What are China’s New Year’s Day customs?

China’s New Year’s Day customs include the following:

1. Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan all regard New Year’s Day as a legal holiday, and people across the country have a holiday on New Year’s Day. Generally, the holidays are consecutive with the weekend, and there are three days off per day. "New Year's Day" mainly wishes each other in various ways, and New Year's cards are the main form.

2. The company units will organize collective cultural parties, such as New Year's Day parties, etc. In the past, there were organizations that played gongs and drums and performed folk dances in groups. Now you can still see it on TV documentaries. Today, with the development of science and technology, this has evolved into a gala party, and people across the country can watch the live broadcast online through the Internet.

3. From ancient times to the present, China’s New Year’s Day has had a very rich food culture, such as pepper wine, peach soup, glutinous rice cakes, five-spice plate, eating eggs, soup cakes, rice cakes, etc.

New Year's Day, January 1 of the Gregorian calendar, is commonly known as "New Year" in most countries in the world. New Year's Day is also called "Three Yuan", which is the Yuan of the year, the Yuan of the month, and the Yuan of the hour. In the minds of ancient Chinese people, "Yuan" means the beginning; "Dan" means morning. According to historical records, "New Year's Day" has many names, such as Yuanri, Yuanzheng, Huasui, etc., but "New Year's Day" is the most common and longest-lasting.

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Customs of people in other countries celebrating New Year's Day

1. Britain: On the day before New Year's Day, every household must have wine in the bottle and in the cupboard. There is meat. The British believe that if there is no food and wine left, they will be poor in the coming year. In addition, there is also a popular custom in the United Kingdom of "drawing water from the well" during the New Year. People strive to be the first to draw water. They believe that the first person to draw water is a happy person, and the water drawn is auspicious water.

2. Germany: During the New Year's Day, Germans put up a fir tree or horizontal tree in every household, with silk flowers tied between the leaves, which means that the world is full of flowers and spring. They climb on the chairs just before the New Year arrives at midnight on New Year's Eve. When the bell rings, they jump off the chairs and throw a heavy object behind the chair to show that they are throwing away the disaster and jumping into the New Year.

3. Belgium: In Belgium, on the morning of New Year’s Day, the first thing in the countryside is to pay New Year greetings to the animals. People walk around cows, horses, sheep, dogs, cats and other animals, and say to these creatures in a serious manner: "Happy New Year!"

4. Italy: New Year's Eve in Italy is a carnival night. As night falls, thousands of people flock to the streets, lighting firecrackers, fireworks and even firing live ammunition. Men and women dance until midnight. Every household collects old things, smashes some breakable things in the house, and throws all the old pots, bottles and cans outside the door, which means getting rid of bad luck and troubles.

5. France: Celebrate the New Year with wine. People start partying and drinking from New Year’s Eve until January 3rd. The French believe that the weather on New Year's Day heralds the coming of the new year. On the early morning of New Year's Day, they go to the streets to check the direction of the wind and predict fortunes: if the south wind blows, it will be a good year, safe and hot; if the west wind blows, it will be a good harvest year for fishing and milking; if the east wind blows, it will be a good harvest year; if the north wind blows, it will be a bad harvest year. .

6. Switzerland: Swiss people have the habit of working out on New Year’s Day. They use fitness to welcome the arrival of the new year. Some of them went mountain climbing in groups, standing on the top of the mountain facing the ice and snow, singing loudly about the wonderful life; some skied along long snow trails in the mountains and forests, as if looking for the road to happiness; some held stilt-walking competitions , men, women, old and young come together to wish each other good health.

7. Greece: On New Year's Day, every family will make a big cake with a silver coin inside. The host cuts the cake into several pieces and distributes them to family members or visiting relatives and friends. Whoever eats the piece of cake with the silver coin will become the luckiest person in the New Year, and everyone must congratulate him.

8. Spain: In Spain, on New Year's Eve, all family members gather together to celebrate with music and games. As midnight approaches and the clock strikes twelve o'clock for the first time, everyone is scrambling to eat grapes. If you can eat 12 pills according to the sound of the bell, it means that everything will go well for each month of the New Year.

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