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What is the meaning and symbol of New Year greetings?

The implication and symbol of New year's greeting are:

New Year greeting is a traditional folk custom in China, and it is a way for people to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, and express their best wishes to each other. It means a harmonious and beautiful New Year, happiness and good health for the whole family.

Generally speaking, the time to pay New Year greetings is from the first day to the fifth day. Visiting relatives and friends after the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is a memorial to the early years, and visiting relatives and friends before the fifteenth day after the fifth day of the first month is a memorial to the old age. Early old age belongs to the nature of emergency or remedy to avoid regret. There is a folk proverb: it is not too late to celebrate the New Year with a heart.

In case of friends and relatives of the same generation, you should also salute and congratulate. With the development of the times, the custom of New Year greetings is constantly adding new contents and forms. In addition to following the previous New Year greetings, etiquette telegrams, telephone calls, short messages and online New Year greetings also came into being.

Pay attention to the following points during the New Year:

1, Happy New Year

During New Year's greetings, people usually choose to wear new clothes. Wade is brand-new, but he should pay attention to dressing appropriately, not too casually or too ostentatiously, because after all, most elders still like well-behaved clothes. If the clothes are dark, you can use some bright scarves to set off the festive atmosphere.

It's time to greet the New Year.

Younger generations usually choose to pay a New Year call to their elders in the morning, but not too early, because most people get up late in the Spring Festival, and visiting at home too early will make the host too late to prepare.

3, New Year greetings etiquette

When visiting relatives and friends, you should greet all the people present and pay attention to the address. Don't visit everywhere without the permission of the host, just like at home. You should pay attention to the correct sitting posture and manners.

4. New Year greetings.

Pay more compliments, talk more about other people's happy things, complain less, take the other person as the center, and don't gush. You should master the degree of joking and teasing.

5, other matters needing attention

Pay attention to the cleanliness of the instrument when visiting guests, and don't spit, throw ash or litter.