What are the traditional customs and cultures in the Spring Festival?

China people's Chinese New Year customs and culture include: offering sacrifices to stoves (this is a very influential and widely spread custom among the people in China), sweeping dust (this is a traditional custom among the people in China before the Spring Festival), hanging upside down blessing (expressing the yearning and pursuit of auspiciousness, good luck and happiness), New Year's Eve dinner (it is an important custom for the whole family to have a reunion dinner together on New Year's Eve) and observing the New Year (commonly known as "staying up late for the New Year"). Say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new year with firecrackers), lucky money (also called lucky money for the younger generation on New Year's Eve), New Year's greetings (an important activity of the Spring Festival), posting Spring Festival couplets, offering sacrifices to stoves, dancing dragons and giving lucky money.

1, set off firecrackers

"In addition to firecrackers at the age of one, the spring breeze warmed Tu Su. Thousands of families are always exchanging new peaches for old ones. " This poem by Wang Anshi, a politician in the Song Dynasty, also mentioned setting off firecrackers in the Spring Festival, which shows that the custom of setting off firecrackers in the Spring Festival has a long history. On the occasion of the Spring Festival, the first thing for every household to open the door is to set off firecrackers, and to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new with the sound of firecrackers. Firecrackers are also called firecrackers, firecrackers and cannons.

Step 2 give lucky money

Lucky money is a great event that the younger generation and children dream of before the Spring Festival. Lucky money is also called lucky money, lucky money, winning money and waist money. Because "old" and "expensive" are homophonic, "pressing the age" means "lucky money", so it is called "lucky money" It is also called "longevity money" because it is given on the birthday.

Step 3 dance the dragon

Dragon dance is also called dragon dance, dragon lantern dance and dragon lantern dance. Dragon is a legendary magical animal, which can call the wind and rain in the sky, and can also help the world to thrive and solve problems. Miao people in Yunnan and Guizhou perform dragon dances from the first day of the first month to the fifteenth day of the first month every year. At the same time, glutinous rice, wine and meat are placed on the table in the lobby of each family, and incense paper candles are lit to worship the "Jinjiao Old Dragon", which means celebrating the harvest and praying for good luck.

4. Post 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.