What are the customs of celebrating the Spring Festival in your hometown?

In my hometown, the Spring Festival is usually an interesting activity, such as eating New Year's Eve, watching the Spring Festival Gala and paying New Year's greetings. For ordinary people, the Spring Festival means the end of one year and the beginning of another. How much has been harvested in one year, and how to plan for the coming year, so this day of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new is particularly important for the people, and it is also very lively and festive.

Especially for people nowadays, the Spring Festival is a rare day for family reunion, and all families cherish this day very much. In our country, we have to prepare all the new year's goods four days before the Spring Festival. Then start preparing the ingredients for the New Year's Eve dinner.

Our place pays special attention to the quantity of dishes on the table. A good number means good luck in the coming year. So the dishes at home are generally even, usually eight, ten and twelve. Eight things, that is, eight things cannot be separated from development, and you will make a fortune in the coming year. Ten represents perfection, and twelve represents prosperity every month in the coming year. There is a particularly interesting thing when eating New Year's Eve. That is, both chicken feet and duck feet must be the pillars of the family, because eating more feet can capture more wealth in the coming year. Of course, when eating, there is another link that children especially like to give lucky money.

After dinner, I will basically talk to my neighbors about what to eat at the New Year's Eve. Then when it gets dark, it's time for the family to sit together and watch the Spring Festival Gala, which is especially precious for people who go out to work. Many families don't have much time together like this all year round. When watching the Spring Festival Gala, parents can ask their children how their work is, and children can also spend time with their parents. This may be the greatest significance of the Spring Festival Gala. The next morning, you will find every child knocking at the door with a bag in his hand. This is a New Year greeting.

When the children knock on the door with bags in their hands, when the host opens the door, they should first say "Happy New Year, I'll pay you a New Year call". The host will give the children some candy or fruit, and each child's bag will be full in the morning. It is a very happy thing for children.