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A survey report on the customs and habits of the Spring Festival, 1000 words.

Investigation report on Spring Festival customs

Spring Festival is an ancient festival in China, and it is also the most important festival in a year. Therefore, this festival also has many customs. Take this opportunity to introduce them to you! 1. Sticking Spring Festival couplets evolved from the "peach stalk" in the Warring States period more than two thousand years ago. According to Huainanzi, peach characters (peach stalks) are carved from peach wood. It is engraved with a spell that destroys happiness, and it changes every year. Meng Changjun, the Emperor of Shu after the Five Dynasties, had a whim during the Spring Festival and asked people to slice peach trees. He wrote a couplet on it: "Welcome to Qing Yu in the New Year and celebrate the festival in Changchun". This is the earliest Spring Festival couplets in China. As for the official birth of the name Spring Festival couplets, it was in the Ming Dynasty. After Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, made Jinling his capital, he issued an edict on New Year's Eve: "When the official family visits the New Year, they must write a Spring Festival couplets." Since then, Spring Festival couplets have become popular, and every household should post Spring Festival couplets during the New Year.

2. New Year's Eve dinner

On New Year's Eve, every family will get together for a reunion dinner. Of course, this is 1 New Year's Eve, which can be eaten at home or at the home of the elders. There are strict regulations on the dishes and the number of dishes for the reunion dinner. In our family, the annual reunion dinner must have eight dishes, of which fish and chicken are essential dishes. Fish symbolizes that there is enough food every year.

Xu Xi lit and set off firecrackers at 0 pm.

Setting off firecrackers at 0: 00 on New Year's Eve is also a special custom, which means "saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new". There is also a saying about welcoming the New Year called "Shounian". "Shousui" actually means not sleeping from the 30 th to the first day of the first year. For most young people, this is the best time to play. Of course, this is not always the case. Some old people in their prime will also be with young people.

4. Festival activities

You can also contribute to the writer's network in the first grade. Many lion dance classes and English song teams beat gongs and drums in every village to celebrate the New Year, and their hosts set off firecrackers to welcome them. On the third day of the second grade, the village will organize cultural activities to celebrate the Spring Festival, such as film screening, ball games, calligraphy and painting exhibitions, lantern riddles and so on. During the day and at night, people enjoy traveling in groups.

Look, this is a Spring Festival full of vitality and joy.

Give a red envelope

Giving red envelopes is an important part of the Spring Festival custom. The elders should give money to the younger generation, and those who can earn money should also give money to the elders. Money can't be sent directly to wait for a while, but should be put in a profit bag. This is commonly known as "pressing your stomach and waist", which means that from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, your pockets will be full of facts and wealth.

New year greetings

It is also a habit to pay New Year greetings to family and neighbors. On the first day of New Year's Day, you must go to your grandparents' home to pay New Year's greetings, and on the third and fourth days of the second day, you must go out to visit your neighbors and friends' home to pay New Year's greetings.

In short, the new year is a new beginning. I believe all of us can be healthy and happy in 2008, which is full of passion and excitement!