1. Post new year's scrolls

Every Spring Festival, whether in urban or rural areas, every household must choose beautiful red Spring Festival couplets and paste them on the door to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. Add a festive festive atmosphere. Another source of Spring Festival couplets is spring stickers. The ancients often posted the word "Yichun" on the Beginning of Spring. Later, they gradually developed into Spring Festival couplets, which express the Chinese working people's good wishes to ward off evil spirits, eliminate disasters, and welcome good fortune. This custom originated in the Song Dynasty and became popular in the Ming Dynasty.

2. Eat dumplings - Eat dumplings

The first meal of the Spring Festival is to eat dumplings. When cooking dumplings, firecrackers should be set off. In order to drive away evil and seek good luck, sesame straw is used to cook dumplings in some areas, which means that the new year is like sesame seeds blooming steadily, and the days are getting better and better. The dumplings need to be cooked a lot and must have more than enough, meaning there will be more than enough head. When dining, in addition to one bowl per person, one or two more bowls are also served in order to hope that the population will flourish.

3. Watching in the New Year - watching in the New Year

Watching in the New Year is a Chinese folk custom on New Year's Eve. It is also known as staying up late, staying up late and staying up late. It refers to the family reunion on New Year's Eve and staying up late to welcome the arrival of the Lunar New Year. Keeping the year old on New Year's Eve is one of the most important annual customs. The custom of keeping the year old has been around for a long time.

4. Set off firecrackers - touch off the firecracker

Setting off firecrackers is a traditional Chinese folk custom with a history of more than 2,000 years. According to legend, it is to drive away a monster called Nian. When midnight strikes, the New Year's bell rings, and the sound of firecrackers rings across the entire land of China. In this "three yuan" moment of "the yuan of the year, the yuan of the month, and the yuan of the time", some places still build "vigorous fires" in the courtyard to show that the energy is strong and prosperous.

5. Pay a New Year's call

Paying a New Year's call is a traditional custom among Chinese people. It is a way for people to say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new year, and to express their best wishes to each other. In ancient times, the original meaning of the word "bainian" was to congratulate the elders on the New Year, including kowtowing to the elders, giving wishes, wishing them a happy new year, and greeting them with well-being.