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There should not be much knowledge of traditional culture about the Spring Festival.

1. Dust sweeping: "Sweep the house dust on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month". According to "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals", China had the custom of sweeping dust during the Spring Festival in the Yao and Shun era.

2. Keeping the Year: Keeping the Year on New Year's Eve is one of the most important annual customs, and the custom of keeping the Year has a long history. The earliest record can be found in the Local Records of the Western Jin Dynasty: on New Year's Eve, all parties give gifts to each other, which is called "the year of giving back"; Wine and food are invited, which is called "not old"; Young and old get together to drink and wish a complete song called "age division"; Everyone stays up all night, waiting for dawn. This is the so-called "shou sui".

3. New Year greetings: New Year greeting cards popular in modern society were implemented in ancient China. As early as the Song Dynasty, New Year greeting cards, as a special way of greeting the New Year, were used between the families and relatives of imperial nobles and literati, and were called "famous thorns" or "famous stickers". A red paper bag called "door book" is attached to each door, with the owner's name written on it to receive the name thorn (name sticker). The worshippers write their names on the door book to express New Year greetings, which has the same meaning as modern New Year cards.

4. Sticking Spring Festival couplets: The custom of sticking Spring Festival couplets began in the post-Shu period about 1000 years ago. Spring Festival couplets are also called door couplets, spring stickers, couplets, couplets and peach symbols. They depict the background of the times and express good wishes with neat, dual, concise and delicate words, which are unique literary forms in China.