What are the customs of the Spring Festival?

1, the first day of the Lunar New Year

The morning of the Spring Festival, the door is open, the first release of firecrackers, called "open door cannonball". After the sound of firecrackers, broken red all over the ground, brilliant as a cloud of brocade, known as "full red". At this time, the street is full of auspicious, joyful. Nowadays, however, firecrackers are not promoted, so we can use electronic guns instead. After the preparations, the younger generation to pay tribute to the elders, the elders to give the New Year's money, meaning to suppress the evil spirits.

2, the second day of the Lunar New Year

Married daughters return to their parents' homes, to be accompanied by their husbands and sons-in-law, so commonly known as the "son-in-law day". On this day, a daughter returning to her mother's home must carry some gifts and red envelopes to distribute to the children in her mother's home and have lunch at her mother's home, but she must hurry back to her in-laws' home before dinner. In the past, families would also choose this day to take a family photo.?

3. The third day of the first month of the Lunar New Year

Fat Pig Arch. The third day of the first month of the lunar calendar is known as Xiao Nian Chao, also known as Red Dog Day, in which legend has it that Nuwa created the pig on this day. Red Dog is the god of evil in ancient legends, so it is not suitable to go out on the third day of the first month. In Hong Kong, people of the older generation preach not to leave their homes on this day to avoid encountering bad things.

4, the fourth day of the Lunar New Year

The fourth day is also known as the "Sheep Day", legend has it that Nuwa created the sheep on this day, the folk figure of luck to take the "Sanyang Kai Tai" saying that this day is a good day.

The god of the stove will be in the first month of this day to each household to check the account, so the people have to keep in the house, prepare offerings of food, offerings are generally three animals, fruits, wine, food, and so on, but also incense burning candles burned gold clothes, to show that the welcome. If you want to fire any fellow, you may not invite him to worship the god on this day.

5, the fifth day of the year

Commonly known as the broken five festival, the fifth day of the first month, according to folk custom is the five-way God of Fortune's birthday, and therefore want to welcome the God of Fortune into the home, blessing the family's new year's wealth, year after year, while naturally, is also sent away, "poor" day, so there is "send poor! Going out". At the same time, this day is also commonly known as "broken five", meaning that the previous days of many taboos to this end.