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The custom of the Spring Festival is 50 words.

The customs of the Spring Festival include sweeping away dust, holding new year's goods, pasting new year's goods, having a reunion dinner, observing the New Year, giving lucky money, celebrating the New Year, dancing dragons, lions, worshipping gods and ancestors, setting off firecrackers, setting off fireworks, and celebrating the New Year.

1, dust removal

"On the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, dust sweeps the house". According to Lv Chunqiu, China had the custom of sweeping dust during the Spring Festival in the Yao and Shun era. The significance of sweeping dust is to sweep away all bad luck and bad luck, and hope that life in the coming year will be better.

2. New Year greetings

On the first day of the new year, people get up early, put on the most beautiful clothes, dress neatly, go out to visit relatives and friends, and wish each other good luck in the coming year.

When paying New Year greetings during the Spring Festival, the younger generation should first pay New Year greetings to their elders and wish them health and longevity. The elders can distribute the lucky money prepared in advance to the younger generation. It is said that lucky money can kill evil spirits, because "old" and "special" are homophonic, and the younger generation can spend a year safely with lucky money.

Step 3: keep your age

In our country, people have the habit of observing the New Year's Eve, commonly known as "forbearing the Year". Watching the new year begins with eating New Year's Eve dinner. This New Year's Eve dinner should be eaten slowly, starting with lighting lanterns, and some families have to eat it until late at night. According to Zonggu's records of Jingchu's age, there was a custom of New Year's Eve dinner at least in the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

The custom of observing the old age not only includes the feeling of farewell and nostalgia for the fleeting time, but also expresses the good hope for the coming New Year.