What are the traditional customs of Chinese New Year?

1, posting spring couplets, window decorations, "Fu" character, New Year's paintings. The Chinese character "福" is pasted upside down on the front door to show that "happiness has arrived" and "good fortune has arrived".

2, eat New Year's dinner: in the past, mostly for the Lunar New Year's Eve dinner, there will be meatballs on the table with whole fish, which symbolizes the reunion and the yearly surplus.

3, to the New Year's money: some places after the New Year's Eve dinner, sent by the elders to the younger generation, or parents in the night when their children are asleep, placed under their pillows, the symbol of good fortune.

4, burning firecrackers: from the turn of the new year to start burning, the purpose is to drive away the beast called "year", so that it does not hurt people and animals.

5, year-end vigil: New Year's Eve vigil is one of the most important New Year's activities, or guard all night, at least until the first day of the child. Allegory to make the coming year at home rich in wealth.