"The old year is over tonight, and the new year is coming tomorrow".Today's time always flies as if an accelerator is installed, and in the blink of an eye, the wax moon of the Year of the Rabbit will pass in a hurry, and tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve, and people love to affectionately call it the Chinese New Year's Eve. However, this year's Chinese New Year's Eve is a bit special, because looking through the calendar, it will be five consecutive years from 2025 to no longer have Chinese New Year's EveChinese New Year's Eve is the 29th day of the new year, so everyone should especially cherish this year's Chinese New Year's Eve.
Chinese New Year's Eve is like a successful end to the year, and in this round end is a warm picture of a family sitting around a round table eating Chinese New Year's Eve, which is probably the meaning of Chinese New Year's Eve.
Most of the rituals of Chinese New Year's Eve come from the many traditional folk activities that have been handed down, and there are some taboosJust like on Chinese New Year's Eve, once the streets and alleys begin to crackle with firecrackers and fireworks, the feeling of the New Year is immediately much stronger, and the taste of the year is more intense, although many places have not allowed fireworks in recent years, but there are still many other old traditions to doI hope everyone will spend Chinese New Year's Eve tomorrow, no matter how busy you are, don't forget to "do 3 things, pillow 2 things, avoid 3 things", the Year of the Dragon is lucky, and the auspicious Rui shines on the door.
1. Worship ancestors
Chinese have always paid attention to the cautious pursuit of the future, so the first thing to do during the New Year is to worship the ancestors, especially during the Spring Festival, if you forget anything, you can't forget the ancestors at home, and you should invite the ancestors home early to celebrate the New Year together.
Before enjoying the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, the prepared dumplings or rice balls, various fruit cakes, chicken, duck and fish meat should be put into a bowl and placed on the offering table, and then incense should be lit, and the elders of the family should take the juniors to bow to the ancestors to express their gratitude and nostalgia for the ancestors, and only after the worship ceremony can they go to the table to eat the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner together.
2. Paste Spring Festival couplets and New Year's paintings
Since the Song Dynasty, our country has the custom of pasting the Spring Festival couplets for the New Year, but the original Spring Festival couplets are also called "peach symbols", mainly on the peach wood board to paint the statue of the god or write the spring words, and then hang on both sides of the gate, the statue of the gods is intended to ward off evil spirits, and the spring words are intended to pray for blessings and welcome auspiciousness, after continuous evolution, it has become the well-known New Year's painting, door god and spring couplets.
Therefore, this Spring Festival Stick is also one of the indispensable customs of the Chinese New Year's Eve, to remove the old Spring Festival Couplet, New Year paintings, and window flowers at home, and then use adhesive tape or home-boiled paste to glue the New Year Couplet solid, this new red Spring Festival Couplet sticker, immediately added a lot of festive atmosphere, the Spring Festival Couplet on the good words and sentences of the battle, but also pinned people's good expectations for the new year.
3. Keep the year
After eating Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, there is also a very important custom is to keep the year, the year is also known as "keeping the year fire", "shining the year", "staying up the year", the legendary year keeping is people in order to drive away the year beast that will "eat people", because the year beast is afraid of light, so people light the candle at home, and then the whole family gathers around the fire to warm up and chat, the year beast will not approach when it sees the light from a distance, and everyone will be safe until dawn the next day.
But there is also a saying that the reason why people keep the New Year is to pray for a long life, as long as they get up and don't sleep all night on this night, they can prolong the life of their parents or other elders, in fact, it is also an expression of people's cherishing of time, which is not only a farewell to the old year, but also a kind of expectation for the new year. So don't forget to light up the lights with your family on Chinese New Year's Eve.
1. Pillow pressure New Year's money
When I was a child, what I looked forward to the most during the New Year was to collect the New Year's money, which was also a way for the elders to express their love to the younger generations. In fact, the original New Year's money was called "pressure money", which is said to be to be able to suppress evil spirits, and children can spend the new year safely and healthily with this New Year's money.
Therefore, if after the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, the juniors receive the New Year's money from their parents or other elders, they must remember to put it under their pillows, and the parents of the children at home should also remember to put the New Year's money under the children's pillows, which means helping the children drive away bad luck and bad luck.
2. Pillow New Year's wishes
On Chinese New Year's Eve, children should pillow the New Year's money, and adults should remember to pillow New Year's wishes, adults who do not have New Year's money, can find a white paper or red paper on Chinese New Year's Eve or after eating Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, write their expectations and wishes for the coming year, such as good health, family happiness, career promotion, financial resources and other wishes can be written, and then fold the paper and press it under the pillow, fall asleep with good expectations in your heart, the mood will become different, let yourself be full of positive energy, and the new year will naturally be full of good luck.
1. Avoid empty pots and empty rice jars
The night before the Chinese New Year's Eve, you should remember to see if your rice bowl is almost empty, if it is almost empty, you must fill it up in time, don't empty the rice bowl for Chinese New Year's Eve. Because the empty rice jar at home means that there is no surplus grain, and it also means that the poor at home are about to open the pot, and if the rice jar is full, it means that the new year can also be fed and clothed, and life is more than rich. The same is true for empty pots, after the Chinese New Year's Eve meal is finished, it is best to have some leftover meals in the pot at home, and save it for the first day of the New Year to eat it all, which means that there is more than enough every year.
2. Do not break items
Try to be careful when working and doing things on Chinese New Year's Eve, don't break some dishes, mirrors and other items at home, and don't break items because of quarrels, because broken items in traditional Chinese culture represent broken and incomplete, Chinese New Year's Eve is a good day for reunion, if an item is broken on this day, it is an unlucky omen. Even some old people think that breaking items on Chinese New Year's Eve will ruin the good luck of the coming year, so it is better to be cautious in order to be auspicious.
3. Don't say unlucky things
Chinese New Year's Eve is also very taboo those unlucky words, such as some words with obscurity, resentment, and frustration are best not to say, even if some mantras such as "hold up to death" and "eat up" that are usually on the lips should not be blurted out again, and replaced by some synonymous words and words. There are also more auspicious words to say when you see relatives and friends, and less to say vindictive and ugly words, so that everyone is happy when they hear it, and they are happy, and everyone can welcome the New Year happily.
There are still many customs and taboos about the 30th day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the above are some of the traditional folk customs that are widely circulated, and there may be many special Chinese New Year's Eve folk activities in different regions, if you still know anything, you are also welcome to leave a message in the comment area to share, so that more people can understand different Chinese New Year's Eve customs. Here, I also wish you all good health, financial prosperity, family harmony and all the best in the new year!
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