Are some traditional festival customs still intact in the countryside?

While rural areas are more conservative nowadays, their traditional customs are still very well preserved. Because of the conservatism, they will not have too much communication with the outside world, so their traditional customs are not influenced by foreign factors, it is still the original kind of flavor. Many rural areas have their own specific customs that have been passed down from generation to generation that are not found in other rural areas.

There are a lot of customs in our countryside that have been passed down from older generations. In our village, we make lanterns for the New Year. Then the finished lanterns would be taken out by children on the night of the New Year's Day. The lanterns were made differently in each house, some were made of paper, some were cut out in shapes, and some were just bought, but no matter what, every house still had them.

And then there's the New Year's Eve dinner. I don't know if other villages have New Year's Eve dinners on New Year's Eve, but ours does. We would go out at 12:00 on New Year's Eve and make a bonfire together, all the young and old in the family would go in their new clothes and then we would keep the fire together and roast it, and then this is to remove the bad luck of the year and welcome the new year. After the bonfire we are going to have the New Year's Eve dinner, and for the New Year's Eve dinner, everyone has to wear new clothes as well.

Our New Year's Eve dinner is especially rich, with fish, meat, and mixed coleslaw. At the New Year's Eve dinner we drink a little bit of wine, and children also drink. Because drinking helps to make everyone happier, we will eat this New Year's Eve dinner for a long time, until the dawn of the 2nd day. After the daybreak, we will go to pay respect to the New Year's Eve, and the New Year's Eve dinner will be put on the table for those who come to pay respect to the New Year's Eve to eat.