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What are the customs about the Spring Festival?

The Spring Festival is the most solemn festival in China. During the Spring Festival, there will be a series of traditional activities with different meanings. What do you know about the customs of the Spring Festival? Take a look with me ~

First, clean the dust.

Sweeping dust means year-end cleaning, which is called "house sweeping" in the north and "house sweeping" in the south. Whenever the Spring Festival comes, every household should clean the environment, clean all kinds of electrical appliances, remove and wash bedding curtains, and clean the house yard. Everywhere is filled with the joyful atmosphere of cleaning and welcoming the Spring Festival cleanly.

Second, the New Year's Eve dinner

New Year's Eve, also known as New Year's Eve, reunion dinner, reunion dinner and so on. Especially the New Year's Eve dinner. The New Year's Eve dinner originated from the ancient sacrificial ceremony at the end of the year, and it is a reunion dinner after offering sacrifices to the gods and ancestors. Reunion dinner is the highlight of the year ago, which is not only colorful, but also very meaningful.

Third, lucky money.

Lucky money, also known as "lucky money", is usually given to the younger generation by the elders in the form of red envelopes when the New Year counts down. Lucky money has a good meaning. It is generally believed that it can ward off evil spirits and keep peace. It is said that lucky money can kill evil spirits, and the younger generation can spend the first year safely when they get lucky money.

Fourth, New Year greetings.

Paying New Year greetings is a way for people to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new and express their best wishes to each other. In ancient times, the original meaning of the word "Happy New Year" was to pay New Year greetings to the elderly, including kowtowing to the elderly and congratulating them on a happy New Year. When you meet friends and relatives of your peers, you should also pay tribute and congratulate them. With the development of the times, the custom of New Year greetings is constantly adding new contents and forms. In addition to following the previous New Year's greetings, telephone New Year's greetings, SMS New Year's greetings and online New Year's greetings also came into being.

Verb (abbreviation of verb) to worship ancestors

Sacrificing ancestors in the New Year is not only a mourning for ancestors, but also a prayer for ancestors to bless the peace in the coming year. Sacrificing ancestors is one of the oldest customs in the Spring Festival. "History? Shundian records: "On the first day of the month, Shunge was in Wen Zu. On the first day of the first month, Shun Di went to the ancestral temple to worship his ancestors. "。

Ancestor worship is usually on the 30th of a year. After sweeping the house, cleaning the courtyard, changing Fu Tao and posting Spring Festival couplets, ordinary people will pay homage to their ancestors, or hang their portraits on the main wall of nave, place sacrifices and light incense sticks for the younger generation to worship. Although the forms of ancestor worship vary from place to place, the meaning of "ancestor worship and blessing" is roughly the same.

The above are some introductions about the customs of the Spring Festival that I know. Friends, what other customs do you know? Welcome to add, let's meet in the comment area ~