Chinese New Year Customs in Fujian

1, paste spring couplets: during the Spring Festival, every family in Fujian will paste spring couplets, both sides of the door, walls and even various items in the room are full of pairs of spring couplets, meaning happiness and good luck.

2, firecrackers: every child dreams of becoming a gunner, and during the Chinese New Year, firecrackers are set off to drive away the gods of pestilence in order to show welcome to the new year.

3, Reunion Dinner: It has become one of the family traditions to go home for a reunion dinner during the Chinese New Year, where the whole family sits around and savors delicious traditional dishes together to convey a sense of kinship and reunion.

4. Dumpling: Fujianese people make dumplings on New Year's Eve to symbolize tolerance and unity, and each dumpling has its own meaning, such as gold, which means good fortune and so on.

The Spring Festival is one of the grandest and most distinctive traditional festivals in China. Generally refers to New Year's Eve and the first day of the first month of the year, is the first day of the year, also known as the lunar year, commonly known as "New Year's Day", from the Lunar New Year or small year, to the Lantern Festival, are called New Year's Day. The Spring Festival has a long history, originating from the primitive beliefs of early mankind and nature worship, evolved from the ancient times of the first year of the year praying for the year of sacrifice, is a primitive religious rituals, people will be held at the beginning of the year to pray for the coming year, a good harvest, people and animals flourish. This ritual evolved over time into a variety of celebrations, culminating in today's Spring Festival. The term "Spring Festival" began to be used after the 1911 Revolution.