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Customs of Spring Festival in Anhui Province

Customs include sweeping dust, pasting Spring Festival couplets, and observing the New Year.

1, Dust removal: Before the Spring Festival, Anhui people will have a general cleaning, which means to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, hoping that the new year will be smooth and auspicious.

2. Post Spring Festival couplets: Every household will post Spring Festival couplets and New Year pictures on the eve of the Spring Festival, pinning their best wishes for the new year.

3. Keeping the Year: On New Year's Eve, Anhui people have the custom of keeping the Year, that is, they can't go to sleep until midnight strikes, which symbolizes saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, and welcoming new hopes and opportunities.