It is a traditional custom in China to pay New Year greetings. In rural areas, people can also be seen visiting relatives and friends with cakes to show their respect for their hosts. On New Year's Eve, families from all over the country will rush home for dinner. Even if someone is away, they should set bowls and chopsticks to show their reunion. There must be rice cakes, rice noodles, fish and other foods on the dining table, which symbolizes the peace and prosperity of the new year. After dinner, the family will sit together and chat and give red envelopes to their children to show peace all the year round.
At twelve o'clock in the evening, adults will set off a string of firecrackers and fireworks to celebrate the arrival of the New Year. In some towns, people will dance dragon lanterns on New Year's Eve to send peace to villagers' homes.