New Year's Day Traditional Culture and Customs

Traditional cultural customs on New Year's Day include wearing new clothes, honoring ancestors, congratulations, climbing to the top, lion dances, potluck parties and so on.

One, wear new clothes

New Year's Day to wear new clothes, which is the traditional custom of many families guest. When the festival to wear new clothes, men and women, young and old, a family almost all have to wear new clothes. Doing so, both expressed the joyful mood of the family to celebrate the holiday, but also to bring the crowd a good mood of the New Year's Day, promote the spirit of social civilization.

Second, the memory of ancestors

After New Year's Day, people should return home, in front of the ancestral graves to remember the ancestors, kowtow to thank the elders, in order to show respect. This is also a very important traditional custom in Chinese culture, reflecting the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese people, religious etiquette, and a sense of reverence for their ancestors.

Three, congratulations

New Year's Day, people have to catch up with each other to congratulate the advent of the new year, the word has "congratulations on wealth, great luck," "a new year, a higher level". All the best for the new year and well-being" and so on. Expressed the warm celebration of New Year's Day, the New Year's good wishes to pass on to everyone, proclaimed the new spring new weather.

Fourth, to see far away

New Year's Day, some people will choose to climb high and far away, in order to look forward to the new year's bright prospects. This is the traditional Chinese culture of "spring" activities, meaning to meet the new year, to meet the new hopes, new dreams.

Fifth, the lion dance

New Year's Day lion dance is a kind of dragon dance, there are a lot of traditions, usually in the new year's eve vigil, the next day early to go to the street, pulling flags and whips singing and dancing, and active atmosphere of the show. Sometimes the lion dancers use "Pu Le" to express their joy and blessings, letting everyone know about the joyful atmosphere of New Year's Day and spreading the excellent traditional culture.

Sixth, dinner party

Chinese people like to get together on holidays, New Year's Day is no exception. Family reunions, friends and relatives get together, *** with sharing food, to bring each other closer. This represents the values of family, friendship and harmony in traditional Chinese culture.

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