Chinese New Year's Eve.
happy new year!
The origin of the festival.
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. "One night even two years old, five more divided into two years", on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, the whole family reunites, farewell to the old and welcome the new. If you ask how to find the strong New Year's flavor in the countryside of your childhood, and return to these customs of the year, and have a traditional New Year!
It's a lively New Year.
Festive customs.
Family reunion for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.
The 30th night of the lunar month is called "Chinese New Year's Eve", also called "Chinese New Year's Eve", and the climax of the Spring Festival is "Chinese New Year's Eve". The folklore content of the Chinese New Year's Eve mainly revolves around "family gatherings", which is one of the reasons why the Chinese regard the Chinese New Year's Eve as so important.
The Chinese New Year's Eve is the most important day of the year and a day for family reunion. On Chinese New Year's Eve, the whole family gathers together for a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, waiting for the time to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new. Chinese New Year's Eve In addition to asking the whole family to dine together to express harmony and reunion, the ancestors must also be offered before the meal and pray for the blessing of the ancestors' gods.
Make dumplings.
Chinese New Year's Eve dumplings dumplings are a Chinese tradition, Chinese New Year's Eve must eat dumplings on this day, so every family will get up early to make dumplings, in many dumplings only a few with peanuts or other nuts, who eat such dumplings will indicate good luck in the new year, auspicious.
In addition, "Jiaozi" is the moment when the new year intersects with the old year. Dumplings are homophonic with "Jiaozi", which means that they are more old, and eating dumplings during the Spring Festival is considered auspicious. In addition, dumplings are shaped like ingots, making dumplings means wrapping good luck, and eating dumplings symbolizes a rich life.
Open the door and set off fireworks.
The Chinese New Year's Eve is the last day of the year and the beginning of the coming year, and the "rumbling" firecrackers will sound at the moment of the New Year's Eve on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, indicating that the new year is auspicious and prosperous.
Every household sticks a New Year's bonus.
Couplet, horizontal batch, "Fu" word, every family will be posted during the Chinese New Year, even if they go back to their hometown for the New Year, the home in other places will also be pasted, which sets off the festive atmosphere, and also entrusts people's yearning for a better year and wishes for the new year.
Window grilles
Pasting window flowers is an ancient traditional festival custom, and during the Spring Festival, Chinese everywhere like to put various paper-cut window flowers on the windows. The window grille not only sets off the festive atmosphere, but also brings people the enjoyment of beauty.
Window flowers are closely related to the Spring Festival and are the way people welcome spring since ancient times. After the Song Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty, the time to welcome the spring by cutting and pasting window flowers was changed from the beginning of spring to the Spring Festival, and people used paper-cutting to express their joyful mood of celebrating the spring in the world.
Keep the year. Keeping the year is a custom that has always existed in the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, simply put, it is not sleeping on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, so there is another saying for keeping the year called "staying up for the year".
Money given to children as a gift during lunar New Year. Giving red envelopes to underage juniors is a sign of bringing good luck and good luck to them. The money in the red envelope is just to make the children happy, and its main meaning is that it symbolizes good luck.
During the Spring Festival, the elders should give the New Year's money prepared in advance to the younger generations, it is said that the New Year's money can suppress the evil spirits, because the year is homophonic, and the younger generations can spend a year in peace when they get the New Year's money.
Nowadays, the custom of the elders giving New Year's money to the younger generation is still prevalent, and the new fashion has given new content to the New Year's money. Children's New Year's money is mainly used to buy books and school supplies, as well as toys and candy.
Hang lanterns. The red lantern hanging on the Chinese New Year's Eve is to welcome the red and red New Year atmosphere, and there are some auspicious folk meanings, so the red lantern has become a symbol of Chinese culture.
Hanging lanterns during the Chinese New Year is a deep-rooted folk habit and an indispensable part of the New Year's flavor. The tradition of hanging lanterns during the Spring Festival permeates the unique and rich cultural heritage of the Chinese nation.
Wishing you all a Happy New Year and all the best!
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