Year of the Dragon Welcome Blessing Customs, Chinese New Year s Eve, Keeping the New Year

Mondo Culture Updated on 2024-02-09

In China, the most solemn festival is the Spring Festival, and the colorful "New Year customs" are an indelible memory in the minds of every Chinese. The "year" of the Chinese is both sacred and full of joy, each day has a different exquisiteness, and each place has its own unique customs. During the Spring Festival, Changchun Cultural Tourism was launched"Year of the Dragon".series, and you celebrate the New Year together.

The sound of firecrackers is one year old.

The spring breeze sends warmth into Tusu.

In the blink of an eye, it was Chinese New Year's Eve.

That is, we often call the Chinese New Year's Eve.

Chinese New Year's Eve has a long history.

In folklore.

Its origin is related to the "Year Beast".

People put up couplets and set off firecrackers.

In order to drive away the beasts of the year.

This evolved into "Chinese New Year's Eve".

The customs of the New Year are rich and varied.

Behind it is the nostalgia for "home".

It is the expectation of a better life.

Follow in the footsteps of Wenlvjun.

Let's experience the endless flavor and customs of the Chinese New Year.

Paste the couplets

Spring Festival couplets are also called door pairs, spring stickers, couplets, pairs, peach symbols, etc., exquisite and artistic, the text may be very concise, but it expresses people's good wishes. Every Spring Festival, whether in the city or in the countryside, every household should select a pair of red Spring Festival couplets to paste on the door to add a festive atmosphere to the festival.

Eat rice cakes

Eat rice cakes during the Spring Festival, "take the year to win the year, and pray for the New Year." It means that everything goes well every year. There are many kinds of rice cakes, such as white cakes and yellow rice cakes in the north; Jiangnan has water-milled rice cakes; There is glutinous baba in the southwest. There are two kinds of steamed and fried rice cakes in the north, and in addition to steaming and frying, there are still methods of stir-frying and boiling soup in the south.

Eat dumplings

Northerners are accustomed to eating dumplings during the New Year, which means "changing the age of the old and the new". And because the white-flour dumplings are shaped like silver ingots, a pot served on the table symbolizes the meaning of "making a fortune in the New Year, and the ingots rolling in".

Have a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner

Eating Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is the most lively and pleasant time for every family. On Chinese New Year's Eve, a table full of sumptuous New Year's dishes is gathered, and families gather and sit around the table. This dish is usually indispensable on the table: fish. "Fish" and "Yu" are homophonic, symbolizing "auspicious celebrations" and also implying "more than every year".

Hang lanterns

Chinese lanterns are also collectively known as lanterns. Every year around Chinese New Year's Eve, people hang red lanterns symbolizing the meaning of reunion to create a festive atmosphere.

Keep the year

Chinese New Year's Eve is the last night of the year. The last day at the end of the year is called "dividing the year", which means that the old year is divided here and the new year is replaced. "Chinese New Year's Eve" means the night of the New Year, also known as Chinese New Year's Eve, Chinese New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, etc., which is the last night of the year. Stay up all night on Chinese New Year's Eve, waiting for the New Year to arrive, and watch over the good life.

Hair pressure New Year's money

In folk culture, the old age money has the meaning of suppressing evil and driving away evil spirits, the elders will distribute the old age money to the juniors, wishing them a safe and peaceful year, and some people are after eating the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, the red envelopes are sent by the elders to the juniors; In some people's homes, parents put red envelopes under their pillows at night after their children are asleep; Some people come to the elders' bedrooms and greet the new year, and the elders give red envelopes to the juniors. ...

Red lanterns hang in the streets.

There is a strong smell of the New Year everywhere.

As far as the eye can see, the lights are colorful.

The family sits idly and the lights are amiable.

On the occasion of the arrival of the new year.

I wish you all.

Be healthy and all the best

Happy family and happy Year of the Dragon

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