What are the countries where Chinese New Year is celebrated?

Besides China, North Korea, South Korea, Japan needless to say, in addition to this, some countries in Southeast Asia, also have the ? Chinese Lunar New Year tradition, such as Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia, etc."

So how do they celebrate Chinese New Year?

I, Japan

? Japan has been learning from China since the Tang Dynasty, they not only learn Chinese characters, but also learn Chinese culture, and learn some Chinese festivals over there as well. So, they also celebrate the Spring Festival, the time is also the first month of the lunar calendar over. Later on, the Meiji Restoration in Japan, learning everything from the West, gave up the lunar calendar and only celebrated the solar calendar, that is, the Gregorian calendar. So, when they celebrated Chinese New Year, it was with New Year's Day.? Japanese people in the night of December 31, the custom of eating "New Year's buckwheat noodles". It is said that soba noodles must be eaten before midnight, eaten, if not, the next year will not have gold luck. It is said that the reason for eating soba noodles is that they are long and thin, and in Japanese culture, they represent a long and healthy life and a long life... New Year's Eve Bell Ringing On New Year's Eve, bells are rung at temples and temples in Japan, and the bells are said to be rung 108 times. It is said that this is derived from the Buddhist scripture, which says that the sound of a bell clears away all worries. According to Buddhism, there are 108 kinds of troubles on earth, so the bell is rung 108 times in the New Year to eliminate all kinds of troubles for people.

Two, South Korea and North Korea. South Korea and North Korea was once a subsidiary of China for a long time, y influenced by Chinese culture, many customs are similar to ours, they will also put up spring scrolls in the Spring Festival, and eat a reunion dinner.

? Koreans must go home to visit their relatives before the 30th day of the New Year. Every year before New Year's Eve, there will be a picture of tens of thousands of troops flowing back to their hometowns. The former traffic in Seoul suddenly quiet down; usually full of hotels also hung on the "closed" sign, and some posted on the "first x business'' notice. Korean restaurants "thirty not open'' custom has a long history. Koreans are very particular about having their own New Year's Eve dinner and eating at home. They believe that the Spring Festival is an important event to honor ancestors and pass on filial piety. Having a reunion dinner on New Year's Eve is not only rare, but also symbolizes the prosperity of the family. Even restaurant owners say that since everyone goes home for New Year's Eve, the cooks and waiters are no exception. It's more important to go home to pay respects to one's ancestors than to open a business and make money. Korean New Year's Eve dinner is very elaborate, the most important feature is that all the food is traditional food, and all of them are handmade by the daughter-in-law. The family eats "rice with grains," which is a mixture of cloud beans, dai, dolma, black beans and rice. In addition, the family also makes rice cakes and Korean steamed buns. In addition to grilled meat, the main course is served with a dozen kinds of wild vegetables or kimchi.

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? Korean food customs: the festival diet mainly includes rice cake soup, pancakes, rice sticks, sugar, dried persimmons, pine nuts, persimmon juice, honey glutinous soup, rice flower fruit and so on. The most indispensable of these festive foods is rice cake soup, and people say that if you eat a big bowl of it every year, you will grow a year older. New Year's meals are very rich, including gao kwa soup, glutinous rice cakes, steamed cakes, pancakes, candies, persimmon juice, honey glutinous soup, and roasted meat. Among them, the gao kwa soup is indispensable and the most representative. The wine drunk in the morning on New Year's Day is called "Tu Su Wine," which is made from a variety of medicinal herbs. Drinking "Tusu-ju" has become a custom of the Korean people on New Year's Day. What is even more enjoyable on New Year's Day are the games in which men and women of all ages take part, such as springboard, swinging, ice skating, shuttlecock playing, and gyroscope pulling.

Three, Vietnam

Vietnam was also once part of China, and then independent has been under the control of the central dynasties, many places are imitated China, Han culture is in addition to China, the most intense country. Vietnam is also one of the few countries in the world that use the lunar calendar and one of the few countries that celebrate the Lunar New Year throughout the country. They celebrate the Lunar New Year as we do, with family reunions no matter how far away they are from home, and national public holidays can sometimes last as long as nine days. Lunar New Year is also the most important festival of the year in Vietnam. Vietnamese people also have the habit of putting up spring scrolls during the Lunar New Year. In the past, spring scrolls were written in Chinese characters, but after the romanization of the characters, most of the spring scrolls are now written in pinyin, with each pinyin character being a square, which creates its own style.

Four, Singapore

Eighty percent of Singapore is Chinese, of course, will also celebrate the Spring Festival, however, their Spring Festival is very much with the characteristics of the South, because, Singapore's Chinese, most of them are from Guangdong and Fujian. The Chinese New Year is just around the corner, and in Singapore, where nearly 80% of the population is of Chinese descent, it is undoubtedly the most important and atmospheric festival of the year. As soon as Christmas is over, the streets and commercial districts are dressed in traditional Chinese New Year attire, with red lanterns of all sizes hanging high and New Year's paintings plastered on the streets, making for a festive atmosphere. The traditional Chinese stores in Chinatown were filled with shoppers, and traditional New Year songs were played in the streets and alleys.

Fifth, the Philippines

The Philippines is also a country with a large Chinese population, and in 2004, the President of the Philippines declared the Chinese New Year a national holiday in recognition of the contributions of the Chinese to Philippine society. Before the arrival of the New Year, Filipino people will do the work of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new in advance, and one of the very important things is cleaning! Everyone will clean the house and turn on the lights at night to welcome the new year in the best spirit. In addition to removing trash and dust, people will try to clear out their debts and stuff their wallets with as much cash as possible, as that symbolizes how much wealth they can earn in the coming year. People will also wear polka-dot shirts, put a few coins in their pockets and some on their tables and in their drawers, because the circle represents wealth and prosperity.

Six, Malaysia

Malaysia over the Chinese New Year customs and China are largely the same, as the local Chinese mostly from Fujian, by the influence of the Minnan culture, people must buy pineapple (pineapple) over the Spring Festival, the Minnan language "pineapple" and "Wanglai Pineapple" and "wanglai" in southern Fujian language, pineapple has become the lucky fruit of the Spring Festival. During the festival, when people pay their respects to each other, they like to bring some oranges and give them to their hosts at the door, which is a harmonic of "ji", symbolizing good fortune. When it comes to Malaysian New Year's food, we have to mention the local Lusheng culture. According to the Malaysian food writer Lim Kim Cheng's statement, the Guangdong people are familiar with the fish sashimi, spread to Malaysia, by the local people and the seventh day of the first month of the day to eat seven dishes and pray for blessings of the custom of combining (Teochew people to eat seven kinds of vegetables, seven dishes and congee of seven dishes, the Hakka people are holding seven dishes and ring tea), the original version of the local seven-colored fish sashimi. Nowadays, sashimi is not only a delicacy for the seventh day of the first month of the Lunar New Year, but has become the most important New Year's dish. Walking into any Malaysian Chinese restaurant (Cantonese banquet restaurant) during the New Year period, you will often witness this scene: when the sashimi is ready, a table of people stand around the table and one person will take the lead by shouting "Loke up" (in Cantonese) or "Fatten up" (in southern Fujian), and everyone will be waving their chopsticks around to eat the sashimi. One person will take the lead in shouting "Liaoqi" (Cantonese) or "Fa" (Southern Fujianese), and everyone will keep waving their chopsticks to "Liaoqi" the food while shouting good luck words. In Cantonese, "sheng" and "升" sound alike, so the more you fish, the more "升", and the higher you fish, the more auspicious it will be. Therefore, we are constantly competing in height and decibel, some people even stand on the chair, in order to "step up". In a "four-letter word" and "five-letter word", it is very lively.

Seven, Indonesia

Indonesian Chinese celebrate the Spring Festival is the New Year's Eve and the first day of the New Year family dinner, young people like to hotels and restaurants, but the elderly like to call their children and grandchildren to the side, in the home to eat the New Year's Eve dinner, catching up on the family life, send red envelopes, and have a good time. In the restaurant and star hotel restaurant reunion, in the taste of delicious food at the same time, but also to enjoy the traditional dragon dance, lion dance and martial arts and folk song and dance performance.

As you can see, China is not the only country that celebrates the Spring Festival. Chinese New Year has been popularized in many countries. Here's wishing you all a happy and prosperous New Year!