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What are the customs on New Year's Eve?

On New Year's Eve, there are customs such as New Year's Eve, watching New Year's Eve, posting Spring Festival couplets and New Year's pictures.

1, New Year's Eve: On New Year's Eve, people will prepare rich food, enjoy New Year's Eve with their families and celebrate the reunion. There are many kinds of New Year's Eve dinners, which are different in north and south, including jiaozi, wonton, long noodles and Yuanxiao.

2. Shounian: On New Year's Eve, the whole family will sit at home, which is called Shounian. The custom of observing the age originated in ancient times. It is said that guarding the old age is to prevent a unicorn from invading. It is most afraid of fire, red and sound. On New Year's Eve, people wear red clothes, stick red paper, set off fireworks and firecrackers, burn incense and pray, and stay up all night, so there is a custom of observing the old age.

3. Post Spring Festival couplets and New Year pictures: On New Year's Eve, people will post Spring Festival couplets and New Year pictures at home to pray for all the best in the new year. Spring Festival couplets, also known as "door pairs", "spring stickers", "couplets" and "couplets", are a unique literary form. New Year pictures, like Spring Festival couplets, originated from "door gods".

New Year's Eve, also known as New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve and New Year's Eve, is the last night at the end of a year and one of the traditional festivals in China. In addition, it means to remove; Night means night. The last day of the end of the year is called "year's minute", which means that the old year is divided and replaced by the new year. "New Year's Eve" means "New Year's Eve", which is the last night of the year. This is a day to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, reunite with family members and worship ancestors.