Folk customs of the Spring Festival

1. Set off firecrackers. On New Year's Eve, every household will set off firecrackers and fireworks in front of their own houses. The sound of firecrackers means that the New Year in China is booming. Some people will set off firecrackers at home to drive away all the poverty in their homes and make the new year full of wealth and happiness.

Sticking Spring Festival couplets has always been a traditional custom in China. Every family will buy beautiful Spring Festival couplets in the market before New Year's Eve, which means that the new year will be prosperous and auspicious.

3. New Year's Eve, a big meal that everyone will eat during the Spring Festival. On the Spring Festival, people at home will gather relatives from afar and go home for a hot reunion dinner, which means reunion and a prosperous New Year.

The following picture shows the custom of New Year in Hebei: