What are the customs during the Spring Festival?

Spring Festival is one of the most important festivals in China traditional culture, and there are many related traditional customs. The following are some common Spring Festival customs in China:

Stick grilles: During the Spring Festival, people will stick various paper-cut window grilles on their windows, which is an ancient traditional holiday custom in China.

Setting off firecrackers: Setting off firecrackers is a traditional folk custom in China. When the New Year bell rings, firecrackers will resound throughout China.

Giving out red envelopes: Giving out red envelopes is a custom in China New Year. The money in a red envelope is just to make children happy. Its main meaning is in red paper, because red symbolizes vitality, happiness and good luck.

Hanging New Year pictures: Hanging New Year pictures is a unique custom in China during the Spring Festival, which is popular all over the country. During the New Year, most New Year pictures are hung on doors or walls. They were originally used to exorcise evil spirits, and later became tools to set off the lively atmosphere of the New Year and express people's happy emotions.

Wear new clothes: Wearing new clothes is a traditional folk culture. On the first day, people will put on new clothes, which means sending the old and welcoming the new.

Shounian: Shounian is one of the folk activities in China, which not only expresses the nostalgia for the fleeting years, but also expresses the good hope for the coming New Year.

Broom birthday: It is said that the first day of the first month is broom birthday. You can't use a broom on this day, otherwise it will sweep away luck, ruin money, attract "broom stars" and bring bad luck.

Children's Day: The second day of the first month is the "legal day" for son-in-law to pay New Year greetings to her parents-in-law. People in Tianjin call it Children's Day.

Son-in-law's Day: The 11th day of the first month is "Son-in-law's Day", on which the father-in-law fetes his son-in-law. According to legend, this is because the food celebrated on the ninth day can't be eaten until the tenth day, so it is used to invite the son-in-law to dinner on the eleventh day, and the family doesn't have to spend any more money.

Sacrificing to the God of Wealth: Sacrificing to the God of Wealth is the custom on the second day of the first month of each year (southerners are on the fifth day of the first month). Sacrificing the god of wealth is not only a custom in the south, but also a custom in the north.

In addition, during the Spring Festival, there are many activities, such as eating New Year's Eve, celebrating the New Year, visiting relatives and friends, visiting ancestral graves, visiting flower markets, social fires, etc., which are all traditional customs of the Spring Festival in China.