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New Year's Customs of Various Countries in Chinese and English

1. Vietnam

Vietnamese people have a custom called "Cai Lu", bringing home a branch on New Year's Day, because "Lu" and "Loc" have the same sound, "Cai Lu" means "Cai Loc", which means bringing home good luck. The word "chai lu" stands for "chai lu", which means to bring home good luck.

The?Vietnamese?have?a?practice?called?"?Picking?green?",?when?the?new year?will be?abranch?home?because?"?green?"? and?"?Lu?"?"? sound," Picking?green?"?means?"?PickingLu?",?meaning?auspicious?home.

2, Malaysia

Many Malaysian Chinese come from Fujian Province, and are influenced by the culture of Southern Fujian Province, so they buy pineapples for New Year's Eve because of the Southern Fujianese word for "pineapple". "Pineapple" and "Wanglai" homophonic, meaning a prosperous new year.

A?lotof?Malaysia's?ethnicChinese?from?Fujian,?under?the?influenceof?Minnan?Culture,their?ChineseNewYear?will?buy?a?pineapple,?because? pineapple,?because?Taiwanese?"?pineapple?"?and? "mong?"?homonyms,?which implies?a?prosperous?new?year.

3, Indonesia

The Indonesian Chinese have a "seven dishes custom", will cook fried onions, garlic, leeks, celery, spring vegetables and other seven kinds of vegetables, meaning that the coming year smooth sailing, as auspicious.

Indonesian?Chinese?have?a?"?seven?-?vegetable?customs?",?will be?cooking?Friedonions,?garlic,?leeks,?celery,?Spring?vegetables,?such as?seven? vegetables,?such as?seven?kinds?of?vegetables,which implies?that?run?Smooth?for?the?coming year,?all?auspicious.

4, Singapore

Singaporeans Singaporeans eat "fish sashimi" for the Lunar New Year. The dish is served on a plate with fish and vegetables, and then each person uses chopsticks to scoop up the fish and vegetables and mix them well, so that the new year will be prosperous and prosperous.

Singaporeans?during?the?Chinese?New Year?eating?"?fish?Sashimi?". ?This?will?put?the?fish?and?vegetables?into?Plate,?respectively,?and?each?fish,?and?side?dishes?withchopsticks?made?up?high?mix,? this?new?year?will?be?to?blossom,?rise higher.

5, South Korea

South Koreans like to go to the homes of friends and relatives to play games on New Year's Day, such as rolling dice and drawing gyros. In addition, most Koreans will send practical household items instead of red envelopes on New Year's Day.

Koreans?love?in?the?new year?to?friends?and?relatives?house?to?play?the?game,?such?asdice,?spinning, and?so on.?In addition,?most? of the?Koreans?in?the?New Year?will?takepractical?household?items?instead?of a?red envelope.