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Similarities and differences between North and South Spring Festival customs (thinking guide)

The Spring Festival is the first day of the first lunar month, but the Spring Festival usually refers to the Lantern Festival from the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month to the next year. In China, the custom of celebrating the Spring Festival varies from place to place. Anhui people need a bite of raw radish for the first meal of the Spring Festival, which means "biting spring" in order to "sterilize and prevent diseases and have a good New Year"; People in Jiangxi eat jiaozi and fish, which means "having sex" and "more than one year". Because of the Spring Festival, some people eat jiaozi and some people eat fish. How much do you know about the customs left over from these historical traditions?

In Chinatown abroad, the Spring Festival is also called the Year of China. During the Spring Festival, firecrackers are usually set off, new clothes are put on, and Spring Festival couplets are posted to show farewell to the old and welcome the new, and to express good wishes for the coming year. After New Year's Eve, people usually begin to visit relatives, say goodbye and make wishes on the second and third day of junior high school. This is a good time for children to get lucky money, and it is also a fixed time for relatives to exchange and enhance their feelings.

For traditional festivals, such as Spring Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, etc. Parents can give their children popular science through mind maps, so that children can understand the meaning of festivals from the inside out and pass them on. The above is for reference.