Chinese New Year Customs in Guangdong

The 25th day of the Lunar New Year: entering the New Year boundary

The 30th day of the Lunar New Year: sealing up the year for the New Year, eating dishes of food, lighting the fire of the Lunar New Year

The 1st day of the Lunar New Year: dragon and lion dances

The 24th day of the Lunar New Year: picking up the hoard, making _

Before the New Year's Eve: preparing New Year's goods and getting a haircut.

The 28th day of the Lunar New Year: putting up Spring Festival couplets, slaughtering animals

The 29th day of the Lunar New Year: offering sacrifices to the gods, ancestor temples, and washing flowers

The 30th day of the Lunar New Year: gathering around the fireplace, paying New Year's money, and keeping money

The first day of the Lunar New Year: paying homage to the New Year, and wishing for a great auspicious year

The lions in Guangdong, unlike those in the other provinces, are known as the "awakening lions". The lion is different from those in other provinces and is called the "waking lion". It has Guangdong characteristics in both production and dance. During the Spring Festival many shopping malls will be invited to the lion team, in addition to perform in the square, but also to go door to door to pay congratulations, to show the lion in front of the door, good luck, the host family will be rewarded in the door, packet red hanging green, so that RuiLi go to pick, the name is "pick green". Through this activity, I hope the lion can bring good luck to the home.