What are the usual customs on New Year's Eve?

New Year's Eve is one of the most important traditional festivals in China. December 30th of the lunar calendar, the last day of the year, is also called "New Year's Eve". The 30 th night of the twelfth lunar month is called "New Year's Eve", also called "New Year's Eve".

Sticking Spring Festival couplets: Spring Festival couplets are also called door couplets, Spring Festival couplets, couplets and peach symbols. They depict the background of the times and express good wishes with neat, dual, concise and delicate words, which are unique literary forms in China.

Eat New Year's Eve dinner: New Year's Eve dinner is also called reunion dinner. According to Zonggu's Chronicle of Jingchu, there was a custom of eating New Year's Eve dinner at least in the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Because it is winter, northerners often put hot pot in the middle of the table, so it is also called stove.

Watching the Year: Watching the Year on New Year's Eve is also a long-standing custom. It is said that observing the age is to prevent a unicorn from being violated, and this unicorn is most afraid of fire, red and sound, so people wear red clothes, light red lights, paste red paper, set off fireworks and firecrackers, burn incense and pray on New Year's Eve, and stay up all night, so they have the custom of "observing the age".

On this night, adults and children should say auspicious words, not unlucky words, dirty words or disrespectful words. Therefore, happiness, kindness and reunion are the biggest themes of New Year's Eve.

Bao jiaozi: It is the custom of northerners to eat jiaozi during the Spring Festival. Get up early and pack jiaozi. Many jiaozi bags only contain a few peanuts or other nuts or even a small coin. Whoever eats this kind of jiaozi indicates good luck and good luck in the new year.

Lucky money: the younger generation should kowtow to their elders and wish them long life, great happiness and good luck. The elders should give them red envelopes, that is, "lucky money", which means "praying for the future". It placed the good wishes of the elders for the growth of children.

Firecrackers: Before dinner on New Year's Eve and at that moment on New Year's Eve, firecrackers will "rumble". There is a folk saying of "setting off firecrackers" in China. That is, when the new year comes, the first thing for every household to open the door is to set off firecrackers to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. Setting off firecrackers can create a festive and lively atmosphere, which is a kind of entertainment in festivals and can bring happiness and good luck to people.

New Year's Eve, also known as New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve and so on. It is the last night of the twelfth lunar month every year. In addition, it means to remove; Night means night. New Year's Eve is also a festival to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, start over and renew everything. Tomb-Sweeping Day, Mid-Autumn Festival and Double Ninth Festival are traditional festivals for ancestor worship in China, as well as traditional cultural festivals popular in various countries in the cultural circle of Chinese characters.

New Year's Eve usually falls on the 29th or 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, so it is also called New Year's Eve, which is one of the most important traditional festivals in China. People attach great importance to it. Every household is busy cleaning the courtyard, welcoming ancestors home for the New Year, and offering sacrifices with rice cakes and three sacrifices.

The last day of the Lunar New Year is called "New Year's Eve" and that night is called "New Year's Eve". Since ancient times, on New Year's Eve, there have been customs such as staying up all night, sticking to the door, putting up Spring Festival couplets, putting up New Year pictures and hanging lanterns. It has been circulated for a long time and influenced by China culture. New Year's Eve is also a traditional festival for overseas Chinese in countries with Chinese cultural circles and all over the world.

In 2007, according to national holidays and anniversaries, New Year's Eve officially became a legal holiday in China. In 20 14, New Year's Eve was adjusted according to the State Council's decision to amend national legal holidays and anniversaries, and it was no longer a legal holiday in China.

Source: Baidu Encyclopedia-New Year's Eve