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The world is big, and only when there is a family can be reunited. New Year's Eve is for the sake of family reunion. Moreover, spending Chinese New Year's Eve with your family is the beginning of the new year. The Spring Festival without Chinese New Year's Eve is incomplete. So how much do you know about Chinese New Year's Eve?
Legend has it that in ancient times, our ancestors were threatened by one of the fiercest beasts. This beast is called "Nian", and it feeds on hundreds of beasts. In winter, when there is a shortage of food in the mountains, they will break into villages, hunt people and livestock, and the people will be afraid all the time.
Man and "nian" have struggled for many years, and people have found that nian is afraid of three things, red color, fire, and sound. So on the day of Chinese New Year's Eve, people hang red peach planks on their doors, burn fires at the door, and stay up all night, knocking and beating. On this night, "Nian" broke into the village, saw that there was red and fire in the house, heard the sound of shaking the sky, and ran back to the deep mountains in fright, never daring to come out again. As the night passed, people congratulated each other, and everyone put on a lantern, drank and feasted, and celebrated victory.
In order to commemorate this victory, every household will stick red paper couplets on the door every winter, light lanterns, beat gongs and drums, set off firecrackers and fireworks; at night, keep vigil all night; and the next morning, congratulate each other on their congratulations. In this way, it has been passed down from generation to generation, and it has become the "New Year".
●Eat Chinese New Year's Eve meals
It is the most lively and pleasant time for every household during the Spring Festival. Big Chinese New Year's Eve, rich New Year dishes are placed on a table, family reunion, sitting around the table, eating a reunion dinner table with large dishes, cold pots, hot stir-fry, snacks, generally indispensable two things, one is hot pot, one 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".
●Paste Spring League, Fu Character, Window Flower, New Year Painting
Chunlian is also called door pairs, spring stickers, couplets, pairs, peach symbols, etc., which depicts the background of the times with neat, dual, concise and exquisite words, expresses good wishes, and is a unique literary form of the mainland. Every Spring Festival, whether in urban or rural areas, every household should select a pair of big red Spring Festival and paste it on the door to add a festive atmosphere to the festival.
●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 are Chinese specialties, also known as "firecrackers", "cannon battles", "firecrackers". Its origin is very early, and it has a history of more than 2,000 years. Firecrackers can create a festive and lively atmosphere, is a kind of entertainment activities of festivals, and can bring joy and auspiciousness to people.
●Keep the age
The night of Chinese New Year's Eve is called Chinese New Year's Eve Night, also known as "Keeping the Year". Fireworks are set off on this night, which needs to be done in a safe or designated place. People generally don't sleep all night or go to bed after 0:00. Chinese New Year's Eve every room in the home should be lit on the night, and it is not appropriate to greet the New Year in the dark, which is a symbol of the brilliant lights.
Source | Deng Ziyi
This issue edits | Yang Meng
Graphic review | Hu Jiawei
Responsible Editor | Chen Hongshuo
Instructor | Yuan Li
Produced by the New Media Center of the School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering of Chizhou University