Quanzhou Spring Festival etiquette

In the Spring Festival, you will see beautiful and generous paper-cuts on clean and bright paper in every household, which is full of festive atmosphere and strongly influenced by art. Paper-cutting is one of the traditional folk art forms in China. Because most of them are pasted on windows, they are also called "window grilles". It is a decorative art sketch made by cutting (carving) colored paper with scissors (or carving knife). On holidays, every household in rural areas of China will use colored paper to cut out window grilles and hanging strips of various flowers, animals or people's stories, stick them on doors and windows, and make lanterns and festive flowers. , increase the festive atmosphere.

2. Paste the New Year pictures

New Year pictures are a traditional art in China with a long history. During the Spring Festival, every household puts up a few New Year pictures on the living room wall to show that they will bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year. By the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the themes of New Year pictures were more and more extensive, and there were many New Year pictures that reflected the ideals and wishes of working people, such as "Welcome to the Spring and Receive Happiness", "Harvest of Five Grains", "Prosperity of Six Livestock" and "Good Weather". New Year pictures in different parts of China have various forms, a wide range of themes and different styles. There are dozens of forms such as banners, screen bars, window tops, kitchen paintings, banners, etc., and their themes include landscape flowers and birds, opera figures, folklore and so on.

Step 3 post Spring Festival couplets

Spring Festival couplets are one of the main traditional customs of the Spring Festival. Spring Festival couplets, also known as "door couplets", "spring stickers", "couplets", originated from "Fu Tao" and "door stickers". Every year on Lunar New Year's Eve, red Spring Festival couplets are put on the doors of every household in urban and rural areas to add color to the festival. It depicts the background of the times and expresses good wishes with neat, dual, concise and delicate words, which is a unique entertainment activity with national literature color in China. Spring Festival couplets are a unique form of China literature. It is not only a kind of calligraphy art, but also a good poetic Spring Festival couplets, giving people a beautiful feeling.

4. Give New Year cards

Nowadays, New Year cards have various forms and greatly expanded functions. In addition to congratulating Spring Festival travel rush on the accident, it also played a role in publicity and education. Some are printed with famous quotations, some are painted with unique pictures, and some can be used as books and notes. It's really interesting to receive New Year cards from relatives and friends from other places when the New Year comes in China. It can enhance friendship and learn from them. New Year cards are also one of the traditional folk customs in China. From New Year's Day to Spring Festival, some people always go to the store to buy unique printed New Year cards as gifts for relatives and friends to congratulate them on their happy holidays.