What are the folk customs in China?

Have a reunion dinner, sacrifice, and stay up late for the New Year. People often stay up all night on New Year's Eve, which is called "vigil". On New Year's Eve, the house and the outside should be cleaned up, and the door gods, Spring Festival couplets, New Year pictures, stick grilles and blessings should be posted. People put on new clothes with festive colors and patterns.

2. Spring Festival

Generally, we mainly eat rice cakes, jiaozi, glutinous rice balls, big meatballs, whole fish, wine, apples, peanuts, melon seeds and sweets. Many activities, such as setting off firecrackers, giving lucky money, visiting relatives and friends, giving new year gifts, visiting ancestral graves, visiting flower markets, making fires, etc., are very enjoyable.

3. Lantern Festival

Since ancient times, the custom of Lantern Festival has been based on the warm and festive custom of watching lanterns. Traditional customs include going out to enjoy the moon, lighting lanterns and setting off flames, liking solve riddles on the lanterns, eating Yuanxiao and pulling rabbit lanterns. In addition, in many places, traditional folk performances, such as playing dragon lanterns, playing lions, walking on stilts, boating, yangko dancing and playing Taiping drums, have all joined the Lantern Festival.