Year's Eve before the arrival of the moment, climbed to the chair, the bell rang, they jumped off the chair, and will be a heavy object thrown behind the chair back, in order to signify the dumping of woe, jumping into the New Year.

Brazil

Brazilians swarm the mountains on New Year's Day with torches held high. People scramble to find the golden birch fruit that symbolizes happiness. Only those who defy the odds can find this rare fruit. They call it the "search for happiness". In Brazil, there is a unique custom in the countryside -- that is, pulling each other's ears. When people meet on New Year's Day, they must pull each other's ears vigorously to express their blessings.

Iran

The Islamic calendar is practiced in Iran, and its seasons and months are not fixed. In Iran, to celebrate the New Year is to celebrate the arrival of spring, often in late March of the calendar, the New Year to celebrate a week of grand, people flocked to the streets to build a "bonfire" - "night fire! "

French New Year's Eve is celebrated for a week, often in late March on the Gregorian calendar.

France

France celebrates New Year's Day with wine, and people start drinking on New Year's Day until January 3rd. The French believe that the weather on New Year's Day is a sign of the new year. Early in the morning on New Year's Day, they go out on the street to look at the wind to divine: blowing the south wind, the omen of wind and rain, the year will be safe and hot; blowing the west wind, there is a fishing and milking harvest; blowing the east wind, the fruits will be highly productive; blowing the north wind, it is the year of the poor harvest.

Paraguay

The Paraguayans celebrate the last five days of the year as "Cold Food Days". In these five days, from the head of state, down to ordinary people, can not move fireworks, can only eat cold food, until New Year's Day, you can make a fire to cook, celebrate the festival.

Mexico

There are some areas in Mexico where people are forbidden to laugh when New Year's Day arrives, and they are ****divided into 18 months, 20 days a month, and are not allowed to laugh during the last five days of the year.

After seeing so many foreign New Year's customs, even think, or our Chinese New Year is good, there are food and play, and red packets to take ~ (article from the snail interest, has been authorized to reprint)