Detailed explanation of the traditional customs of the Chinese New Year's Eve, are you the same there? Happy New Year from morning to night
Chinese New Year's Eve, and Chinese New Year's Eve, everyone from morning to night, busy, excited, farewell to the old and welcome the new, look at the day of Chinese New Year's Eve, from morning to night, what are your ** traditional customs?
1) Wear new clothes for the New Year.
When I was a child, I looked forward to the New Year, eating delicious food, and wearing new clothes, because most of the clothes I usually wear are relatively old, unlike now, people live a happy life without worrying about food and clothing.
Now, on Chinese New Year's Eve, everyone still wears clean clothes to welcome the New Year. Of course, there are also some places where the traditional custom is to put on new clothes on the first day of the new year and welcome the new year with joy!
2. Decals on windows, New Year's pictures and lanterns.
And, of course, there are New Year's paintings, which decorate the house and add a strong sense of freshness to the New Year.
There are also red hanging lanterns, red and prosperous, happy lanterns, full of festive atmosphere, but also implying that the new year is prosperous and auspicious.
3) Place blessing characters, spring couplets and door gods.
Whether inside or outside the Great Wall, or in the north and south of the river, the traditional custom of sticking Spring Festival couplets has been passed down to this day.
The Spring Festival couplets pasted on both sides of the gate are exquisitely designed, which conveys the vision of a better life, but also the expectation and hope for the new year.
At the same time, there are also blessing stickers, which means that they are full of blessings and happiness. There are also door god stickers, of course, there are more stickers about door gods, the most common are Qin Qiong and Jade Qilin, which are used to protect the house from evil incursions.
4.Ancestor worship.
Early in the morning, everyone was busy pasting Spring Festival couplets, hanging blessing characters, and arranging New Year's goods, celebrating the New Year with joy.
In the afternoon, he was busy worshipping his ancestors. Ancestor worship is a traditional Chinese custom that aims to inherit the culture of filial piety and remember the kindness of ancestors that cannot be forgotten.
The Chinese New Year is coming soon, so naturally we can't forget our ancestors, and we have prepared sumptuous food for them, such as chickens, fish, meat, eggs, etc., and also sent paper money, gold ingots and other money and things to convey respect and remembrance to our ancestors.
5.Participate in the Spring Festival Gala and make dumplings.
The Spring Festival Gala, also known as the Spring Festival Gala, has become an important Chinese New Year's Eve meal on Chinese New Year's Eve since the eighties of the last century. The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is a material meal, and the Spring Festival Gala is a spiritual meal.
Just when everyone is watching the Spring Festival Gala with relish, there is a traditional custom in the vast northern region of our country, that is, making dumplings, which is an indispensable delicacy for the New Year.
Dumplings are also called"Jiaozi", Eat on Chinese New Year's Eve, it is a time to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new. When bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new year, people make dumplings to eat.
6.Dinner.
After a year of hard work, everyone returned to their hometown from all over the world, and the family was reunited and happy for the New Year.
The thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve is the time when everyone gathers together to prepare a sumptuous dinner, which is also called the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, also called the reunion dinner. For this meal, every household must prepare chicken, fish, meat, eggs, etc. in advance, and they must be complete or more particular.
Chickens are auspicious and good luck. Fish are auspicious and good luck. The meat is warm, rich and auspicious. Vegetables are rich and auspicious!
7) Save money on Chinese New Year's Eve, firecrackers and New Year's Eve.
In the sound of firecrackers, the spring breeze sends warmth into Tusu! "Setting off fireworks is a traditional folk custom. Today, despite all the restrictions, people still set off fireworks on Chinese New Year's Eve, especially when the clock strikes zero o'clock – just as the fireworks welcome the new year.
Chinese New Year's Eve, Chinese New Year's Eve is a traditional custom spread among the people, everyone gathers together, sleepless all night, and the lights are shining brightly to welcome the first rays of sunshine of the new year and welcome the arrival of the new year.
New Year's money is what children are most looking forward to, New Year's money, is the homonym of the year, New Year's money, means that children are happy and happy again and again. This is the love and respect of the old and the old, the young and the young.
8.There are more popular taboos.
The Chinese New Year's Eve, with strong folk customs, looks forward to a lively, healthy and happy new year, and a wide range of financial resources.
One of them is not to break the dishes.
The old tradition has a clearer rule about taboos, that is, not to break objects, which is a bad omen. If you break a plate, cup or saucer, you have to say it"It's safe and sound", it is better to wrap it in red paper as a sign of happiness and good luck.
The second is to be cheerful and not scold.
Welcoming the New Year in harmony and happiness means that the new year will be warm and happy. Hence the folklore"You can't scold people during the New Year"。
On Chinese New Year's Eve, there are many traditional customs and folk customs throughout the country. Although the customs vary from place to place, they all imply a joyful and auspicious new year.