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What is "flavor of the year"

Traditional activities and customs during the Spring Festival.

In the development and inheritance of the New Year, some relatively fixed customs have been formed, many of which have been passed down to this day. Such as buying new year's goods, sweeping dust, posting New Year greetings, having a reunion dinner, observing the New Year, giving lucky money, celebrating the New Year, dancing dragons and lions, offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors, lighting firecrackers, setting off fireworks, celebrating the Spring Festival, racing boats, praying for blessings, visiting temple fairs, beating gongs and drums, offering lanterns and enjoying them.

China's annual custom culture has a long history, and all kinds of Chinese New Year customs originate from all parts of the country, and the north and the south have their own characteristics. New Year's greetings are centered on offering sacrifices and praying for blessings, and are carried out in the form of activities such as bidding farewell to the old year and welcoming the new year, offering sacrifices to the gods and ancestors, and praying for a bumper harvest. The content is rich and colorful, lively and festive, and the annual flavor is rich, which embodies the essence of traditional culture of Chinese civilization.