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What are the customs during the Spring Festival?

The customs of the Spring Festival are as follows:

1. Sweep the dust: In the folk, there is a custom of "sweeping the house on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month" on New Year's Eve. The folk proverb says "Twenty-four, sweep the house". Folk call it "Dust Day". Dust removal is year-end cleaning. Every household should clean their own homes, clean all kinds of electrical appliances, remove and wash bedding curtains, sweep six yards, dust cobwebs and dredge culverts in open channels.

2. Sticking Spring Festival couplets: Spring Festival couplets are also called door couplets, spring stickers, couplets, couplets and peach symbols. They depict the background of the times and express good wishes with neat, dual, concise and delicate words, which are unique literary forms in China. During the Spring Festival, every household will put up couplets to celebrate the arrival of the New Year.

3. New Year's Day: China's annual custom culture has a long history, and various New Year's customs originate from all parts of the country, and the north and south have their own characteristics. Although customs vary from place to place, it is almost a "must-have" for Chinese New Year to prepare new year's goods and send new year's gifts all over the country. Buying new year's goods, including food, clothing, clothes, use, stickers (New Year's Eve) and gifts, are collectively called "New Year's Goods", and the process of buying new year's goods is called "Buying New Year's Goods".

4. ancestor worship: the most important thing in the new year is ancestor worship, which is also a traditional custom of China people. Due to cultural differences, the forms of ancestor worship vary from place to place. Some go to the wild to sweep graves, and some go to the ancestral temple to worship. No matter what the form, it is to commemorate the ancestors.

5. Wandering God: Also known as camp god and wandering master, it is a folk significance to invite the idol out of the temple to inspect the community, which has pure land to exorcise evil spirits, protect the environment and pray for prosperity. During the Spring Festival every year, in chronological order, various towns and villages take turns to hold folk worship activities. The scene is very lively. We pray for peace in the coming year, good weather, suppression of evil and promotion of good, and good luck in everything.