Today is February 2, 2024, a special day, the twenty-third day of the lunar month, and we usher in the Chinese folk tradition of the New Year. Xiao Nian, although the name is "small", but its cultural connotation and New Year's flavor are very strong. On this special day, we use our most sincere wishes to add a rainbow to your life and make your day full of infinite beauty and expectation.
The new year is a time to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, and it is a time for family reunion. On this warm and festive day, the customs of various places are colorful and unique. Let's find out.
First of all, eating sugar melons is an indispensable custom in the early years. The sweet sugar melon represents the sweetness and happiness of life, and also means the beauty and abundance of the coming year. In the cold winter, a bite of sugar melon, sweet into the heart, for the new year to inject infinite energy and hope.
In addition, eating rice cakes is also one of the traditional customs of Xiao Nian. Sticky cake sticky, meaning sticky luck and happiness. On the twenty-third day of the lunar month, eat a bite of rice cakes, hoping that the new year will be higher step by step, career will be smooth, and family harmony.
And, of course, dumplings and a variety of delicacies. The shape of the dumplings is like ingots, which means that wealth is abundant and happiness is complete. Strawberries and persimmons, on the other hand, symbolize sweetness, warmth and good luck.
In addition to food, the customs of the New Year also include dusting and pasting couplets. People will thoroughly clean the house to remove the old year's unpleasantness and welcome the arrival of the new year. The Spring Festival couplets are entrusted with people's good wishes and expectations for the New Year.
No matter where you are in the world, don't forget to share these traditional customs and culture with your family. Let's feel this warmth and festivity together, and welcome the arrival of the New Year together. May your life be as sweet as a sugar melon, rise step by step like a rice cake, and be as happy and complete as a dumpling. May your life be as colorful as a rainbow, and may your days be full of infinite beauty and expectation.