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Compare the similarities and differences between the three types of Spring Festival customs in Shenzhen and the traditional Spring Festival customs in China

Similarities:

1 Aboriginal people also call the Spring Festival the New Year's Eve, and the rural areas make preparations as soon as they enter the middle of the lunar month, such as pounding rice cake flour, making new clothes, buying new shoes and hats, and getting a haircut.

2 New Year's Eve (New Year's Eve) began in the afternoon to celebrate the New Year, sticking the door god, Spring Festival couplets, to receive the Zaojun into the house, dinner, a family reunion dinner, out of the family without any important things to come back to the reunion dinner.

3 During the Spring Festival, various folk dances are organized, mainly dragon dances and lion dances.

Differences:

1 New Year's Money

Traditionally, the elders give money to the younger generation on the night of the 30th.

Shenzhen: thirty night family bath to wash "Daji water" (with orange peel, pomelo leaves, etc.), wash while saying a few words of good luck, wash, the elders only to the younger generation of the New Year's Eve money

2 family visits

Tradition: the second day of the Lunar New Year

Shenzhen: the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, the day of the family visits, the married women have returned to visit their families. married women have gone back to their mother's home to visit their relatives.

3 The first day of the year

Tradition: no taboo.

Shenzhen: killing is strictly prohibited, do not worship the gods, but also avoid sending money to others.

Differences:

1 New Year's money

Traditionally: the elders are required to give new year's money to the younger generation on the night of the 30th.

Shenzhen: thirty night family bath to wash "Daji water" (with orange peel, pomelo leaves, etc.), wash while saying a few words of good luck, wash, the elders only to the younger generation of the New Year's Eve money

2 family visits

Tradition: the second day of the Lunar New Year

Shenzhen: the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, the day of the family visits, the married women have returned to visit their families. married women have gone back to their mother's home to visit their relatives.

3 The first day of the year

Tradition: no taboo.

Shenzhen: killing is strictly prohibited, do not worship God, but also avoid sending money to others.