The first thing you need to do is to get rid of the old and the new.

New Year's customs are listed as follows:

One is to get rid of the old and welcome the new on New Year's Eve, that is, on New Year's Eve, we should throw away all the garbage in the house as well as all the unwanted things, and clean the house inside and outside, so as to meet the new year with a brand-new look!

The second is to pay attention to when you post the lucky characters on the New Year's Eve, the lucky characters on the main door should be posted positively, and the lucky characters on the wine jar and the water jar should be posted upside down, so that the blessings will not be poured out.

Thirdly, before eating the New Year's Eve dinner, ancestors are worshipped and the whole family is prayed to be safe, healthy and successful in the new year, which, in layman's terms, means praying that everything will go in a good direction in the coming year.

Fourth, the New Year's Eve dinner is not eaten leftovers, leftovers to keep, to the first day of the year and then eat. The leftovers from the New Year's Eve meal are meant to symbolize the yearly surplus, and secondly, not to kill people on the first day of the New Year.

Fifth, on the night of the New Year's Eve, the family should gather together to observe the New Year's Eve and is not allowed to go to bed before 12:00 am. The lights in the house should be kept on all night long, so as to drive away the evil plague and disease, symbolizing peace and security.

Sixth, married daughters are not allowed to spend New Year's Eve and the first day of the year in their mother's house. Of course, now there are many only child, this custom is gradually breaking, but most people still retain the custom of married daughters to return to their mother's home on the second day of the New Year.

Seven is not to sleep in the morning on the first day of the New Year. When you call your family members to get up in the morning, you should not call them by their names; you should speak in a low voice and not shout.

Eight is the first day of the year do not sweep the floor, do not pour garbage, do not throw dirty water outside. Because the first day of folklore is the God of Wealth descends, you have to be careless to drive away the God of Wealth.

Nine is the first day of the year do not move the knife, do not work, do not move the needle and thread not laundry. To work on the first day of the year, a year in vain, it is said that it will also attract the right and wrong tongue.

Ten is not to break dishes and other tableware during the New Year. If you do accidentally break them, say a quick word of peace.

Customs of the Spring Festival

The Spring Festival is the grandest traditional festival of Chinese folklore, a folk festival that combines praying for blessings and calamities, celebrating and entertainment, and eating. The Spring Festival has a long history, evolved from the ancient times of the first year of prayers and sacrifices, in the inheritance and development of a rich historical and cultural heritage.

The Chinese New Year celebrations are centered around praying for the New Year, and are carried out in the form of getting rid of the old and bringing in the new, worshipping the gods and ancestors, driving away evil spirits and disasters, and praying for a good year, etc., with colorful contents, lively festivities, and a strong taste of the New Year, which condense the essence of the traditional culture of the Chinese civilization. During the Spring Festival, various activities are held throughout the country to celebrate the New Year, and there are differences in the content or details of the customs due to different regional cultures.

China has a long history of celebrating the New Year, and has formed some relatively fixed customs in the development of inheritance, and many of them are still passed down to the present day, such as buying New Year's goods, sweeping the dust, posting couplets, eating New Year's Eve dinner, observing the New Year's Eve, paying homage to the New Year, paying tribute to New Year's Eve, dancing dragons and lions, paying homage to the gods, praying for blessings and calamities, touring the gods, betting on the boat, the temple fair, touring the gongs and drums, touring the standard flags, going up to the lanterns to drink wine, and enjoying the lanterns, and so on.

Traditional festival ceremonies and related customary activities are important elements of the festival, carrying the rich and colorful cultural heritage of the festival.