What are the customs and traditions on New Year’s Day?

New Year’s Day customs include eating dumplings, glutinous rice balls and rice cakes.

1. Eating dumplings

On New Year's Day, there is a custom of eating dumplings in northern areas. Because New Year's Day is the renewal of the old and new years, it is also called the year of Jiaozi, and dumplings are homophones for Jiaozi. Therefore, on New Year's Day, everyone eats dumplings in the hope of a very good sign and good luck in the new year. Good luck here.

2. Eating glutinous rice balls

The New Year’s Day on January 1st every year is a day for everyone to get together, so in order to celebrate the coming of this day, the older generation will eat it early in the morning Cook a bowl of hot glutinous rice balls for the juniors to eat. I hope that after eating, they can welcome the arrival of the New Year. At the same time, I also hope that after eating, the days will be happy, reunited, and sweet.

3. Eating rice cakes

New year cakes have the meaning of being prosperous and prosperous year by year, so eating rice cakes on New Year’s Day also symbolizes the new year and being able to live like rice cakes. Both your career and your career will be prosperous, which is a good sign. Therefore, in the south, there is a custom of eating rice cakes on New Year's Day.

Ways to celebrate New Year’s Day:

1. The whole of China and even the whole world knows that many countries have designated New Year’s Day as a legal holiday and have a holiday on New Year’s Day. After the founding of New China , also stipulates that New Year's Day is a legal holiday and a day off.

2. Activities organized by groups are more common now, such as New Year’s Day parties, hanging slogans celebrating New Year’s Day, or holding group activities. In the past, there were organizations that played gongs and drums and performed folk dances collectively. It can still be seen on TV documentaries. With the development of science and technology today, it has evolved into a gala show with travel, party and other programs.

3. The traditional Chinese way of celebrating lies among the people, especially in rural areas. Every New Year's Day, every household will set off firecrackers, kill chickens and geese, and worship the gods of various places, then the family will reunite and have a meal together. As for a more serious way of celebrating, I haven’t seen it yet.