What are the traditional customs on New Year's Day?

1, eating rice cakes: it flourished in the north of Ming and Qing Dynasties. For example, wanping county, a suburb of Beijing, recorded in Wan Bu Miscellaneous Notes written by Shen Bang during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, paid a New Year call as "eating flat and offering longevity". Eating rice cakes on New Year's Day was very popular in Ming and Qing Dynasties, especially in the south. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Volume II of Scenery of the Imperial Capital recorded that on the first day of the first month, "I was excited to wash, eat jujube cakes and eat rice cakes every day". In Jiajing, Hebei Province in the north, Wei County recorded that local people ate "steamed mutton cakes". The rice cake has the meaning of getting taller every year. Eating rice cakes in the New Year means that life is getting better and better, which means that the days are getting more and more prosperous.

2. Eat jiaozi: jiaozi is a must-eat food on New Year's Day, with a history of 1800 years, which means "making friends with young people". Jiaozi is the representative of China cuisine.

3. Drink Tu Su. Tu Su wine is a new year's wine, so it is also called New Year's wine. Tu Su is an ancient house. Because it is brewed in this house, it is called Tu Su wine. Among the few famous historical and cultural wines in China, Tu Su Liquor stands out, and its cultural connotation is unparalleled.

4. Eat soup cakes: All wheat flour products in ancient times were boiled in water. Soup cakes are noodles. In Song Dynasty, noodles and other foods were very popular on New Year's Day.

5. Sending greeting cards: According to relevant historical records, during the Tianshun period of the Ming Dynasty in China, New Year cards appeared among the people. New Year's Day is the time to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. Friends and relatives send each other New Year cards to wish a happy New Year. In the Ming Dynasty, some people printed beautiful and exquisite plum blossom patterns on two-inch wide and three-inch long stationery, and wrote their names and addresses neatly for friends and relatives to pray for.