What are the similarities and differences between ancient and modern Chinese New Year customs?

Before the ancient New Year's Eve, people were busy preparing all kinds of new year's goods: buying chickens, ducks and fish; Add new clothes; Newly purchased furniture and appliances; Buy New Year pictures, Spring Festival couplets, etc. I especially want to buy oranges, green olives and other fruits as auspicious symbols. Welcome friends and relatives. Before the Chinese New Year, men want a new haircut and women want to "pull their faces". Nowadays, most women have haircuts and beauty treatments.

Lunar calendar1February 24th is the day when "immortals" go to heaven to report their work. From that day on, every household was cleaning, packing things and bills, which was called "picking up".

One or two days before New Year's Eve, every household is making all kinds of new year's goods.

Families who go out on New Year's Eve have to rush home for reunion. On New Year's Eve, the whole family sat around the fire and had a reunion dinner. After dinner, adults give "lucky money" to children and their parents. At night, the farmer's water tank should be filled with water, and the rice tank should be filled with rice. Don't turn off the lights, which symbolizes the good omen of "more than one year old" and "more than one year"

Nowadays, people usually live in cities. If they were in town, it would be easy. Just pack a jiaozi and set off firecrackers for the New Year. This is still an old custom in the countryside.