Chinese New Year customs

Organize New Year’s goods. China's New Year customs and culture have a long history, and various New Year customs have been derived from various parts of the country, which are very different from the north to the south and each has its own characteristics. Although customs vary from place to place, preparing New Year goods and giving New Year gifts are “necessities” for the New Year almost across the country.

Burn firecrackers. Chinese people have a saying of "opening firecrackers". That is to say, when the New Year arrives, the first thing every household does when they open the door is to burn firecrackers, and the beeping sound of firecrackers is used to drive away the old and welcome the new.

Zhaotian silkworms are also called "burning field silkworms" and "burning field wealth". They are a folk custom of praying for good luck in the south of the Yangtze River. On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, long poles tied with torches are erected in the fields to use the flames to divine the new year. If the flames are strong, they will herald a good harvest in the coming year.