What can represent the Spring Festival?

1. Spring Festival Couplets

Every Spring Festival, no matter in urban or rural areas, every household must choose beautiful red Spring Festival couplets and paste them on the door to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, adding to the festive atmosphere. Another source of Spring Festival couplets is spring stickers. The ancients often posted the word "Yichun" on the Beginning of Spring. Later, they gradually developed into Spring Festival couplets, which express the Chinese working people's good wishes to ward off evil spirits, eliminate disasters, and welcome good fortune. It is said that this custom originated in the Song Dynasty and became popular in the Ming Dynasty.

2. Firecrackers

Every Spring Festival, the lanterns are bright and the gongs and drums sound. The sound of firecrackers comes and goes, playing the New Year's song to the boiling earth. The lights in the sky are brilliant and the flowers are blooming, creating a happy chapter for the festival. Setting off firecrackers to celebrate the New Year has a history of more than 2,000 years in our country. The earliest firecrackers were made by burning bamboo. Because the bamboo burned and made a crackling sound, it was called firecrackers.

3. New Year's money

New Year's money is one of the annual customs. After the New Year's dinner, the elders will distribute the New Year's money prepared in advance to the younger generations. It is said that the New Year's money can suppress evil spirits. You can spend one year in peace. In folk culture, New Year's money means warding off evil spirits and exorcising ghosts, and bless peace. The original purpose of lucky money was to suppress evil and drive away evil spirits. Because people think that children are vulnerable to evil spirits, they use lucky money to ward off evil spirits.

4. New Year’s Eve dinner

New Year’s Eve dinner, also known as New Year’s dinner, reunion dinner, reunion dinner, etc., specifically refers to the family dinner at the end of the year and New Year’s Eve. The New Year's Eve dinner originates from the ancient year-end sacrificial ceremony, where people gather together for a meal after paying homage to gods and ancestors. The New Year's Eve dinner is the highlight of the year. It is not only colorful, but also very special.

5. New Year pictures

Handling New Year pictures during the Spring Festival is also very common in urban and rural areas. The thick black and colorful New Year pictures add a prosperous and joyful festive atmosphere to thousands of households. New Year pictures are an ancient folk art in China, reflecting the people's simple customs and beliefs and reposing their hopes for the future. With the rise of woodblock printing, the content of New Year pictures is no longer limited to monotonous themes such as door gods, but has become rich and colorful.

Baidu Encyclopedia—Spring Festival Customs

Baidu Encyclopedia—Spring Festival