400 Words Essay on Chinese New Year Customs

The Spring Festival is an ancient festival in China and one of the most important festivals of the year. In the development of China's history for thousands of years, there are still some more fixed customs and habits passed down to this day. For example, sweeping the dust, putting up spring couplets, putting up window decorations, posting the word "blessing" upside down, drawing New Year's paintings and observing the New Year's Eve, and so on.

"On the twenty-fourth day of the Lunar New Year, dusting and sweeping the house" is recorded in the ancient book "Lu Shi Chun Qiu", which states that there was a custom of dust sweeping in the Spring Festival during the Yao and Shun Dynasties, and that dust sweeping also has the meaning of "getting rid of the old and putting on the new".

Chinese New Year couplets, also known as couplets and peach charms, are a unique form of literature in China, which expresses good wishes in couplets and exquisite words. The custom of posting Spring Festival couplets originated in the Song Dynasty, and they are divided into an upper couplet, a lower couplet, and a banner.

The Chinese character "福", which refers to good fortune and luck, is posted on the Spring Festival to express blessings to friends and relatives. However, in order to more fully reflect this blessing, people simply put the word "Fu" upside down, indicating that "Fu 'upside down'".

Now the Spring Festival hanging stickers in urban and rural areas has been very common, thick black colorful New Year's paintings to the family brought prosperity and joyful scenes of celebration. China's earliest collection of New Year's paintings is the Southern Song Dynasty, "Sui Dynasty Mythical Presentation of the country's face" woodcut New Year's paintings, painting is Wang Zhaojun, Zhao Feiyan, Ban Ji and green beads of the four ancient beauties.

Here I would like to send you another couplet: "Fireworks flare in the sky, colorful New Year's Eve, the golden dragon rises to the earth, people welcome the auspicious year"!

Episode 2: Chinese New Year Customs

The Spring Festival is the New Year of our Chinese lunar calendar, so the New Year is very important to us Chinese people! Therefore, the preparation before the Spring Festival is also essential.

New Year's Eve! It's the New Year! Families are busy putting up Spring Festival couplets, shaving their hair, making New Year's Eve dinner ...... There are so many things to do, and so many "rules"! Some of the customs are very strange, so I had no choice but to ask my mom who was putting up the spring scrolls.

I saw my mom posting the word "Fu" upside down, and I certainly know why it's posted upside down, it's a custom to post the word "Fu" upside down, "Fu" upside down means "Fu" upside down. I certainly know why the character '福' is pasted upside down, as it is a custom to do so! But I still asked, "What are the customs and rules for Chinese New Year?" Mom stopped her work and patiently talked to me.

Originally, there was a custom of setting off firecrackers on New Year's Eve, which came from the story of the "New Year's Beast". A long time ago there was a "New Year's Beast", a long-time resident of the deep seabed, on New Year's Eve will leap out of the sea to do evil everywhere. One year, an old man used firecrackers, red clothes and red spring couplets to drive away the "New Year's Beast", which led to peace and quiet, and this method has been passed down ever since. But now fireworks are banned in Guangzhou, so we don't do this activity anymore.

The day of New Year's Eve is extremely important to our country. On this night, our family prepares to get rid of the old and welcome the new by having a reunion dinner.

Eating New Year's Eve dinner is the most lively and pleasant time for families on the Spring Festival. On New Year's Eve. Plenty of New Year's dishes on the table , the family reunion, sitting around the table, *** eat reunion dinner. People are enjoying the table full of food, but also to enjoy the happy atmosphere, the table has chicken, goose, roast meat, etc., generally two things, one is the hot pot, one is fish. The hot pot is steaming hot, which means that it is red-hot; "fish" and "yu" are homophonic, which means "year after year". The last sweet dish is a wish for sweet days ahead.

Today I've gained a lot of knowledge about New Year's customs, but I think it's a bit superstitious, but it seems to be a kind of fun, as long as you're happy, why be superstitious or not? What's more, it's a traditional custom, so I'd rather believe it than not!

Part III: Spring Festival customs

Previously, New Year's Eve, just and adults to get together. This year I know a lot of customs and traditions related to the Spring Festival.

On the morning of the New Year's Eve, every family should put up spring scrolls to welcome the spring. Every year, Grandpa picks a good one that he likes. This year, he chose the first line: joyful and prosperous, and the second line: good luck and good fortune. The banner reads: "Auspicious Stars Shine High. This is enough to herald a happy life in the new year.

Eating dumplings at midnight on New Year's Eve is also essential for every family. Old people say it is good to eat dumplings. Eating dumplings contains a very rich cultural meaning. Dumplings are the symbol of good luck and prosperity when they are handed over to each other. The shape of the dumplings is also like a golden treasure, so it also symbolizes reunion and wealth.

The fifth day of the Lunar New Year is commonly known as the "fifth day of the month", which means that people have to go out of their homes to engage in outdoor activities. This morning my grandparents and I walked along the embankment, from the General Quay to Xinhua Quay. Here is the ice skating rink, men and women, young and old, people are crowded, people dressed in colorful holiday clothes, as if the ice rink decorated with blooming flowers. Some people were skating, some were playing ice car. Some people are skating, some are playing ice car, and some are putting the ice car down from the high place on the ice track, everyone is having a great time! Adults, children and the elderly, all singing and laughing ......

Isn't this a true reflection of a peaceful world?

Part 4: Spring Festival customs

Everywhere in China has its own customs for the festival, and my hometown, located in Yunxiao County, Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province, where the Spring Festival is very different from other places.

In Yunxiao, it is forbidden to speak unlucky words during the Spring Festival, and in case a child is ignorant and says something unlucky, he should wipe his mouth with a tissue. At the same time, avoid quarrels and scolding and broken dishes, in case of accidentally broken dishes, to collect the pieces and put them into the stone mortar, the mouth reads "peace year after year", borrowing the "broken" and "year" harmonization to turn bad luck into good luck and keep the weather peaceful and joyful.

The first day of the first month of the New Year began at dawn, households burning firecrackers, known as "open positive", but also in front of the door to prepare tea, candy, incense, known as "worship positive". On the first day, everyone woke up early, wearing new clothes, burning incense and candles, pay homage to the ancestors of heaven and earth. Junior to the elders to pay tribute to the New Year, the elders then give red envelopes.

On the first day of the New Year, the family will eat some brown sugar noodle soup. Sugar, meaning sweet; thread noodles, meaning longevity, that is, to pray for the family's happiness and longevity.

No porridge on the first day of the first day, so as not to go out later in the rain; not to the outdoor garbage, avoid "financial leakage". In addition, there are not not debt collection, not scolding children and other taboos.

How? Yunxiao Spring Festival is not only to pay attention to and have a lot of fun! In addition, you can also learn more about some of the customs of other places on the Internet, books, and enrich their knowledge!

Article 5: Yongkang's Spring Festival customs

Talking about Yongkang's Spring Festival customs, that's really a lot! Let me give you a detailed account.

Dusting: the 24th day of the Lunar month, this day every family should be dusted to dust indoor, furniture and kitchen corners of the dust, so as not to leave the devil's paw prints in the coming year is not good.

Posting Spring Festival couplets: Spring Festival couplets are also known as door pairs, spring stickers, couplets, pairs, peach symbols and so on. Every Spring Festival, whether in the city or rural areas, every family will select a pair of red couplets to paste on the door, for the festival to add a festive atmosphere.

Pasted upside down "Fu" characters: at the same time as the Spring Festival couplets, everyone should be in the house door, wall, lintel pasted on the large and small "Fu" characters. The character "福" refers to good fortune and luck, and is a symbol of people's desire for a happy life and their wish for a better future. In order to more fully reflect this yearning and wish, people simply put the word "Fu" upside down to indicate that "happiness has arrived" and "good fortune has arrived".

Thanksgiving: on New Year's Eve, Yongkang city and countryside, firecrackers burst, every family in accordance with traditional customs set up a square table, lit red candles thanksgiving, and prayed for the coming year of wind and rain, and a good harvest.

Ancestor worship: On the first day of the first month in our area, instead of paying homage to the New Year, we first go to pay homage to our ancestors. After each ancestor's grave, firecrackers are set off in front of the grave, in order for the ancestors to bless us.

New Year's Worship: After the ancestor worship, it's time to pay homage to the New Year. People put on their prettiest clothes, dress up neatly, go out to visit friends and relatives, pay respect to each other, and wish for great luck in the coming year.

How about, see our Spring Festival customs here, only to realize that the customs of each place what is too big difference.

Part VI: Tujia Spring Festival customs

New Year's Eve! Every place has different customs, and all have their own characteristics. This year I have the honor to go back to my hometown of Chongqing for the New Year, let me give you an introduction to the Spring Festival customs of the Tujia people.

New Year's Eve at noon, I saw my grandmother cook a lot of rice, I was curious to go up and ask: Why do you have to cook so much rice, we can not eat a meal ah? Grandma replied: "We need to cook more today, we can't cook fresh rice on the first day of the New Year. Because the Tujia people seldom eat fish, so we have to cook more rice, which is also called 'year after year' it."　　

On the afternoon of New Year's Eve, Grandpa and Dad put up couplets together, and I went over to join in the fun. I was looking at them, looking at them. At this time, my father asked me: "Do you know why we put up couplets?" I answered, "I know a little, to celebrate." "That's right. Couplets are to express people's good wishes for good luck in the New Year. Now that we've posted the couplets, we can't throw anything out, not even garbage, not until the second day of the New Year. This means that the wealth is encircled in the house." Dad went on to say.　　

On the evening of New Year's Eve, the eldest member of the family will lead the family to pay homage to the ancestors. In front of the graves of the ancestors, red candles and incense are lit, and offerings are put on the table as a token of remembrance of the ancestors. This is also a way of honoring them.

These are the Chinese New Year customs of the Tujia people that I know, do you find them interesting.

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