What is the name of the Spring Festival in each country

The new year, although the world's countries time is slightly different, similar to China to the lunar calendar of the Spring Festival for the New Year of the year, but also to the solar calendar of the first of January for the New Year, but the expression of the Spring Festival customs of the countries are not the same. Mongolia: With the arrival of the new year, elderly Mongolians will dress up as shepherds, wearing plush leather jackets, a leather cap, and a whip in their hands, which they keep snapping in the air to show the custom of warding off evil spirits and blessings. Pakistan: on New Year's Day, Pakistani people run out of the door with red powder in each hand, see friends and relatives, said the new hi, they will be coated with red powder on each other's foreheads, in order to show that the celebration of the New Year good luck and good luck, the Spring Festival customs of the countries are indeed very different. Afghanistan: residents in the northern region of Afghanistan, every New Year's Day will be held in a fierce competition to grab the goat to celebrate. Two teams of riders compete for the prey, the game is both intense, but also festive and joyful. Argentina: Argentines believe that water is the most holy. On New Year's Day every year, young and old families in groups to the river to wash "New Year's bath" to wash away all the dirt on the body. Mexico: Mexico, some areas of the people in the New Year is prohibited when the time comes to laugh, they **** a year divided into 18 months, 20 days a month, the last 5 days of the year are not allowed to laugh, this Spring Festival customs are indeed different. Bulgaria: New Year's Day meal, who sneezes who will bring happiness to the whole family, the head of the family will be the first sheep, cows or foals promised to him, in order to wish him to bring happiness to the whole family. Paraguay: The Paraguayans celebrate the last five days of the year as "Cold Food Days". In these five days, from the head of state, down to ordinary people, can not move fireworks, only eat cold food, until New Year's Day, you can make a fire to cook, to celebrate the festival. Scotland: Scottish people on New Year's eve, households will put some money in front of the door, unguarded, thieves and beggars on this night, see also not move a penny. Because of local custom, the eve of the new year, the first money outside the door, the next day the new year comes, open the door early in the morning, when you see the door with money, to take its "wealth at first sight" meaning. Spain: Spaniards in the new year and the eve, all family members are reunited together to celebrate with music and games. When midnight comes, the clock at twelve o'clock just started to ring the first ring, everyone will compete to eat grapes. If a person can eat 12 grapes according to the bell, he or she symbolizes that everything will go well in every month of the New Year. On New Year's Day, it is most taboo for children to curse, fight and cry, as these phenomena are considered bad omens. Therefore, on New Year's Day, adults always try to meet all the requirements of children. At the same time, this day people must carry a gold or copper coin for good luck. Belgium: In Belgium, on the morning of New Year's Day, the first thing to do in the countryside is to pay tribute to the animals. People go to the cattle, horses, sheep, dogs, cats and other animals around, the fury to these living things through: "Happy New Year!" Turkey: Turks in the New Year's Eve, everyone has to take a bath, and then put on new clothes, they believe that this can remove the past year's bad gas, out with the old and in with the new, to meet the good luck of the coming year. The world's big, no wonder, the countries of the Spring Festival customs are indeed some very unexpected, a lot of strange and bizarre Chinese New Year customs Argentina: the day of the first month of January, families have to go to the river to carry out the "New Year's bath". Into the water before the first collection of flowers scattered on the river, and then, everyone laughingly jumped into the water to enjoy the bath, while using the petals to rub the body, in this country, the water is regarded as "holy" things. Cuba: the night before New Year's Day, each person to prepare a bowl of water, heard the New Year's bell, everyone quickly splashed the water to the street, meaning "in addition to the New Year" Colombia: the eve of New Year's Day, the streets are made of very large puppets - "old year", and announced that "the old year", and announced that "the old year". ", and announced the "last words of the old year", "last words" of the content of the funny and interesting, in order to win the people happy, at midnight will be "puppet" blowing up, in the crushed old year "puppet" in the explosion, people singing and dancing, celebrating with each other. Japan: Japanese people in the early morning of New Year's Day, the family went out to meet the rising sun, and then go to the shrine to worship, or to each other to friends and relatives to say hello. They call New Year's Day "Shoichi". On this day, they have a rich breakfast of sugar carrots, buckwheat noodles, and soba noodles, and drink Tusu wine. After that, they eat vegetarian food for three days to show their devotion and pray for good luck in the coming year. Thailand: Thailand's traditional New Year, that is, "Songkran" ("Songkran" is the translation of the Sanskrit language), also known as the "Water Festival", the festival, people sprinkle each other with water, smiling and wishing elders a long and healthy life, wishing friends and relatives a New Year! During the festival, people sprinkle water on each other, wishing their elders a long and healthy life and friends and relatives a lucky New Year. Unmarried young men and women use water to express their love for each other. Thai people on the first day of the New Year in the window sill, the door end put a pot of water, pray for the New Year as expected, the wind and rain. Germany: Germans in the New Year's Day, every family should be set up a fir tree and horizontal tree, the leaves of the tree tied full of silk flowers, said the flowers like brocade, spring is full of people. They are in the midnight of New Year's Eve New Year's Day before the moment, climbed to the chair, the bell rang, they jumped out of the chair, and will be a heavy weight thrown behind the chair back, to show that throw off the scourge of the New Year, jump into the New Year. In the German countryside is also a New Year's custom - "tree climbing competition", to show that the step up. Egypt: Egyptians take the day of the Nile River as the beginning of the New Year, called "New Year's rising water". In some parts of Egypt, on New Year's Day, the grains of crops such as soybeans, lentils, alfalfa, and wheat, as well as small shoots of green plants, are offered to symbolize abundance. The more you offer to the gods, the more harvest you will have on New Year's Day. North Korea: Like our country, North Korea also has the custom of putting up windowpane and peach symbols on New Year's Day to pray for heaven's blessing, drive away ghosts and monsters, and bestow happiness. At dawn on New Year's Day, people stuff some banknotes into pre-tied scarecrows and throw them to the crossroads to send away the evil and welcome the lucky star. At dusk, people burn the hair of the whole family that has fallen off during the year, wishing the family peace in all seasons. During the new year, the north korean people in addition to enjoy to wine and food, but also must do a kind of glutinous rice with pine nuts, chestnut powder, date paste and honey, etc., steamed into our country's eight treasures rice similar to the sweet rice to eat, in order to foretell the family prosperous days as sweet as honey. Singapore: Lunar New Year's Eve, the children have the habit of observing the New Year's Eve until midnight to be parents to worship the gods and ancestors after the end of the activities can go to bed, the next day early in the morning, then get up early, happy from the elders to take the "red packet" (New Year's Eve money) to see the dragon dance, lion dance team along the street, men and women dressed in festive attire, bring gifts! Men, women and children dressed in festive costumes, bring gifts and visit friends and relatives, everyone's face is filled with a festive atmosphere. On New Year's Eve, people love to eat sweet rice cakes made of fried glutinous rice and brown sugar. Italy: New Year's Eve in Italy is a night of revelry, when the night begins to fall, thousands of people flock to the streets, lighting firecrackers and fireworks, and even firing live ammunition. Men and women dance until midnight. Families pack up old things, some of the house can be broken things, wrestled to pieces, old pots, bottles and jars are thrown to the door, said to go away bad luck and trouble, this is their traditional way to resign the old year to welcome the new year. Iran: The Islamic calendar is practiced in Iran and its seasons and months are not fixed. In Iran, to celebrate the New Year is to celebrate the arrival of spring, often in late March of the calendar, the New Year to celebrate a week of grand celebration. People flock to the streets to build "bonfires" - "night fire", and then the whole family in turn from the night fire jumping around, indicating that the burning away of "bad luck "and usher in the light to drive away evil spirits and diseases, and happiness lasts forever. New Year's Eve to eat "seven dishes", the name of each dish should start with the letter "S", to show good luck. From the first to the third day of the New Year, people visit friends and relatives to wish each other a happy Spring Festival. On the last day of the New Year, the whole family goes on a trip to avoid evil. The world's big, nothing strange, the countries of the Spring Festival customs are indeed some very unexpected, a lot of strange and bizarre customs of the Spring Festival France: to celebrate the New Year's wine, people from New Year's Eve began to drink wildly until January 3 to terminate. The French believe that the weather on New Year's Day is indicative of the new year. Early in the morning on New Year's Day, they went to the street to see the wind to divine: blowing the south wind, the omen of wind and rain, the year will be safe and hot; blowing the west wind, there is a fishing and milking of the harvest; blowing the east wind, the fruit will be high yield; blowing the north wind, it is a year of bad harvest. Switzerland: Swiss people have the habit of fitness on New Year's Day, some of them go in groups to climb the mountain, standing at the top of the mountain in the face of ice and snow, singing loudly about the good life; some in the mountains along the long snowy road skiing, as if looking for the road to happiness; some stilt-walking competitions, men and women, old and young, wishing each other good health. To fitness to meet the arrival of the new year. Greece: On New Year's Day, every family makes a big cake with a silver coin inside. The host cuts the cake into pieces and distributes them to family members or visiting friends and relatives. Whoever eats the piece of cake with the silver coin will be the luckiest person in the New Year, and everyone will congratulate him. Romania: On the eve of New Year's Day, people erected tall Christmas trees and set up a stage in the square. Citizens burned fireworks while singing and dancing. Rural people pull wooden plows decorated with all kinds of colored flowers to celebrate the New Year. Britain: The day before New Year's Day, every household must have wine in the bottle and meat in the cupboard. The British believe that if they don't have any meat or wine left over, they will be poor in the coming year. In addition, the British are also popular New Year's "well water" custom, people are fighting for the first to go to the water, that the first water for the happy people, hit the water is auspicious water. British late at night on New Year's Eve, often with cakes and wine out to visit, they do not knock on the door, they walked straight into the home of friends and relatives. According to English custom, after the thousandth night of New Year's Eve, the person who steps into the house with the first foot heralds the luck of the new year. If the first guest is a dark-haired man, or a happy, happy and wealthy person, the host will be lucky all year round. If the first guest is a woman with light yellow hair, or a sad, poor, unfortunate person, the host will have bad luck in the new year, and will encounter difficulties and disasters. New Year's Eve in the home of friends and family guests, before talking to the fireplace before the fire, to rattle the fire, wish the host "open the door to good luck. In some areas of the British Midlands, New Year's morning out, regardless of acquaintances or strangers, will send each other copper coins, they believe that this, not only the other party a year of fortune, but also will bring their own luck. India: India's New Year's Day is known as "crying New Year's Day", "fasting New Year's Day". They in the first day of the new year, no one is not allowed to people angry, more forbidden to lose their temper. In some places, not only do not celebrate the New Year, but also hugged each other and cried. They believe that once New Year's Day begins, the years will pass easily - life is short - and they express their lamentation by crying. In some areas, people fast for a day and a night to welcome the new year, starting in the early hours of New Year's Day until midnight. BRAZIL: Brazilians flock to the mountains on New Year's Day with torches held high. People scramble to find the golden birch fruit, a symbol of happiness. Only those who defy the odds can find this rare fruit. They call it the "search for happiness". There is a unique custom in Brazilian countryside - that is, pulling each other's ears, when people meet on New Year's Day, they must pull each other's ears vigorously, to express their blessings. The world is big, nothing is strange, the countries of the Chinese New Year customs are indeed some very unexpected, a lot of strange and bizarre Chinese New Year customs

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