New Year Customs

New Year’s customs in various countries

Thailand

Thailand’s traditional New Year is the “Songkran Festival” (“Songkran” is Sanskrit)

Transliteration), also called the "Water Splashing Festival", is from April 13th to 16th of April every year in the Gregorian calendar. During the festival, people carry or carry huge Buddha statues on their cars.

The Buddha statues are followed by floats, on which stand the made-up "Song Qiannu".

"Groups of young men and women, dressed in colorful national costumes, beat long drums, sang and danced. On both sides of the road where the procession passed, men and women of faith walked side by side, filling silver bowls with water soaked in bay leaves and soaked with spices, and poured it on the Buddha statues and "Songqian Goddess" pray for good luck and good weather in the new year. Then people sprinkle water on each other, happily wishing their elders health and longevity, and wishing their relatives and friends good luck in the new year and unmarried young people. Men and women use

splashing water to express their love for each other. On the first day of the New Year, Thai people put a basin of water on the window sill or at the door, and every household goes to the outskirts of the river to take a New Year's bath. To celebrate the New Year, Thais held a large-scale "Elephant Competition", which included: human-elephant tug-of-war, jumping elephants picking up objects, elephants crossing human bodies, elephant football games, Ancient elephant formation performances, etc. Very exciting and moving.

Egypt

Egypt is an ancient civilization. In 40 BC, the Egyptians were able to observe stars

. They discovered that Sirius and the sun rose together. The waters of the Nile immediately

rose. In Egypt, the day when the Nile River rises is the beginning of the new year. Called

"Rising Water New Year", the Kroot people in Egypt welcome the New Year by placing a table at the door with seven or eight plates serving soybeans, lentils, alfalfa and There are grains of wheat and many small buds of green plants, which symbolize abundance. The more you offer to God

the greater your harvest will be in the new year. The Egyptian New Year is in autumn,

because Egypt’s agricultural production starts in autumn.

Germany

The German New Year is celebrated one week before and after. During this period, every household will place a fir tree or a cocoon tree with silk flowers tied between the leaves, which means that the flowers are blooming like brocade and spring is filling the world. Germans climb onto chairs just before midnight on New Year's Eve. When the bell rings, they jump off the chairs and throw a heavy object behind the chair. It means throwing away the troubles and jumping into the New Year. The children formed a band, put on new clothes, held harmonicas and accordions, and lined up to play on the street. Adults

hold colorful flags and follow behind, shouting and singing to celebrate the New Year. German women

improvise family-themed comedy sketches during the New Year. In rural areas of Germany, there is a popular New Year custom - "Tree Climbing Competition". Young men climb up bare trees and compete to win the first place. He was hailed as the "New Year's Hero" to show his progress.

India

India celebrates the first five days of the New Year from October 31st every year, and the fourth day is New Year's Day.

On the first day of the new year, no one is allowed to be angry with others, let alone lose their temper. In some areas of India, on the morning of New Year's Day, every household is crying, and tears are streaming down everyone's face. They say that time is fleeting and life is short, so they cry to welcome the New Year. , is a lament for human life. People in some areas welcome the new year by fasting for a day and night, starting from the early morning of New Year's Day until midnight. Due to this weird custom, New Year's Day in India is known as "New Year's Day of Crying" and "New Year's Day of Fasting".

India

In the five days before the New Year, people everywhere will perform the Indian epic "Ramayana" (meaning Rama's Parade), playing the heroes in the epic "Battle" with the paper giant,

The "hero" triggered the flaming arrows, and the paper giant was burned to the cheers of the audience

Before New Year's Eve, in front of every house All kinds of beautiful pictures are posted.

On the morning of New Year's Day, people carry exquisite small lamps and red packets and go out to pay New Year greetings to their elders

and relatives and friends. After meeting and congratulating each other, they would apply red powder on each other's foreheads to express good luck and good luck. Young people put red ink into water guns

and shoot it on their relatives and friends, which is called "sprinkling red", which means good luck and good luck. India

Young people like to meet and fight with each other during the New Year regardless of whether they are familiar with it or not. Onlookers cheer and cheer, and they often become the targets of girls' pursuit. The Boshila people, an indigenous people in central India, celebrate the New Year by erecting a large, sleek and thick wooden pole in the playground, with a small bag containing gifts on the top of the pole. , the girls held the bamboo poles and tried their best to stop the young man Weizi from climbing up the pole. The young men formed a circle under the pole and tried to defend the girls from climbing the pole. The attacker attacks until the pole climber captures the pouch and wins.

Iran

Iran follows the Islamic calendar, and its seasons and months are not fixed.

In Iran, celebrating the New Year means celebrating the arrival of spring, which is usually in late March of the Gregorian calendar.

The New Year is celebrated grandly for a week, and people flock to the streets to light "bonfires"

---"Night Fire", and then the whole family jumps up and down on the night fire in turn, which means burning away

"bad luck", ushering in light, exorcising evil spirits and eliminating diseases, and lasting happiness. On New Year's Eve, "seven dishes" are eaten, and the name of each dish must start with the letter "S" to indicate good luck. From the first to the third day of the lunar month, people visit relatives and friends and wish each other a happy Spring Festival. On the last day of the new year, the whole family goes on an outing to avoid evil.

China

New Year’s Day is the first day of the year. The name "New Year's Day" is said to come from Zhuanxu, one of the legendary Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. He regarded the first month of the lunar calendar as the Yuan and the first day as the Dan. "Yuan" means the first and the beginning. "Dan" means a red sun rising from the ground.

"Yuan" and "Dan" mean the same as in Together, we want people to welcome the new year with vigor

. On this day, my country's cities and rural villages are all decorated with lights and colorful decorations, and put on festive costumes. Many units hang huge slogans "Celebrating New Year's Day" to celebrate. Celebrate the new year.

On September 27, 1949, the first plenary session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

resolved: "The Year of the Communist Party of China and the National Discipline of the People's Republic of China

"Adopting the AD Calendar", which is what we call the Gregorian calendar, in order to distinguish the two new years of the lunar calendar and the solar calendar, and in view of the "beginning of spring" in the 24th solar term of the lunar calendar Just before and after the Lunar New Year, the first day of the first lunar month was renamed the "Spring Festival" and the first day of the first lunar month was designated as the "New Year's Day". Only then did the New Year's Day become A joyful festival for people across the country.

Japan

The Japanese attach great importance to the New Year. Every year, December 29th to January

3rd are national holidays. The Japanese call December 31st the "big day", which is also New Year's Eve. On New Year's Eve, the Japanese call it "New Year's Eve". On New Year's Eve, they pray to the gods for blessings, send away the troubled old year and usher in a beautiful new year. This is called "New Year's Eve". First achievement".

At midnight on New Year's Eve, temples in urban and rural areas ring their bells 108 times to drive away evil

while the Japanese sit quietly and listen to the "New Year's Eve Bell" and the sound of the bell

Pause means the arrival of the New Year.

People then left their seats and went to bed, hoping for a good dream. On the morning of New Year's Day, family members sit together and tell each other about the dreams they had on New Year's Eve to gauge good or bad luck. The Japanese call the first day of New Year's Day "the first day of the new year". 1st to 3rd are the "Three Happy Days:". On the official day,

younger people must first go to their parents to pay New Year greetings and greet them, and then go to

the homes of relatives and friends to pay New Year greetings. It is an "eating" festival, and people from all over the world eat their own national food to pray for good luck. The Japanese have a rich breakfast on the "Sunday" day. After that, they eat sugar rice, buckwheat noodles, etc., and drink Tusu wine for three days in a row. After that, they eat vegetarian food to show their piety and pray for good luck in Japan in the coming year. Many urbanites have given up on the vegetarian habit during the New Year and instead eat a meal of hollow noodles on New Year's Eve to wish for health and longevity in the new year.

North Korea

Like us in China, North Korea also has the custom of posting window grilles and peach symbols during the New Year. During the New Year, every household in North Korea posts couplets and New Year symbols.

Paintings. Some people put pictures of longevity stars or fairies on their doors to pray

for God to bless them, drive away ghosts and grant them happiness.

Stuff some banknotes into the scarecrows pre-tied on New Year's Eve and throw them at the crossroads, which means sending away evil and welcoming the auspicious stars at dusk.

People will again. The whole family's hair that has fallen out throughout the year is burned, wishing the family peace in all seasons. During the Spring Festival, North Korean women wear new clothes on New Year's Day.

Girls wear hemp. They wear hats called "luck scarves" and patterned five-color clothes. They compete on a swing to see who can come first. The one who kicks or bites the bell is the winner. There are also those who hang the bell on the high place, and the one who rings it first is the winner. During the New Year, the North Koreans not only enjoy the wine. In addition to delicacies, you must also make a sweet rice made of glutinous rice

added with pine nuts, chestnut powder, date paste and honey, etc., and cooked into a sweet rice similar to my country's eight-treasure rice. It indicates that the family is prosperous

The days are as sweet as honey

UK

In the UK, although New Year's Day is not as grand as Christmas, it

On New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, various celebration activities are carried out according to local customs

to show off the old and welcome the new. Late at night on New Year's Eve, the British celebrate.

I often go out to visit with cakes and wine. They don’t knock on the door and just go straight to their relatives and friends’ homes

According to British custom, after a thousand nights on New Year’s Eve, they go to the morning.

The person who steps into the house with the first foot indicates the luck of the new year.

If the first guest is a black-haired man, or he is happy or happy.

For wealthy people, the host will have good luck throughout the year. If the first guest is a woman with blond hair, or a sad, poor, or unfortunate person, the host will have good luck throughout the year. In the new year, you will encounter bad luck, difficulties and disasters. People who are guests at the homes of relatives and friends on New Year's Eve should first stir the fire in the fireplace and wish the host "good luck" before talking to each other. Most New Year celebrations in the UK are held on New Year's Eve, and the "New Year Banquet" is one of them. This banquet is divided into "family banquet" and

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There are two types of "group banquets". The banquet usually starts at 8 pm on New Year's Eve and ends in the early morning of New Year's Day. A variety of fine wines, delicacies and snacks are provided at the banquet for people to drink to their heart's content all night long. At midnight, people

turn on the radio and listen to the New Year's bell of the church bell. When the bell rings

, people are full of joy, toast, cheer and sing "

The Days of the Past”. The "New Year's Eve Ball" is another kind of celebration.

Night falls by local hotels and dance parties.

People dressed in festive costumes came from all directions to these newly decorated dance venues with bright lights, dancing to the wonderful music. Thousands of people danced to the wonderful music. Crowds also gathered in various squares, singing and dancing around the fountain in the center of the square and the Elos statue. The TV station is also broadcasting live in the square, so that people who are "watching the New Year" here can also enjoy the fun.

New Year customs of ethnic minorities

Kirgiz people - When the first month of the year appears, the Kirgiz people celebrate the "Noroz" festival, which is very similar to the Spring Festival of the Han people. During the festival, each family prepares rich meals according to their own ability and treats each other to celebrate. On the night of the festival, when the herds come back from the pasture, a fire made of Achnatherum splendens is lit in front of each yurt. People jump over it first, and then the animals jump over it, which indicates that disaster will be solved and difficulties will be solved in the new year. Both humans and animals are prosperous here.

Buyi people - at the end of the twelfth lunar month, every household smokes meat, stuffs sausages, roasts wine, makes glutinous rice cakes, rice crackers, and sews new clothes and handkerchiefs. On the twenty-third day of the twelfth lunar month, maltose and other fruits are given to the Kitchen God. Ask your husband to write couplets and post door gods and New Year pictures. On the evening of the 30th, the whole family, young and old, sit around the fire and first offer sacrifices to their ancestors. Then the whole family wishes each other, has a reunion dinner and stays up all night. At dawn on the first day of the New Year, girls rush to the river to fetch water. Whoever is the first to fetch water is the most industrious and happiest person, and this also heralds a good harvest. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, we put up lanterns at home, light them together at night, and hang them at the door. After the first day of the Lunar New Year, people began to visit each other to pay New Year greetings. Young men and women meet together to "play the show" and express their love through singing; or they gather together to dance "flower bag" to the accompaniment of suona, yueqin, dongxiao, sisters' flute, bronze drum and other musical instruments. In some areas, the New Year is celebrated on the 15th day of the first lunar month, and the "Little New Year" is celebrated on the 30th day of the first lunar month.

Tujia people - starting from two days before the first day of the first lunar month, the first day is called the big year and the second day is the small year. On New Year's Eve, each family lights a firewood, and everyone sits around listening to the old man telling stories and staying up until dawn. During the festival, "red yeast fish" is eaten to symbolize wealth and abundance, and a large pot of stewed vegetables is also called a combination dish. On the third day of the lunar new year, a "hand-waving dance" party was held, with as many as 10,000 participants. In addition, there are dragon lantern performances, lion dances, lantern festivals, dramas, martial arts and other activities.

Zhuang nationality - from the 30th day of the lunar year to the second day of the first lunar month, three days. Anyone who works outside the home must go home before thirty. On the eve of New Year's Eve, a big fire will be lit on the firepit of every family, which will stay on all night long. It is called the "new year fire". On New Year's Eve, every family kills chickens and ducks, steams pork belly, powdered meat, and makes barbecued pork. There are eight dishes for dinner, including "white chopped chicken" and stewed whole chicken. Every family has to stay up until midnight and set off firecrackers before going to bed. On the first and second day of the first lunar month, all guests must eat rice dumplings. The rice dumplings are filled with peeled mung beans and half-fat but not lean meat mixed with sauce. Most men and women sing antiphonal songs at this time, or play dreidel, dance, play ball games, or act. On the eve of the New Year's Eve, rice is cooked for the whole day to show that there will be a good harvest in the coming year. This kind of rice is called "Zongba", some of which are more than a foot long and weigh five or six kilograms. During festivals, people like to hold flower-packet throwing activities. Young men and women are each divided into a team. The two sides are about 50 meters apart. A boundary is drawn and they throw and catch each other. Anyone who throws out of the boundary or does not catch the ball is the loser.

Dongxiang people like to have earth wars during the Spring Festival to show their love for the land that raised them. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the traditional "clod making" activity is held. They use clods of soil as "weapons" and throw them at each other. On this day, even the old men in their sixties will rush to the "battlefield" in the mountains to show off their skills.

Dong people - early in the morning on the first day of the Lunar New Year, they get a few big and fresh carps from the pond, fry, fry, roast, stew, and put them on the table, plus a plate of fragrant pickled fish, and the whole table The dishes are mainly fish. The Dong people believe that eating fish during the Spring Festival heralds good luck in the new year, with plenty of fish, abundant harvests, and money and food. During the Spring Festival, mountain climbing competitions are popular. Whoever climbs to the top first will get a gift from the girl or the boy. Girls present Dong brocades embroidered by themselves, and young men present exquisite bamboo boxes and bamboo hats. This activity often lasts for half a month.

Gelao people - the third day of March in the lunar calendar every year is the Spring Festival for the Gelao people. Because they live in places with cooler temperatures, spring does not begin until March when vegetation begins to sprout.

At this time when spring plowing is about to be busy, everyone gathers together to celebrate the New Year and pray together to the ancestors and mountain gods for blessings, everything will go well and the harvest will be plentiful. And because Qingming Festival is often celebrated around the beginning of March, so the two festivals are celebrated together, so this day is designated as the Gelao Year, which is also the Spring Festival. During the festival, young people go from village to village to hold activities such as beating chicken feathers, shuttlecocks, flower dragons, and eggs, accompanied by singing and dancing, and have fun.

Kazakh people - like to carry out "girl chasing" activities during the Spring Festival. This activity is interesting and touching, and it is also a unique way for young men and women to express their love.

Jingpo people-hold a "target shooting" competition during the Spring Festival. On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, people gathered on the playing field. The girls hung the purses they embroidered on the top of the bamboo poles. If the shooter hit the thin string hanging the purse, he was considered a sharpshooter. The girls rewarded the sharpshooter with a bowl of sweet rice wine. The girls are the organizers and referees of this event. Whichever boy wins, the girls will bring water and wine to his mouth as a prize. During the Spring Festival, every household makes water and wine to toast to their elders.

Korean people—every household posts Spring Festival couplets, cooks all kinds of sumptuous meals, and eats "eight-treasure rice". On New Year's Eve, the whole family stays up all night, playing the gayageum and the dongxiao. At dawn, people put on festive costumes to pay New Year greetings to their elders. During the festival, men, women, old and young sing and dance to their heart's content, press the springboard and play tug-of-war. A traditional celebration gathering is held on the night of the 15th day of the first lunar month. Several elected elderly people board the wooden "moon-watching frame" and sing and dance accompanied by long drums, flutes and suonas. During the Spring Festival, people dressed in costumes play the seesaw happily in pairs. They fall together with each other. Whoever makes graceful movements in the air and bounces high will be ahead and win.

Shui Nationality——According to the water calendar of the Shui Nationality, the twelfth day of the first lunar month is the "Duanjie", which means "Celebrating the New Year". On the night of the festival, a party is held in the village, where young men and women sing and dance to the sound of gongs, drums and suonas. There are many types of gongs and drums used at parties. The largest ones are more than one meter in diameter and weigh one to two hundred kilograms. The drum surface is painted with patterns and the drum body is engraved with reliefs. It is both a folk music instrument and a handicraft.

Dai Nationality - On the second and third day of the lunar month, some villages will hold an "elephant foot drum competition". The contestants are in high spirits and keep beating the drums. Whoever has graceful movements and good drumming will win the prize. During the Spring Festival, young men and women throw chaff bags at each other to see who can throw it accurately and who can catch it. When the play reaches a certain point, the girls will quietly steal the waist knife, turban or tied horse from the young man and run home. If the young man is interested, he will follow him. When the parents saw their daughter coming back with a turban and a horse, they hosted a banquet in honor of her. In addition, April 13th every year is the Dai New Year, and it is also the most solemn festival of the Dai people - the Water Splashing Festival. They regard splashing water as a symbol of exorcism and good luck, and they also regard this day as the most beautiful and most beautiful day. Auspicious day.

The Dulong people's festival is usually held in late December of the lunar calendar every year. The specific date is determined by each family's own divination, and the length of the festival also depends on the amount of food prepared. Since the Dulong people have no written language, they had to use carved wood or knotted rope as "invitations" to invite guests to celebrate the New Year. After a family decides on which day to celebrate the festival, they calculate how many days are left before the festival. If they use carved wood to keep track of the date, they would carve a few squares on a special wooden board, each square representing a day, and then cut it in half and keep one half for yourself. Keep it and give half to the guests. From now on, both sides will cut off one square every day. When the last square is left, they will know that the next day will be a festival. If you use knotted ropes to keep track of days, tie as many knots as there are days before the festival. Then give the knotted rope to the relatives and friends you want to invite, keep one for yourself, and untie a knot every day until you reach the last "knot". When the time comes, you know it’s the New Year.

The Hani people celebrate New Year twice a year. One is October Festival and the other is June Festival. The Hani calendar starts with October, which is the "New Year". On New Year's Day, people visit relatives and friends, seek marriage and get engaged. During the "June New Year Festival", animals are sacrificed to worship ancestors, and cultural and sports activities such as swinging, wrestling, and singing folk songs are carried out. On New Year's Eve, women are busy making glutinous rice cakes, while young men go up the mountain to chop bamboo and build swings. No matter men, women, old or young, everyone likes to swing on the swing during the Spring Festival.

The Caddo people (a branch of the Hani ethnic group)—the Caddo people in Xinping County, Yunnan Province, celebrate the New Year on the sixth day of the first lunar month.

The Miao people call the Spring Festival the "Hakka Year". Every household kills pigs and sheep, roasts wine and makes cakes to celebrate the harvest, hoping for good weather and abundant grains in the coming year. They also sing the "Spring Song", with lyrics roughly meaning missing spring, looking forward to spring, cherishing spring, and celebrating spring.

Bai people - Bai people begin to worship each other and give gifts to each other on New Year's Eve. New Year's Eve vigil. After midnight, young men and women rush to carry water first to show their hard work. In the early morning, the whole family drinks sugar water soaked with rice crackers to wish for a sweet day. Everyone might visit scenic spots and historic sites together, or play dragon lanterns, lion dances, and beat the king's whip.

The Jing people - on the first day of the Lunar New Year, they have to take incense and candles to the well to burn them, which is called "buying new water". Tibetan women have to carry "auspicious water" from the river before dawn on the first day of the Lunar New Year. It is believed that the new water on the first day of the lunar month can bring good news and good luck, and can ensure good luck for the whole year.

Qiang people - every household makes various fried flour calves, lambs, chickens and other sacrifices to worship their ancestors and gods. During the New Year, they drink wine and everyone gathers around the altar. Sit down and let the longest person sing "The Opening of the Altar", and then use a straw about two feet long to drink from left to right.

The Ewenki people - on the first day of the first lunar month, they pay New Year greetings to each other, especially their elders and relatives, who must kowtow to New Year greetings on the first day of the lunar month. On the night of the first day of the Lunar New Year, men, women, old and young gather together in a larger house to have fun. This entertainment party is usually called by the elderly. The women start dancing or singing first, and then everyone, regardless of gender, dances.

The Daur people—live on both sides of the Heilongjiang and Nenjiang rivers. The New Year's Eve dinner is steamed yellow rice cake. Early in the morning, people who want to pay New Year's greetings to each other grab rice cakes as soon as they enter the house to pray for better life every year. At dawn on the first day of the first lunar month, women prepare breakfast, while men burn incense, worship heaven and earth, and worship the gods, praying to gods and gods for peace and good harvests. After worshiping gods, they toast to the elders, kowtow and accept the blessings from the elders. After eating dumplings and putting on new clothes, close relatives, men and women, gather together, led by elders, to engage in various entertainment activities according to seniority.

Yao people-during the festival, people gather together to watch the interesting and unique "farming drama". One person plays the role of a cow, another person plays the role of a farmer holding a plow, and another person plays a farmer holding a hoe. The three dance and sing to celebrate the agricultural harvest. Young men and women gather on the lawns around the village, play the reed pipe, play the yueqin, and sing folk songs to find their love. Every year, the Half-Moon Festival of the seventh lunar month is the most solemn festival of the Yao people - the Spring Festival. On the eve of the Half-Moon Festival, every household is very busy, and the sound of horns and laughter are everywhere inside and outside the village.

Lahu Nationality - Every year from the first day to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month of the lunar calendar, it is the "Expanding Tower" Festival (Spring Festival in Lahu language) of the Lahu people in Yunnan. On New Year's Eve, every household makes glutinous rice cakes symbolizing the sun, moon and stars, offering sacrifices to the sun, moon and stars, hoping for good weather and abundant harvests in the new year. From the first to the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, young men and women rush to the spring to welcome the new water, which symbolizes purity and happiness. The first to get it is the fastest. At the same time, people bring gifts to visit villages and villages, and visit relatives and friends.

Gaoshan tribe - Taiwan's Gaoshan tribe has the custom of eating "perennial vegetables". Perennial vegetables are also called "mustard greens". Eating this vegetable is a sign of long life. Some people add long vermicelli noodles to perennial dishes to symbolize immortality.

Li ethnic group - During the Spring Festival, every family slaughters pigs and chickens, prepares delicious food and wine, and the whole family sits around to eat "New Year's dinner" and sing "New Year's songs" during the meal. On the first or second day of the Lunar New Year, people hunt together. The prey comes first to the shooter who hits the prey first, and the remaining half is divided equally among everyone. Pregnant women can get two portions of the prey.

Wa people - when they meet for the first time in the New Year, in addition to congratulating each other, they also give glutinous rice dumplings, sugar cane and bananas as gifts, in order to wish a harmonious, sweet and beautiful family life.

Tujia people - on the family reunion dinner table, there must be lumps of meat and vegetables.

The Uyghur people’s New Year’s Eve family banquet foods include: “Puo” made of rice, mutton, raisins, etc., and “Pitil Mangda” made of flour, mutton, onions, etc. Steamed buns), "Gexi" (hand-caught mutton) cooked with bone-in mutton, "Lanman" (stretched noodles) made of dough, and "Ququ'er" which is sour and spicy similar to Han Chinese wontons, etc. .

In addition, there are also a variety of traditional ethnic pastries and snacks, such as "Aisimsanza" (round plate dumplings), "Yayimaza" (lace dumplings), "Bohusak" (fried Jipi) ), "Shamubosa" (fried zygotes), "Kayikeka" (colorful fried foods), etc.

Brown tribe - carry out ball-tossing activities during the Spring Festival, which is lively and interesting. Participants form a circle. First, one person will lift a small ball made of bamboo pieces into the air. Then they will catch the ball in order and hold the ball in the air with their palms. Those who cannot catch the ball will have to sing a song as a penalty. Song.

New Year's Taboo

As the saying goes, "The beginning of the new year and the end of the old year" mean that the most important days of the year are "New Year's Eve" and "Spring Festival", so when celebrating the New Year Be particularly cautious in your words and deeds. Chinese people hope that everything will go smoothly and have a good omen at the beginning of the year.

There are many taboos during the Spring Festival, mainly to ensure safety and everything goes well in the coming year. Women are not allowed to go out to pay New Year greetings on the Spring Festival. The saying is called "taboo", and married daughters are not allowed to go home. If you go back to your natal family during the New Year, your natal family will be poor. Children are not allowed to cry or say unlucky words, nor are they allowed to quarrel or argue with others. Doing so will cause a bad year. It is also not allowed to break furniture during the New Year. Breaking it is a sign of bankruptcy. You must quickly say "Every year (broken) is safe" or "Flowers bloom, wealth and prosperity". No matter what kind of illness you have, you are not allowed to call a doctor. Calling a doctor will make you sick all year round. From the first to the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, you should not use knives (for murder), needles (for the needle's eye), or scissors (for verbal disputes), and you must not sweep the floor. Sweeping the floor will wipe out all your wealth. Don't eat porridge on the Spring Festival, otherwise it will rain when you travel during this year.

Some taboos from the first to the tenth day of the lunar month: The first day of the lunar month: Rooster Day - In the old days, chickens were posted on New Year's Day to ward off evil spirits and pray for blessings (rooster is homophonic to "ji").

The second day of the Lunar New Year: Dog Day - go out to pay New Year's greetings or worship ancestors.

The third day of the Lunar New Year: Sheep Day - "Red Mouth", which is prone to quarrels. It is not suitable to pay New Year's greetings such as "Tian's Birthday", "Millet's Birthday" and sacrifices to Tian.

The fourth day of the Lunar New Year: Pig Day - worship the God of Wealth. If the boss wants to "fire" someone, he will not invite him to worship the God.

The fifth day of the lunar month: Ox Day - "breaking the fifth day" can break many taboos. "Send the poor fifth day": the garbage from the first to the fourth day of the lunar month cannot be thrown away to avoid "wealth". The garbage on the fifth day of the lunar month is regarded as "Poor soil", dumping it means "sending the poor out".

On the birthday of the God of Wealth, there is a custom of "receiving the God of Wealth".

The sixth day of the lunar month: Horse Day - the day to "send off to the gods". The paper horses sent to the God of Wealth on New Year's Eve are burned and the shops begin to reopen.

The seventh day of the lunar month: People's Day - a person's birthday. It is also the custom to have dinner and drink together, and to set off fireworks and fireworks. It is the "birthday of fire".

The eighth day of the lunar month: Grain Day - the lower realm of the stars, so it is necessary to worship the stars. Temples often set up altars to worship the stars on this day and receive donations.

On the ninth day of the lunar month: the birthday of Heaven—the birthday of the Jade Emperor, a grand ceremony to worship Heaven is held.

The tenth day of the lunar month: the birthday of stone - all stone utensils such as grinders, mills, and mills are forbidden to be used, which is called "Ten (stone) does not move", and incense is even burned to worship the stone utensils.