The meaning of New Year greetings

New Year greeting is a traditional folk custom in China, and it is a way for people to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, and express their best wishes to each other. Generally speaking, the time to pay New Year greetings is from the first day to the fifth day, while visiting relatives and friends after the fifth day of the first month and before the fifteenth day is regarded as a memorial to old age. What does it mean to pay a New Year call every day? Let me share the meaning of New Year's Day first.

New Year's Day means 1 The first day of the first month is the first day of the Lunar New Year, marking the beginning of a new year. Spring Festival is the most important and grand traditional festival of Han nationality. There are many folk activities on this day, such as paying New Year greetings, setting off firecrackers and giving lucky money. The first day of New Year's Day is a year, a January and a day of the year, so it is also called "Three Dynasties". The custom of setting off firecrackers in the Spring Festival began in the Han Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,000 years.

Open the door and set off firecrackers.

In the morning, people will set off firecrackers before going out to visit relatives and friends. This is called "setting off firecrackers". After firecrackers, the ground is broken red, which is called "full house". Folks believe that the sooner you put a "good start", the better, which symbolizes all the best and a bumper harvest in the new year. However, many cities restrict the setting off of fireworks. If you want to set off firecrackers, you must go to the designated place!

It is not advisable to sweep the floor and take out the garbage.

It is said that the first day of the first month is the birthday of a broom, so you can't use a broom on this day, otherwise it will ruin your fortune, attract a "broom star" and cause bad luck. If you must sweep the floor, you must sweep it from the outside to the inside. Don't throw water on the garbage on this day, for fear of breaking the money. Nowadays, many places have the custom of cleaning on New Year's Eve. Don't put a broom or take out the garbage on New Year's Day. Prepare a large barrel of waste water to avoid splashing outside that day.

New Year's Eve means New Year's Eve custom.

New Year greetings usually begin at home. On the morning of the first day, after getting up, the younger generation should first pay a New Year call to their elders, wishing them a long and healthy life and all the best. After the elders worship, they should distribute the "lucky money" prepared in advance to the younger generation. After greeting the elders at home, people should also greet each other with smiles when they go out to meet each other, and exchange auspicious words such as "Congratulations on getting rich", "Good luck in all seasons" and "Happy New Year". Neighbors, relatives and friends will also visit each other to celebrate the New Year or invite them to drink and have fun.

On the first day of the first lunar month, men and women, old and young, are well dressed and gentle, kowtowing and bowing, and greeting the elderly. According to traditional customs, the first day of the first year is to pay a New Year call to the old people in the clan, and from the second day on, people will visit relatives and friends. As the saying goes, "Nephew pays New Year's greetings, the second day and the third day." According to custom, nephews should pay New Year greetings to grandparents, uncles and aunts first, followed by uncles and aunts. Paying a New Year call is a moral gift. On the fifth day of the first month, it is called "Breaking Five", and every household should sweep the garbage and empty the dirt. It's a little late to pay New Year greetings at this time.

With the development of society, there are various forms of New Year greetings. Pay New Year's greetings by telephone, telegraph, computer network and sending greeting cards. Are feasible.

New year greeting etiquette

Relatives pay New Year greetings.

Between relatives, during the Spring Festival, mutual visits, condolences, visits and blessings can enhance family ties, strengthen unity, communicate feelings and convey information. The so-called relatives now generally refer to the social ties formed by marriage. At first, this relationship was maintained by blood, but the blood relationship is getting farther and farther from generation to generation, which needs to be standardized by etiquette. For example, between cousins, according to tradition, nephews should first pay New Year greetings to their aunts and uncles, and then nephews should pay New Year greetings to their aunts and uncles. This ethical relationship is called "mother's uncle is big", and this custom includes the custom of respecting the matriarchal line. Therefore, it is traditionally said that "nephews pay New Year greetings on the second and third days of the New Year's Day, and close the door after the fifth day." It can be seen that it is better to pay New Year greetings to grandparents and aunts. No later than the fifth day. Because the fifth day of the first month is also called "breaking the fifth day", the golden age of the Spring Festival has passed, and every family has to take care of business and has no time to entertain guests all day.

Friends pay New Year greetings.

Friends pay New Year greetings to each other in the first month. First, they congratulate the New Year; second, they offer condolences to health; and third, they enhance friendship. No matter how contradictory last year was, I felt happy when I worshipped in the New Year, and I forgot all about the past. Therefore, although it is a form of etiquette, it has extremely rich moral connotation and should not be underestimated. Now every family has a telephone. In order not to disturb the elderly, sometimes you can call to pay a New Year call. Before visiting relatives and friends, it is best to make a phone call and ask if the other person's home is convenient, so as not to keep the host entertained for a while. In etiquette communication, this is very noteworthy.