What to prepare for Chinese New Year

1. New Year's goods: traditional snacks such as candies, melon seeds, cashews, candied fruit, and other specialty foods such as ham, bacon, and crispy crackers.

2. New Year's Eve dinner ingredients: New Year's Eve dinner is the highlight of every year, and you should prepare all kinds of ingredients such as meat, seafood and vegetarian dishes, as well as staple foods such as rice and glutinous rice.

3. Home decorations and arrangements: New Year's Eve to use red lanterns, couplets, hanging FuZhi, New Year's paintings, etc., to create a strong festive atmosphere.

4. New Year's cards and red packets left over from last year: In the new year, take out the unopened New Year's cards and red packets from last year and open them to relive the blessings and warmth of last year.

5. Chinese New Year couplets and red paper: If you want to write Chinese New Year couplets by yourself, prepare good quality red paper, brushes and ink.

6. Fireworks: an indispensable annual standard, can be used to celebrate, but must pay attention to the safety of fire.

7. New Year's clothes and shoes: New Year's should wear new clothes and new shoes, indicating a new year's new atmosphere.

8. Gifts: When friends and relatives visit, you should prepare appropriate gifts to express your blessings and sincerity for the New Year.