When is New Year's Eve?

The 30th of the twelfth lunar month, also called New Year's Eve, is one of the traditional festivals in China. The evening of the last day of the twelfth lunar month is connected with the Spring Festival (the first day of the first month) every year. On this day, the main traditional folk activities are offering sacrifices to ancestors, putting up doors, setting off firecrackers, giving lucky money, eating New Year's Eve and sending the God of Wealth.

On New Year's Eve, the word "except" means "going, changing and waiting". On New Year's Eve, people will throw away the old part and the new part, and the old part will be replaced by the new part next year. This is the last night of the Lunar New Year.

Therefore, the activities during this period are all around changing the old for the new, eliminating disasters and praying for blessings. During the Zhou and Qin Dynasties, a ceremony of beating drums to exorcise evil spirits was held in the palace at the end of each year, which was called "banishing the army". Later, it was also called banishment, on the day before New Year's Eve, that is, New Year's Eve, that is, New Year's Eve.

New Year's Eve custom:

Traditional folk in China had the habit of New Year's Eve. Commonly known as the New Year's Eve. Observing the New Year's Eve begins with eating it. This New Year's Eve dinner should be eaten slowly, starting when the lanterns are on, and some people have to eat it until late at night.

According to Zonggu's records of Jingchu's age, there was a custom of New Year's Eve dinner at least in the Northern and Southern Dynasties. The custom of observing the old age not only includes the feeling of farewell and nostalgia for the fleeting time, but also expresses the good hope for the coming New Year.