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New Year's Eve
Except, that is, to remove; sunset, refers to night. "Chinese New Year's Eve" is the meaning of the night of the new year, also known as the big Chinese New Year's Eve, the Chinese New Year's Eve night, the night of the new year, etc., when the last night of the end of the year.
Chinese New Year's Eve, in the hearts of the Chinese people is of special significance, the most important day at the end of the year, the wandering wanderer is also to rush home to reunite with his family, in the sound of firecrackers to resign the old year, fireworks full of fireworks to welcome the new year.
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[Song] Wang Anshi
The sound of firecrackers in the one-year-old except,
The spring breeze sends warmth into Tu Su.
Thousands of doors and thousands of households,
Always swap the new peach for the old charm.
This is one of the most well-known poems about Chinese New Year's Eve. Wang Anshi's New Year atmosphere is extremely strong, and setting off firecrackers, drinking Tusu wine, and pasting Spring Festival are the most typical New Year customs.
Customs
Dinner
Eating Chinese New Year's Eve meal is the most lively and happy time for every household during the New Year's Festival. There are generally two things on the dinner table, one is hot pot and the other is fish. The hot pot is boiling, steaming, warm and inviting, indicating that it is red and hot; the harmonic sounds of "fish" and "Yu" symbolize "auspicious celebration and surplus", and also symbolize "every year there is more than enough".
The difference between the north and the south is also very large: the north generally eats dumplings; In the south, tangyuan or long noodles are eaten.
Paste the year red
Nian Hong is a collective name for the red festive elements posted during the New Year such as spring union, door gods, window flowers, New Year paintings, and lucky characters, which pins people's yearning for a happy life and wishes for a better future.
Paste Spring League
Chunlian is also called door pairs, spring stickers, couplets, pairs, peach symbols, etc., it depicts the background of the times with neat, dual, concise and exquisite words, and expresses good wishes. This custom is said to have originated in the Song Dynasty and became popular in the Ming Dynasty.
Window flowers
With its unique generalization and exaggeration, the window flower vividly expresses auspicious events and good wishes, and decorates the festival with red and rich. The pattern is often based on "auspicious and festive", "auspicious in a good year", "abundant grain", "six animals thriving", "more than one year in a row", "noble flowers and auspicious birds" and so on.
Stickers for blessings
The word "Fu" refers to blessings and good fortune, and pins people's yearning for a happy life and wishes for a better future. In order to more fully reflect this yearning and wishing, some people paste the word "blessing" upside down, indicating that "the blessing has arrived (poured)".
Hanging New Year paintings
New Year painting is an ancient folk art on the mainland, reflecting the simple customs and beliefs of the people and pinning their hopes for the future. New Year paintings, like the Spring Festival, originated from the "Door God".
Light firecrackers
Chinese folk have a saying of "opening the door and firecrackers". That is, at the beginning of the new year, the first thing every household does when it opens its doors is to set off firecrackers and welcome the new with the sound of beeping firecrackers. Firecrackers can create a festive and lively atmosphere, is a kind of entertainment activities of festivals, and can bring joy and auspiciousness to people.
ancestor worship
"The one who is heaven and earth is also the source of life; the ancestor is also the origin of the class." This means that heaven and earth are the foundation of life, ancestors are the foundation of our human beings, and ancestor worship is a custom of inheriting filial piety. Due to the different rituals and customs of different places, the forms of ancestor worship are also different. Some go to the wild to visit ancestral tombs, some go to the ancestral shrine to worship the ancestors, and most of them place the ancestral tablets in the main hall in turn at home, display offerings, and then worshippers kneel in the order of elders and children. The ancients worshiped their ancestors, mostly making fish and meat bowl dishes, serving high bowls, quite the meaning of bells ringing ding food. Southerners worship ancestors are particularly solemn, most of them are eight bowls of large dishes, hot pot, and cups are set up according to the spiritual position.
Keep the age
The folk custom of keeping the age is mainly manifested in the fact that all houses are lit with the fire of the year, the family gathers together, and the "fire of the year" is not extinguished, waiting for the moment of resignation and the new year to welcome the arrival of the new year. Chinese New Year's Eve night lights are not extinguished all night, known as "burning the lamp to illuminate the year" or "lighting the fire", all the houses are lit with candles, but also specially lit under the bed, burning candles all over the place, called "light waste", it is said that after this light, it will make the family rich in the next year. In some places, on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, the whole family gathers together, eats Chinese New Year's Eve meal, lights candles or oil lamps, sits around the stove and chats, and keeps vigil all night, symbolizing the drive away of all evil plagues and diseases, looking forward to the auspicious new year.
Hang lanterns
Hanging lanterns for the New Year is an ancient Chinese custom, red represents festivity, circular lanterns symbolize reunion and happiness, and red lanterns symbolize peace and tranquility. Chinese lanterns are also collectively known as lanterns.
Money
After the new year's dinner, the elders should distribute the money prepared in advance to the younger generation, it is said that the old age money can suppress the evil spirits, and the younger generation can spend the first year in peace and security when they get the old age money. In history, the pressure of the age of money is divided into a variety of kinds, generally in the New Year countdown by the elders to the juniors, indicating pressure, containing the elders' concern for the juniors and sincere blessings; the other is the juniors to the elderly, the "years" of the pressed money refers to the years, intended to expect the elderly to live a long life.
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Tuan Tuan has something to say
In this Chinese New Year's Eve of retiring the old and welcoming the new, the whole family gathered together, ate Chinese New Year's Eve meals, lit candles or oil lamps, sat around the stove and chatted, and the all-night vigil was full of joy, plus the bursts of cannon and bamboo to bid farewell to the old year, the sound of congratulations to welcome the New Year, the pieces of window flowers to send wishes, the words and words were auspicious and bring good luck. May the years be safe, Chang'an Andr!
Note: Tuantuan would also like to remind everyone here that when visiting relatives and friends, do not forget personal protection, and avoid large-scale dinner and garden visits during the epidemic period!
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