Three traditional Chinese New Year customs, about 20 words

On the morning of the Spring Festival, the door is opened for good luck, and the first firecrackers are set off, which is called "Open Door Cannonball". After the sound of firecrackers, broken red all over the ground, brilliant as a cloud of brocade, known as "full red". At this time, the street is full of gas, joyful.

2. New Year's Day

An important activity in the Spring Festival, is to congratulate friends and neighbors on the New Year, the old term for New Year's Day. Han Chinese New Year's Eve style, the Han Dynasty has. After the Tang and Song dynasties are very popular, some inconvenience to go in person, can be used in the name of the invitation to cast congratulations. The Eastern Han Dynasty called "thorns", so the business card is also known as "name thorns". After the Ming Dynasty, many people stick a red paper bag at the door, specializing in name badges, called "door book".

3. New Year's Eve money

New Year's Eve money (in Guangdong called "Baili is") is sent by the elders to the younger generation, some families are after New Year's Eve dinner, everyone sitting at the table is not allowed to go, and so on everyone finished eating, by the elders sent to the younger generation, and encourage their children and grandchildren in the new year to learn to grow up and do well. Some people are parents at night when their children are asleep, placed under their pillows to give the New Year's money, reflecting the care of elders to elders and elders to elders respect, is an integration of ethical family relations of folk activities.