Chinese New Year is an important traditional Chinese festival, and people usually hold various ceremonies on this day, which is full of strong traditional cultural atmosphere. On the day of welcoming the Spring Festival, people will clean their homes, paste Spring Festival couplets, and each family will have a reunion dinner and eat a reunion dinner together, expressing the deep feelings of family members for each other, and also expressing the yearning for unity and harmonious life.
In China, on the eve of the Spring Festival, people will carry out all kinds of preparations, from dusting to buying New Year's goods, from settling in to pasting Spring Festival couplets, everything is to welcome the arrival of the New Year. In addition, on Chinese New Year's Eve, the whole family sits around for a reunion dinner on the Chinese New Year's Eve, saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new. On Chinese New Year's Eve, every household will also paste Spring Festival couplets, hang lanterns, set off firecrackers to welcome the New Year, and some families will worship their ancestors to thank them for their blessings.
In southern China, people keep the New Year, that is, on Chinese New Year's Eve, until sunrise on the first day of the new year. In addition, there are customs such as New Year's greetings to elders, and the younger ones pay New Year's greetings to their elders, which means respect and blessings to their elders.
In addition, Chinese New Year is also a time to visit relatives and friends, return to their hometowns, or invite friends and relatives to spend the festive season together, strengthen relationships, and pray for good luck and happiness in the coming year. On this special occasion, it is common for people to exchange gifts to show their best wishes to each other.
In short, the Chinese New Year is one of the traditional festivals that the Chinese attach great importance to, and the various ceremonies and activities held by people on this day are full of a strong sense of ceremony, and every detail represents the expression of good wishes for the New Year and the inheritance of traditional culture.