Similarities and differences between the custom of Spring Festival in Song Dynasty and the custom of Spring Festival now.

1. Similarities and differences between the Spring Festival custom in the Song Dynasty and the current Spring Festival custom: Keeping the old age on New Year's Eve is the most important annual custom, which was recorded in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. On New Year's Eve, the descendants of China people still attach great importance to staying up late with their families, getting together for drinking and enjoying family happiness, which is a custom. After the first cock crow, the new year began. Men, women and children wear holiday clothes. First, they celebrate the New Year's birthday for their elders. Then they visit their relatives and friends and congratulate each other. At this time, the land of China is shining everywhere. From the first day to the fifteenth day, people are immersed in a festive atmosphere of joy, peace and civilization.

2. In China, it is a common custom to celebrate the New Year by family reunion, eating New Year's Eve, chatting around the stove, saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new. According to historical records, this custom originated in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. At night, firecrackers were banned and could be heard outside. The scholar's house sat around the fire, keeping him awake. Then it gradually became popular. In the early Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, wrote a poem about observing the old age: Cold words and winter snow, warm with spring breeze. To this day, people in China are used to keeping vigil on New Year's Eve, setting off firecrackers outside, sitting around the fire or watching TV indoors, talking and laughing.