The customs of the new year

New year's customs in various countries

Thailand

The traditional Thai New Year, Songkran Festival ("Songkran Festival") is Sanskrit.

Also known as the Songkran Festival, it comes on April 13 of the Gregorian calendar every year.

16 days. During the festival, people travel by car with giant Buddha statues.

Behind the Buddha statue is a float parade, with makeup standing on it.

God ",groups of young men and women, dressed in colorful national costumes,

Drums and long drums, singing and dancing. On both sides of the road where the parade passed, very good.

Men and women are walking in the street, filled with silver bowls soaked in scallops.

After flavoring with perfume water, the Buddha statue and the "Goddess of Gan Song" pray for the New Year.

Good luck, good weather, and then people splash water on each other and wish each other happiness.

On behalf of health and longevity, I wish my relatives and friends a happy New Year, and it is used by unmarried young men and women.

Splashing water shows mutual affection. On the first day of the new year, Thais

On the windowsill, put a basin of clear water at the door, and every household will go to the suburban river.

Take a New Year bath in the river. In order to celebrate the New Year, Thais hold a large-scale.

The contents of the "Elephant Race Conference" include: people tug-of-war with elephants, jump up and pick up things like elephants, and jump like elephants.

Man, elephant football match, ancient elephant array performance, etc. It's wonderful and touching.

Edge

Egypt is an ancient civilization. In 40 BC, Egyptians could observe the stars.

Yes, they found that Sirius rose with the sun and the Nile water came at once.

Stand up. Egypt takes the day when the Nile rises as the beginning of the New Year. Say/make a phone call

To welcome the "New Year of Rising Water" and the Egyptian New Year, put one at the door.

There are seven or eight plates on a table, with soybeans, lentils, alfalfa and wheat.

Particles, with many small buds of green plants, symbolize abundance. Dedicate to God

The more things you have, the more achievements you will make in the new year. The New Year in Egypt is in autumn.

Because agricultural production in Egypt began in autumn.

Germany

There is a week before and after the German New Year celebration. In the meantime, every household

Every family should put a fir tree and a tree, and the leaves are covered with silk flower, representing flowers.

Such as brocade, spring is all over the world. Germans climb at midnight on New Year's Eve, just before the New Year comes.

As soon as the bell rang, they jumped up from the chair and threw heavy objects at it.

Sit back, show off evil, and leap into the new year. The children formed a band and dressed.

Put on new clothes, hold harmonica and accordion, and queue up to play in the street. adult

They held colorful flags and cheered and sang behind them to celebrate the New Year. German women

In the new year, we will improvise comedy sketches with family themes. In rural Germany

There is a custom to celebrate the New Year-"Tree Climbing Competition", which is very popular among boys.

Climbing with bare trees, the first place is known as the "New Year Hero", and

Show a gradual promotion.

Yindu

In India, New Year's Day begins on June 65438+1October 3 1, and the fourth day is New Year's Day.

On the first day of the new year, no one is allowed to be angry with others, let alone lose his temper. India has

In this area, on the morning of New Year's Day, every household kept crying and tears crossed everyone's face.

Oh, they greet the New Year in tears because time flies and life is too short, which is right for people.

The sigh of life. In some areas, people fast for a day and a night to welcome the New Year.

From the wee hours of New Year's Day to midnight. Because of this strange custom,

New Year's Day in India is called "Crying New Year's Day" and "Fasting New Year's Day". India

In the first five days of the New Year in China, the Indian epic Ramayana will be staged everywhere.

(meaning Rama's parade), playing the hero in the epic "Battle with the Paper Giant",

The "hero" triggered a burning arrow, and the paper giant was in the cheers of the audience.

After the big fire, before New Year's Eve, all kinds of beautiful pictures were posted in front of every household.

On the morning of New Year's Day, people will go out to pay New Year's greetings with exquisite lanterns and red envelopes.

People pay New Year greetings to relatives and friends. After meeting and congratulating each other, paint each other with red powder on their foreheads.

In fact, it means good luck and happiness. The young man put red ink into the water gun.

In the room, shooting at relatives and friends is called "sprinkling red", which means good luck. India

Young people like to meet and fight with their bare hands during the Chinese New Year, whether they are familiar with it or not. circusee

Those who pull the breeze often become the target of girls' pursuit. Indigenous people in central India

To celebrate the New Year, Bokhir people all over the country erected a smooth thick pole on the playground.

A big wooden pole, with a small bag full of gifts at the top, and the girl holding bamboo and straw.

The pole tried its best to stop the boys from climbing the pole, and the boys were all around the pole.

Form a circle and try to defend the girls from attacking the pole climber until the pole climber takes it away.

Until Xiao Bao won.

Iran

Iran has an Islamic calendar, and the seasons and months are not fixed.

In Iran, celebrating the New Year means celebrating the arrival of spring, usually in March of the solar calendar.

In the second half of the year, there will be a week to celebrate the New Year, and people will flock to the streets for a "bonfire party".

-"Night Fire", and then the whole family jumped off the night fire in turn, indicating burning.

Get rid of "bad luck", welcome the light, drive away evil spirits and diseases, and happiness will last forever. New Year's Eve

To eat "seven dishes", the name of each dish should start with the letter "S" and start with

Good luck. From grade one to grade three, people visit relatives and friends and wish each other a happy Spring Festival. new

On the last day of 2008, the whole family went out for an outing to ward off evil spirits.

China

New Year's Day is the first day of the year. The name "New Year's Day" is based on

Speaking of Zhuan Xu, one of the legendary three emperors and five emperors. He took it.

The first month of the lunar calendar is Yuan, and the first day is Dan. Meta contains the first sum.

At first, "Dan" was a red sun rising from the ground.

The harmony between "Yuan" and "Dan" is to make people flourish.

Qi, welcome the new year. On this day, China's cities and agriculture

The village is decorated with lanterns and colorful costumes, and many units.

Hang a huge slogan "Celebrate New Year's Day" to celebrate the New Year.

On September 27th, 1949, China People's Political Consultative Conference.

Resolution of the first plenary meeting of the General Assembly: "China people and state discipline."

The year adopts the method of AD year ",which is what we call the solar calendar.

In order to distinguish between the lunar calendar and the solar calendar, and in view of the 24 th lunar month

The "beginning of spring" in the solar terms is just around the Lunar New Year, which is convenient.

Change the first day of the first lunar month to "Spring Festival" and the first day of the first lunar month in the solar calendar.

It has been designated as "New Year's Day", and so far, New Year's Day has become the joy of the people of the whole country.

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Japan

Japanese people pay special attention to the New Year, which is from February 29th to June 5438+ 10 every year.

The 3rd is a national holiday. The Japanese call 65438+February 3 1 "Da".

A dark day ",that is, New Year's Eve. On new year's eve, the Japanese call it.

In order to "get rid of the night", they prayed to the gods for TOEFL and sent them away.

The boring old year ushered in a beautiful new year, which is called "the first idea".

At midnight on New Year's Eve, temples in urban and rural areas rang bells 108 to drive them away.

In addition to evil, the Japanese sit still and listen to the "night bell", the bell

Stopping means a new year. People leave their seats to go to bed.

I hope to have a good dream. On New Year's morning, family members sit together and talk to each other.

Tell a story about a dream you had on New Year's Eve to measure your luck. Japanese people call it New Year.

One is "Zhengri". 1-3 is "Three Congratulations Day": on a sunny day,

Young students must go to their parents' home to pay New Year greetings first, and then go.

Friends and relatives pay New Year greetings, and the Chinese New Year is still a "eating" festival. People from all over the world

People pray for good luck by eating their own food. Japanese

On the day of "Zhengri", the breakfast was very rich and there was sugar.

Guo, buckwheat noodles etc. Drink Tu Su wine. After that, I ate for three days.

Simple, as a sign of piety, pray for good luck in the coming year. There are many in Japan now.

Several city dwellers gave up their vegetarian habit in the new year and ate in the evening instead.

Have a hollow noodle and wish you a long and healthy life in the new year.

North Korea; South Korea

Like China, North Korea also has stick grills and peaches in the New Year.

Consistency of symbols. On New Year's Day, Koreans put up couplets and New Year's greetings in every household.

Painting. Some people put pictures of birthday girls or fairies on their doors and pray.

God bless, exorcise ghosts and give happiness. At the beginning of the new year, people

Put some money in the scarecrow tied in advance on New Year's Eve and throw it in.

Crossroads mean sending away evil and welcoming good luck. At dusk,

People will also burn the hair that the whole family has lost for a year and bless their families.

Peace in the four seasons. During the Spring Festival, women in North Korea wear new clothes. New Year's Day

Japanese girls wear a kind of hemp hat, which is called "blessing towel".

Put on colorful and patterned clothes and have a swing competition. They are one.

Take the tree flower as the goal and see who kicks or bites first wins. There are also high ones.

The winner who hangs the bronze bell will be the first person to touch it. During the New Year, North Korea

Fresh people must make a glutinous rice besides enjoying good wine and delicacies.

Add pine nuts, chestnut powder, jujube paste, honey, etc. And cook them into our country.

Eight-treasure rice is similar to fragrant rice to show the prosperity of the family.

Life is as sweet as honey.

Britain, England

In Britain, the Gregorian New Year is not as grand as Christmas, but

New Year's Eve and New Year's Day are still carried out according to local customs.

A celebration to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. Late at night on New Year's Eve,

They often go out to visit with cakes and wine and leave without knocking.

Go to relatives and friends' homes. According to British custom, after the 1001 night of New Year's Eve, the DPRK

The person who takes the first step in the room indicates good luck in the new year.

If the first guest is a dark-haired man, or a happy and lucky person.

Blessed and rich people will have good luck all the year round. If the first one

The guest is a woman with light yellow hair, or a sad, poor,

Unfortunately, the host will be unlucky and sleepy in the new year.

Difficulties and disasters. People who visit relatives and friends' homes on New Year's Eve, before talking,

First, stir the fire in the fireplace and wish the host "open the door". hero

Most of the New Year celebrations in China are held on the bonfire night on New Year's Eve, the "welcome banquet"

Will ",is one of them, this kind of banquet is divided into" family banquet "and.

There are two kinds of "group banquets", which usually start at 8 pm on New Year's Eve.

Until the early hours of New Year's Day. There are all kinds of wine, food and snacks at the party.

Heart, for people to drink all night. At midnight, people

Turn on the radio and listen to the New Year's bell of the church clock. The bell rings.

At that time, people were beaming, toasting, cheering and singing.

The sunshine of the past. The "New Year's Eve Dance" is another celebration.

Local hotels and dances, night arrival. People wear holiday clothes.

Dressed up, dancing to these newly decorated lights from all directions.

Dancing in beautiful music, thousands of people,

Also gathered in various squares, around the fountain and in the center of Rolle Square.

God, singing and dancing, carnival. The TV station is still doing it in the square.

Live broadcast allows people to enjoy the joy in this "birthday year".

New Year Customs of Ethnic Minorities

Kirgiz-When it appears in the first month of each year, Kirgiz people celebrate the "Norozi" Festival, which is very similar to the Spring Festival of the Han nationality. On holidays, families will cook a sumptuous meal according to their own abilities and treat each other to celebrate. On the night of the festival, when the cattle come back from the pasture, make a fire with Achnatherum splendens in front of each yurt. People jump first, then livestock jump, which indicates that the disaster will be eliminated and the problem will be solved. In the new year, people and animals will flourish.

Buyi people-At the end of the twelfth lunar month, every household smoked bacon, filled sausages, roasted wine, made glutinous rice Baba, spent rice, sewed new clothes and made handkerchiefs. On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, send fruits such as maltose to Kitchen God. Please write a pair and post a door god and a New Year picture. On New Year's Eve, the whole family, old and young, sat around the fire, first offering sacrifices to the world of their ancestors, and then the whole family blessed each other, had a reunion dinner and stayed up all night. Early on New Year's Day, the girls ran to the river to fetch water. Whoever carries water first is the most diligent and happy person, which also indicates a good year. On the first day, lanterns were tied at home, lit together at night and hung at the gate. After the first day of junior high school, people began to pay New Year greetings. Young men and women meet to "watch" and express their love with songs; Or get together and dance with instruments such as suona,,, flute and bronze drum. In some areas, the fifteenth day of the first month is the end of the new year, and the thirtieth day of the first month is the "off-year".

Tujia nationality-from two days before the first day of the first month, the first day is called New Year, and the second day is called off-year. On New Year's Eve, every family lights a log, and everyone sits around and listens to the old man telling stories until dawn. During the festival, we eat "red yeast fish" to symbolize wealth, and we also eat cauldron dishes, which are called combination dishes. In the third grade, a "wave dance" was held, with as many as ten thousand participants. In addition, there are dragon lanterns, lion dances, lantern festivals, dramas, martial arts and other activities.

Zhuang nationality-from the thirtieth day of the first month to the second day of the second day, three days. Anyone who works outside must go home before thirty. On New Year's Eve, every household will light a fire on the fireplace and it will not go out all night. This is the so-called "welcoming the fire". On New Year's Eve, people kill chickens and ducks, steam pork, powder lean meat and cook barbecued pork. There are eight courses for dinner, including "boiled chicken" and stewed whole chicken. Every family has to stay up until midnight, set off firecrackers and go to bed. On the first and second days of the first month, all tourists must eat zongzi, which is stuffed and made of peeled mung beans and semi-fat, non-thin meat mixed sauce. At this time, men and women are more likely to sing, or play top, dance, match the ball and act. Cook all day on the first day of New Year's Eve to show a bumper harvest in the coming year. This kind of rice is called "Zongba", and some of them are more than a foot long and weigh five or six pounds. I like to hold flower bag throwing activities during festivals. Young men and women are divided into one team, and the distance between the two teams is about 50 meters. Draw a line and throw each other. Those who throw or fail to catch the line will be losers.

Dongxiang people-like to have a land war during the Spring Festival to show their love for raising their own land. On the first day of junior high school, a traditional "ground-breaking" activity was held. They used clods as "weapons" and threw them at each other. On this day, the elderly who are over 60 will also go to the "battlefield" in Shan Ye to show their talents.

Dong people-in the early morning of New Year's Day, they fished out several big and fresh carp from the pond, fried them, roasted them, stewed them and put them on the table, and added a plate of delicious pickled fish. The whole table is dominated by fish. Dong people say that eating fish in the Spring Festival indicates that there will be a lot of fish, a bumper harvest of crops and a surplus of money and food in the new year. Mountain climbing competitions are very popular during the Spring Festival. Whoever climbs to the top of the mountain first can get a gift from a girl or a young man. The girl presented her embroidered Dong brocade, and the young man presented a beautiful bamboo box and bamboo hat. This activity often lasts for half a month.

Gelao nationality-The third day of the third lunar month is the Spring Festival of Gelao nationality every year. Because they live in a low temperature place, the vegetation didn't begin to sprout until March and spring. In this busy spring ploughing, everyone will get together for the New Year and pray for the blessing of ancestors and mountain gods, all the best and a bumper harvest. And because Tomb-Sweeping Day is often around the beginning of March, so the two festivals are spent together, so this day is designated as the year of Gelao, that is, the Spring Festival. During the festival, young people hold activities such as chicken feathers, shuttlecocks, dragons and eggs, accompanied by songs and dances.

Kazakhs-they like to carry out "chasing girls" activities during the Spring Festival. This kind of activity is interesting and touching, and it is also a unique way for young men and women to express their love.

Jingpo nationality-held a "shooting" competition during the Spring Festival. On the morning of the first grade, people gathered in the gym. The girls hung their embroidered wallets on the top of the bamboo pole. The shooter hangs the thin thread of the leather bag as a sharpshooter, and the girls reward the sharpshooter with a bowl of sweet rice wine. The girls are the organizers and judges of this activity. If a young man wins, the girl will send water wine as a prize to his mouth. During the Spring Festival, every household makes water wine and toasts their elders.

Koreans-every family sticks Spring Festival couplets, cooks all kinds of sumptuous meals and eats "eight-treasure rice". On New Year's Eve, the whole family stayed up all night, playing gayageum and playing the flute. At the dawn of the first day, people put on holiday costumes to pay New Year greetings to their elders. During the festival, men, women and children indulge in singing and dancing, springboard pressing and tug-of-war. On the fifteenth night of the first month, a traditional celebration party is held. Several elected old people boarded the wooden "moon-watching frame", singing and dancing with long drums, flutes and suona. During the Spring Festival, people dressed in costumes happily play on the seesaw in pairs. When they fall down together, whoever makes graceful movements in the air and plays high will win first.

Aquarium-according to the water calendar of the aquarium, the twelfth day of the first month means "festival ending", which means "Chinese New Year". On the night of the festival, a party was held in the stockade, and young men and women sang and danced heartily in the sound of gongs and drums and suona. There are many kinds of gongs and drums used at the get-together, the largest diameter is more than one meter, and the gong weighs one or two hundred kilograms. The drum surface is painted with patterns and the drum body is engraved with reliefs, which is not only a folk music, but also a handicraft.

Dai people-On the third day of the second day of junior high school, some villages will hold "Elephant Foot Drum Competition". The players are full of energy and keep beating drums. Whoever moves beautifully and plays the drums well will win the prize. During the Spring Festival, boys and girls throw chaff bags at each other to see who can catch them accurately. After playing for a certain period of time, the girls quietly grabbed the broadsword worn by the young man, wrapped the cloth or tied the horse and ran home. If a young man has feelings, follow him. When parents saw their daughter coming back with a headscarf and a good horse, they gave a banquet. In addition, April 13 every year is the Dai calendar New Year, and it is also the most solemn festival of the Dai people-the Water Splashing Festival. They regard splashing water as a symbol of exorcism and decontamination, and also regard this day as the most beautiful and auspicious day.

The year of the dragon alone is generally held in late December of the lunar calendar every year. The specific date is determined by each family's own divination, and the length of the festival also depends on the amount of food prepared. Because the Dulong people have no writing, they used to invite guests during the Spring Festival, so they had to use wood carvings or knotted ropes as "invitations". After a family decides which day to celebrate the festival, it will calculate how many days are left before the festival. If the date is recorded by wood carving, it will carve several squares on a special board, each square represents a day, and then cut it in half, half for itself and half for guests. From now on, both sides will cut off one box every other day. When the last box is left, we will know that the next day is a holiday. If you mark this day with knots, you can tie as many knots as you want before the festival, then give them to your relatives and friends you want to invite, keep one for yourself, untie one knot every day, and you will know that it is Chinese New Year when the last knot comes.

Hani nationality-every year for two years. One is October Festival and the other is June Festival. The calendar of the Hani nationality begins in October, which is the "New Year". In China New Year, people visit relatives and friends and get engaged. During the "June Festival", people offered sacrifices to their ancestors and carried out cultural and sports activities such as swinging, wrestling and singing folk songs. On New Year's Eve, women were busy making Ciba, and the young man went up the mountain to cut bamboo and set up a swing. During the Spring Festival, both men, women and children like to play on swings.

Kaduo people (a branch of Hani nationality)-Kaduo people in Xinping County, Yunnan Province celebrate the New Year on the sixth day of the first lunar month. Legend has it that in order to resist foreign aggression, brave Cardo youths in ancient times left a message when they left, and they started a new life on the day they returned to China. After the war, because of the long journey, they didn't go home until the sixth day of the Lunar New Year. Hometown people set this day as the beginning of a new year. During the Chinese New Year, they slaughtered pigs and sheep and danced with great encouragement to celebrate.

Pumi people-Pumi people in the northwest Yunnan Plateau, mostly start a year on the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month. On New Year's Eve, each village will set off three cannons and blow conch. Then the family get together to eat glutinous rice.

Lemo people (the appellation of Bai nationality)-mainly live in Bijiang County, Yunnan Province. They have their own methods to calculate festivals, and the dates of the Spring Festival are also different. For example, peach blossoms are called March, and sumac leaves are about five inches long, which is called May. The result of this calculation is that a year is thirteen months, and March is called March Festival, which is equivalent to the New Year in China.

Jinuo people-Jinuo people in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan call June in the solar calendar the month of the New Year. Singers take turns singing to each other. If they lose, they will leave a piece of cloth for the next year. Every night during the New Year in China, old people and women are encouraged to taste wine and food. Young men and women take this opportunity to make love and find their lovers.

Han nationality-On the first day of New Year's Day, people don't sweep the floor, splash water outside, enter through the back door, beat and scold children, and congratulate each other on good luck and prosperity in the new year.

Manchu-As the Chinese New Year approaches, every family cleans the courtyard. stick grilles writes couplets and wishes. On the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month, every household erected a lantern pole more than six meters high. From the first day to the sixteenth day, the red light is hung high every day. Jiaozi is better for the New Year's Eve dinner. Pay attention to pleating. When cooking jiaozi, some of them are wrapped in copper coins, so people who eat it are lucky. Worship twice during the Spring Festival and once on New Year's Eve to bid farewell to the old year; Worship again on the first day of the new year to welcome the new year. There will be vault and camel jumping before the Spring Festival. There is also the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month. The New Year's Eve dinner is very rich and grand. The staple foods are glutinous rice flour or jiaozi, roasted meat and tofu. Traditional China New Year dishes include delicious blood sausage, boiled white meat with unique style and pickled white meat, and fish dishes symbolizing good luck are even more essential. You have to eat fresh meat. jiaozi sends the old and welcomes the new.

Oroqen-On New Year's Eve, the whole family sits around for dinner. Taste delicious food, drink wine and have New Year's Eve dinner. Young people salute and kowtow to their families and relatives and elders. At midnight, people hold birch bark boxes or iron boxes and walk around the stables several times to pray for the prosperity of the six animals. On the first day of junior high school, we pay New Year greetings to each other in new clothes. Young men and women get together to dance in groups. There are hunting dances, "red fruit" dances and "black bear fighting" dances.

Hezhe nationality-On New Year's Eve, everyone is busy cooking New Year's Eve, cutting window grilles and putting up lanterns. On the first day of junior high school, girls, women and children put on new clothes embroidered with clouds, went to relatives and friends' homes to pay New Year greetings and entertained guests with a "fish feast". Raw fish with hot and sour flavor, crispy fried fish hair, salmon roe. Folk poets offer poems and tell stories to people. Women play "touching paste" and "throwing bones". Teenagers take part in skiing, skating, shooting grass targets and crossing grass competitions.

Mongolian people eat jiaozi and set off firecrackers, just like Han people. Besides, we should eat "hand-grabbed meat" on New Year's Eve to show family reunion. In the early morning of the first day, the younger generation presented "farewell wine" to their elders. Then the young men and women got on their horses, rode on yurts, kowtowed to their elders first, then drank and danced, and then the men and women took this opportunity to hold horse races. On New Year's Eve, when the family got older, they sat around the fire in the bag. After offering "farewell wine" to the elders, they enjoyed roast leg of lamb and dumplings.

Naxi people visit relatives and friends in the first month of the lunar calendar and take turns to be guests. Young men organize lantern festivals to compete with other villages. Lantern Festival is held in cities and villages to show their national stories, such as A Niu's banter, longevity, social drama night pearl, lion rolling hydrangea, phoenix dance and so on.

Tibetans-On New Year's Eve, a grand "God Jumping Meeting" was held, and people wore masks to sing and dance to show that they would bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, so as to eliminate disasters and reduce happiness. Entertain guests with highland barley wine, butter tea and cakes during the Spring Festival.

Yi people-during the Spring Festival, people will get together and dance "Xi jumps over the moon". In some villages, men take water to cook on the first day of the lunar new year to give women a rest and express their condolences for their hard work for a year.

Miao people-call the Spring Festival "Hakka Year", and everyone slaughters pigs and sheep and bakes wine to celebrate the harvest, hoping that the weather will be good and the crops will be bumper in the coming year. Also need to sing "Song of Spring", the lyrics are: longing for spring, longing for spring, cherishing spring and embracing spring.

Bai people-Bai people began to worship each other and give each other gifts on New Year's Eve. New Year's Eve vigil. After midnight, young men and women rushed to fetch water as a sign of thrift. In the morning, the whole family drinks sugar water soaked with rice fragrance, wishing a sweet life. We may visit places of interest together, or play dragon lantern, lion dance and overlord whip.

Jing people-on New Year's Day, they should go to the well with incense sticks to worship, which is called "buying new water". On the first day of the first day, Tibetan women should carry "auspicious water" from the river before dawn. People believe that the new water in the first day of junior high school can bring good news and good luck, and can keep good luck for a year.

Qiang people-every household should make all kinds of fried calf, lamb, chicken and other sacrifices to worship ancestors and gods. During the New Year, they should drink and sit around the altar. The oldest person sings "opening the altar" and then sucks it from left to right with a straw about two feet long.

Ewenki people-on the first day of the first month, pay New Year greetings to each other, especially to their elders and relatives. On the first night of the new year, men, women and children gather in a big house to have fun. Generally, the elderly call this an entertainment party. The woman starts dancing or singing first, and then everyone dances together, regardless of sex.

Daur people-live on both sides of Heilongjiang and Nenjiang River. On New Year's Eve, rice cakes are steamed with yellow rice. In the early morning of New Year's Day, people who visit each other grab rice cakes as soon as they enter the door, in order to pray for a better life every year. On the first day of the first month, at dawn, women prepare breakfast, and men burn incense and worship God, praying for a safe and fruitful year. After worshipping God, propose a toast to the elders and kowtow to accept their greetings. After eating jiaozi and putting on new clothes, close relatives of men and women get together and are led by their elders to carry out various entertainment activities according to their generations.

Yao nationality-during the festival, people get together and watch the funny and unique "farm drama". One plays a cow, one plays a plow farmer, one plays an extended hoe farmer, and three people sing and dance to celebrate the agricultural harvest; Young men and women gathered on the lawn around the village, playing Lusheng, Qin Yue, singing folk songs and looking for the right person. The Mid-Autumn Festival in July of the lunar calendar is the most solemn festival of Yao nationality-Spring Festival. On the eve of Mid-Autumn Festival, every household is very busy, and horns and laughter are everywhere outside the village.

Lahu nationality-The first to fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the "Pagoda Expansion" Festival of Lahu nationality in Yunnan (Lahu Spring Festival). On New Year's Eve, every household should make glutinous rice cakes symbolizing the sun, the moon and the stars, offering sacrifices to the sun, the moon and the stars, hoping that the new year will be good and the crops will be plentiful. From the first day to the fourth day, young men and women rushed to the spring to meet the new water symbolizing purity and happiness. At the same time, bring gifts to visit relatives and friends.

Gaoshan people-Gaoshan people in Taiwan Province Province have the custom of eating "long-year dishes". Long-lived vegetables are also called "mustard greens", which indicates longevity. Some people add long vermicelli to long dishes to symbolize immortality.

Li nationality-during the Spring Festival, every family kills pigs and chickens, prepares delicious food and wine, and the whole family sits around and eats "New Year's Eve" and sings "New Year's Eve" during the dinner. On the first or second day of the Lunar New Year, people hunt in groups. The prey comes first, the shooter who hits the prey first, and the other half is divided equally. Pregnant women can get two prey.

Wa people-in addition to congratulating the first meeting in the New Year, they also presented glutinous rice balls, sugar cane and bananas, wishing family life harmony, sweetness and beauty.

Tujia nationality-there must be meat and assorted dishes on the family reunion dinner table.

Uygur-New Year's Day family banquet food includes: Rop made of rice, mutton and raisins, Pitier Manda (steamed stuffed bun) made of flour, mutton and onion, and Lanman (Lamian Noodles) made of mutton with bones (hand-grabbed mutton) and dough. In addition, there are various traditional ethnic cakes and snacks, such as "Aisim Sanza", "Yayimaza" (lace jiaozi), "Bohusak" (fried jipi), "Shamubosa" (fried zygote) and "Kayikeka" (fried food with different colors).

Bulang nationality-it is lively and interesting to hold the ball during the Spring Festival. Participants form a circle. First, one person lifts a small ball made of bamboo into the air, then catches the ball in turn and lifts the ball into the air with his palm. Those who can't catch the ball will be punished for singing a song.

New year taboo

As the saying goes, "the new year begins and the old year ends", which means that the most important days in a year are "New Year's Eve" and "Spring Festival". Therefore, China people should be very cautious in their words and deeds during the New Year. They hope that everything will go well at the beginning of the year, which is a good sign.

There are many taboos during the Spring Festival, mainly for the sake of peace and all the best in the coming year. On this day, women are not allowed to go out to pay New Year greetings, which is called "taboo". Married daughters can't go home, and they will eat poor when they return to their parents' homes in the New Year. Children are not allowed to cry, say unlucky things and quarrel with others. If they do this, they will have a bad year. You can't smash furniture during the New Year. Breaking it is a sign of bankruptcy. You have to say "Peace through the years" or "Flowers bloom on the ground, wealth and splendor" as soon as possible. No matter what disease you have, you are not allowed to call a doctor. Asking for a doctor will make you sick all year round. From the first day to the fourth day, you can't sweep the floor with a knife (the main killer), a needle (the main eye of the needle) or scissors (the dispute between the main tongue and the mouth). Sweeping the floor will sweep away all the wealth. Don't eat porridge during the Spring Festival, or it will rain when you travel abroad during the year.

Some taboos from the first day to the tenth day: the first day: rooster day-in the old society, chickens were posted on the first day of the New Year's Day to ward off evil spirits and pray for blessings (chickens are homophonic).

The next day: dog day-go out to pay New Year greetings or worship ancestors.

The third day: sheep day-"red mouth", easy to quarrel, not suitable for New Year's greetings "Tian Birthday" and "Gu Zi Birthday" to worship Tian.

Day 4: Pig Day-Sacrifice to the God of Wealth. The boss wants to "fire" people and won't invite them to worship God.

The fifth day: ox day-"breaking five" can break many taboos. "Give the garbage to poor five": the garbage from grade one to grade four should not be thrown away, so as not to dump "wealth". The garbage from the fifth day is regarded as "poor soil". If it is dumped, it will be "sent out to the poor".

There is a custom of "receiving the God of Wealth" on the birthday of Wutong God of Wealth.

The sixth day: Horse Day-the day of "sending the gods", the paper horse of the god of wealth given on New Year's Eve was burned and the shop began to resume business.

The seventh day: People's Day-people's birthday, is also the custom of eating and drinking together, setting off fireworks and starting to set off fireworks, which is the "birthday of fire".

Day 8: Valley Day-the lower boundary of the stars, so sacrifices should be made to the stars, and temples often set up altars to offer sacrifices to the stars on this day to receive alms.

The ninth day: the birthday of God-the birthday of the Jade Emperor, and a grand ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven was held.

Day 10: birthday of stone-never use stone tools such as grinding, chiseling and grinding, which is called "ten (stone) does not move", or even burn incense to worship stone tools.