What to do during the Spring Festival? What are the customs?

sweep the dust

Dust removal, also known as dust removal, slag removal, dust removal and dust removal, is one of the traditional folk customs during the Spring Festival in China. Originated in ancient China, it is a religious ceremony to drive away epidemics. This ceremony later evolved into a year-end cleaning, which pinned the good wishes of the working people in China to ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters and welcome good luck.

2. Post Spring Festival couplets

Spring Festival couplets, also known as "door couplets", "couplets" and "peach symbols", are a kind of couplets, named after being posted during the Spring Festival. It depicts the background of the times and expresses good wishes with neat, dual, concise and exquisite words, which is a unique literary form in China. Every Spring Festival, no matter in urban or rural areas, every household should choose a pair of red Spring Festival couplets and stick them on the door to add festive atmosphere to the festival.

Give lucky money

Lucky money is given to the younger generation by the elders. After the New Year's Eve, everyone is not allowed to leave the table. After everyone has finished eating, the elders will give it to the younger generation to encourage their children and grandchildren to learn and improve in the new year. In some families, parents will put lucky money under their pillows after their children fall asleep at night, which shows the care of the elders and the respect of the younger generation for the elders. It is a folk activity that integrates family ethics.

Keep your age.

China people had the habit of New Year's Eve, commonly known as "endure the New Year". Watching the new year begins with eating New Year's Eve dinner. This New Year's Eve dinner should be eaten slowly, starting with lighting lanterns, and some families have to eat it until late at night. Keeping the Lunar New Year's Eve is one of the most important activities, and the custom of keeping the Lunar New Year's Eve has a long history.

5. reunion dinner

Having a family reunion dinner once a year fully reflects the mutual respect and care among family members in China, and makes the family relationship closer. Family reunion often brings spiritual comfort and satisfaction to the head of the family. The elderly look after their children and grandchildren, and the family's care and love for their children have not been in vain.

Extended data:

Spring Festival is an ancient festival in China, and it is also the most important festival in a year. In the course of thousands of years of historical development and inheritance, some relatively fixed customs and habits have been formed, many of which have been passed down to this day, such as sweeping dust, posting Spring Festival couplets, offering sacrifices to ancestors, setting off firecrackers and paying New Year greetings. There is a folk proverb in China that every household will set off firecrackers when the New Year comes.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Spring Festival Customs