Spring Festival custom information (an important festival to understand the traditional culture of China)

Spring Festival is one of the most important festivals in China traditional culture, and it is also the most important festival in a year. In this festival, people will implement various customs to celebrate the arrival of the New Year. The following is some information about the customs of the Spring Festival:

Sticking Spring Festival couplets: Spring Festival couplets are couplets written on paper. People will put them on doors or walls to welcome the new year.

Setting off firecrackers: firecrackers are one of the essential items in the Spring Festival. People will set off firecrackers on New Year's Eve to drive away evil spirits.

Bao jiaozi: jiaozi is one of the traditional foods in the Spring Festival. People will wrap jiaozi together on New Year's Eve to show family reunion.

Happy New Year: People will visit relatives and friends during the Spring Festival and wish them a happy New Year and good health.

Dragon and lion dances: Dragon and lion dances are traditional performances during the Spring Festival. People think it can drive away evil spirits and bring good luck.

paste up Spring Festival couplets

Sticking Spring Festival couplets is one of the important customs during the Spring Festival. Spring Festival couplets are a kind of paper composed of couplets, which are usually posted on doors or walls on New Year's Eve. The following are the steps for posting Spring Festival couplets:

Prepare Spring Festival couplets: Spring Festival couplets usually consist of two couplets, each containing two sentences. Unicom is often written in black or gold on red paper.

Location: Choose a door or wall, usually the front door of the home or the door of the living room. Sticking couplets on the door can welcome the new year.

Clean the surface: before pasting the Spring Festival couplets, be sure to clean the surface of the door or wall to ensure that the Spring Festival couplets can be firmly pasted on it.

Paste Spring Festival couplets: Paste Spring Festival couplets on doors or walls, usually with glue or tape. Be careful not to stick it askew or upside down.

make dumplings

Bao jiaozi is one of the traditional activities during the Spring Festival. People will wrap jiaozi together on New Year's Eve to show family reunion. The following are the steps to package jiaozi:

Preparation materials: flour, water, meat stuffing, vegetables and other materials that need to be prepared.

Mixing dough: mix flour with water and knead into dough. Let the dough stand for a while to make it soft.

Preparation of stuffing: Mix the meat stuffing and vegetables together and add a proper amount of seasoning.

Jiaozi: Roll the dough into thin slices and cut it into circles with dumpling wrappers. Put the stuffing on the dumpling skin, fold the dumpling skin in half, and pinch the edge into a half-moon shape.

Boil jiaozi: Put jiaozi into boiling water and cook until jiaozi floats and becomes transparent.

Enjoy the food: Take out the cooked jiaozi, dip it in soy sauce or other seasonings, and enjoy the food.

Pay new year's call

Paying New Year greetings is one of the important customs during the Spring Festival. People will visit relatives and friends during the Spring Festival and wish them a happy New Year and good health. Here are the steps to pay New Year greetings:

Prepare gifts: you can prepare some small gifts, such as fruit, candy, red envelopes and so on.

Choice of time: usually a few days before the Spring Festival or the first day of the first month to visit relatives and friends.

Greetings: You can say some words of blessing, such as "Congratulations on getting rich", "Happy New Year" and "Good health".

Gift-giving: Give the prepared gifts to relatives and friends to express their blessings.

Accept gifts: If someone gives you a gift, you should express your gratitude and return some small gifts.

final result

Spring Festival is one of the most important festivals in China traditional culture, and it is also the most important festival in a year. In this festival, people will implement various customs to celebrate the arrival of the New Year. Sticking Spring Festival couplets, including jiaozi and New Year greetings are all traditional activities during the Spring Festival, representing people's expectations and blessings for the new year. I hope everyone can feel the charm of China traditional culture and have a happy New Year during the Spring Festival.