There are compositions about traditional festivals and customs.

As the Spring Festival approaches, Vientiane is renewed, symbolizing the beginning of the year; It marks another starting point of life.

The reason why the Spring Festival is an extremely important festival is that family ties and affection can be strengthened through the celebration ceremony of this festival. For example, having a family reunion dinner in the New Year and giving gifts to relatives and friends are all reminding people of the central position of the family in society. All over the world, as long as there are Chinese communities, this festival will be celebrated grandly and enthusiastically. The celebration of the Spring Festival lasts from the first day of the first lunar month to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month 15 days.

In order to show the authority of the "son of heaven" and inherit the throne, ancient emperors often relied on their own calendars, so New Year's Day, month and day were inconsistent. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty succeeded to the throne and decided to rebuild the unified calendar. The calendar we adopt today was revised by the later dynasties of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

The scenes of royal families celebrating the Spring Festival in past dynasties often reflect the prosperity, stability and prosperity of that dynasty. The more prosperous the country is, the more grand the ceremony will be.

In order to receive New Year's greetings from relatives and friends, every family cleans the house inside and outside before the festival. Some families also put couplets on their doors and write auspicious couplets to pray for good luck and a bumper harvest every year.

Spring Festival couplets in Chinese society in China have been gradually simplified. Today, we can also see people hanging auspicious characters such as "Spring" and "Fu" on doors or walls as decorations. Some people even turn these characters upside down, because "Tao" is homophonic with "Tao", which means "Spring arrives" and "Fu arrives". Such as: firecrackers, three sheep set off firecrackers with Thai sheep, and thousands of Ma Benteng passed by.

Kitchen god

The 24th of the twelfth lunar month is an important festival of Taoism. On this day, Kitchen God returned to heaven and reported to the Jade Emperor the important events in the world. People hope that the Kitchen God can talk well, so on this day, Taoist priests specially prepared rich offerings to worship the Kitchen God.

New Year cake; rice cake

On the eve of the Spring Festival, ordinary families are busy making cakes and other foods, which can be used as gifts or entertaining visiting relatives and friends. New Year's cake (also called sticky cake) is a must-have for the Spring Festival, symbolizing good luck. This brown sticky cake made of glutinous rice has the meaning of "rising year by year" because its name is homophonic with "annual height".

Give sb. a present

Gifts are expressions of respect and love for relatives and friends. According to China's tradition of respecting the elderly and loving the virtuous, the younger generation should give gifts to the elderly. For example, the son-in-law gives gifts to her parents-in-law one week before the Spring Festival. To show good luck, the gifts are even. According to traditional etiquette, the recipient of the gift should return the gift to show his gratitude. This custom of exchanging gifts is precisely the attitude of "reciprocity" of China people.

reunion dinner

New Year's Eve is extremely important for China people. On this day, people are ready to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, and have a family reunion dinner. In ancient China, some prison officials even let prisoners go home to reunite with their families for the New Year, which shows how important "reunion dinner" is to ancient China people.

Family is the cornerstone of China society, and the annual reunion dinner fully shows the mutual respect and care among family members in China, which makes the relationship between families closer. Family reunion often comforts and satisfies the head of the family spiritually. The old people see their children and grandchildren all over the house, and the family is happy. The care and hard work of raising children in the past were not in vain. How happy this is. The younger generation can also take this opportunity to express their gratitude to their parents for their parenting.

offer sacrifices to ancestors

China people will never forget their dead ancestors in festivals, and the Spring Festival is no exception. In China, it is a common ceremony for China people to express their feelings with food or flowers. The form of ancestor worship may vary according to different religious beliefs, but the significance of commemorating ancestors is the same.

winter jasmine

According to the timing method of China people, the New Year and the Chinese Zodiac start at 1 1 p.m., so the traditional Spring Festival time is mostly at 1 1 p.m.. However, in Singapore, most people celebrate the Spring Festival at midnight 12.

Generally speaking, China people still have the custom of welcoming the God of Wealth, and people flock to temples to make wishes or pray for peace on this day.

Pay new year's call

Traditionally, the custom of greeting the New Year is that the younger generation bows to their elders and wishes them well. However, for the younger generation of Singaporeans, bowing is uncomfortable. They no longer follow this custom. Today, it is a common practice to hold a pair of oranges in both hands to bless the elders.

Sending oranges is a Spring Festival custom in southern China. Because "orange" and "gold" are homophonic in Cantonese, giving orange (gold) means good luck. China people have the concept of "being passive in Nuo Nuo", so when people carry bags of oranges to pay New Year greetings to relatives and friends, there are not two or four oranges in the bags.

In order to show respect for the elders, oranges must be presented with both hands. According to the custom, when the guests say goodbye, the host will also get oranges in return to show mutual good luck.

Red envelopes (lucky money)

In addition to sending oranges, sending "red envelopes" is another custom of Chinese New Year. China people like red because it symbolizes vitality, happiness and good luck.

Giving red envelopes to underage children (according to the concept of China, married people are considered adults) means bringing them wishes and good luck. The money in a red envelope is just to make children happy. Its main meaning is in red paper, because it symbolizes good luck. Therefore, it is impolite to open red envelopes in front of the elders who issued them.

On the fifteenth night of the first lunar month; Lantern Festival; night of the 15th of the first lunar month；Lantern Festival；yuanxiao

The traditional celebration of the Spring Festival lasts 15 days, so people can have plenty of time to pay New Year greetings to relatives and friends. After the Lantern Festival, the Spring Festival will be over.

On the Lantern Festival, Buddhists and Taoists usually make wishes in temples. Yuanxiao is a full moon night, which reminds people of love. This festival has special significance for lovers in love.

Lantern Festival, also known as "Lantern Festival", has the custom of appreciating lanterns since the Tang Dynasty in ancient China.