What can I do during the Spring Festival?

Dust removal is one of the traditional folk customs in China during the Spring Festival, which originated from a religious ceremony in ancient China to drive away diseases. This ceremony later evolved into a year-end cleaning, which pinned the good wishes of the working people in China to ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters and welcome good luck. There is also a saying that the old should be removed and the new should be welcomed.

(2) Post Spring Festival couplets

Spring Festival couplets are a kind of couplets, named after being posted during the Spring Festival. It uses neat, dual, concise and exquisite words to describe the background of the times and express good New Year wishes. It is a unique literary form in China. During the Spring Festival, every household should choose a pair of red Spring Festival couplets and stick them on the door to add a festive atmosphere to the Spring Festival.

(3) New Year's Eve dinner

A family sits together to have a New Year's Eve dinner, also called a reunion dinner. The annual reunion dinner fully shows the fine virtues of mutual respect and friendship among families in China. This traditional custom brings families closer together. Family reunion often makes a family feel spiritually comforted and satisfied, especially the elderly. When the elderly take care of their children and grandchildren, they will feel that their past care and hard work in raising children have not been in vain.

(4) Shousui

People in China have the habit of observing the New Year's Eve, commonly known as "Enduring the Year". Watching New Year's Eve begins with eating New Year's Eve. New Year's Eve dinner will be eaten slowly, and some families will eat it until late at night.

(5) lucky money

Lucky money is usually given to the younger generation by the elders. Some families give lucky money after the New Year's Eve. Everyone has finished eating, and the elders give it to the younger generation, encouraging future generations to learn and progress in the new year and be a good person. In some families, after their children fall asleep at night, parents will put them under pillows to create surprises for their children, reflecting the care of the elders for the younger generation. Some people's families give their younger generation lucky money, that is, red envelopes, the next morning, that is, the first day of the Lunar New Year. This custom can be said to be a folk activity that integrates family ethics.