Six Traditions of China New Year

1. Dust removal: Dust removal, also known as house cleaning, dust removal, residue removal, dust removal and dust removal, is one of the traditional folk Chinese New Year customs in China. Before a busy year, the main theme was to throw away old cloth and make new cloth. Dust removal means year-end cleaning, which is called "cleaning" in the south and "cleaning" in the north. 2. Sticking Spring Festival couplets: Spring Festival couplets, also known as "spring stickers", "door pairs" and "couplets", are one of the red festive elements "Year Red" pasted during the New Year. It depicts a beautiful image and expresses good wishes with neat, concise and exquisite words. It is a unique literary form in China and an important custom in China New Year. 3. New Year pictures: New Year pictures are a kind of paintings in China, which originated from the ancient "door-god paintings". They are one of the folk arts in China and also one of the common folk handicrafts. 4. Keeping the Year: China folks have the habit of keeping the Year on New Year's Eve, commonly known as "Enduring the Year". Watching the new year begins with eating New Year's Eve dinner. This New Year's Eve dinner should be eaten slowly, starting with lighting lanterns, and some families have to eat it until late at night. 5. Happy New Year: An important activity of the Spring Festival is to visit relatives, friends and neighbors, formerly known as Happy New Year. Setting off firecrackers: On the morning of the Spring Festival, when you open the door, set off firecrackers first, which is called "opening firecrackers". After the firecrackers, the ground is broken red, which is the so-called "full house". At this time, the streets are full of anger and joy. The standard of living has improved, and no matter how the way of Chinese New Year changes, family reunion will always be the core of Chinese New Year. Today, with the rapid development after 00, only by following the traditional culture and injecting young vitality into the times can we have a new Spring Festival.