Chinese people have celebrated the Spring Festival for more than 4000 years. In modern times, people set the Spring Festival on the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar, but generally it will not end until the 15th day of the first month (Shangyuan Festival). In the folk, the traditional Spring Festival refers to the period from the wax sacrifice in the twelfth month or the sacrificial stove on the 23rd or 24th day of the twelfth month to the 19th day of the first month.
Spring Festival couplet
Spring Festival couplets depict the background of the times in neat, antithetical, concise and exquisite words to express good wishes, It is a unique literary form in China.
Every Spring Festival, whether in urban or rural areas, Every household should select a red spring festival couplet and paste it on the door, Add a festive atmosphere to the festival.
Shou Sui
ShouSui is a Chinese folk custom on New Year’s Eve and a unique literary form in China. Also known as waste, stay up, stay up late. It refers to family reunion on New Year’s Eve and staying up late to welcome the arrival of the lunar new year.
Red envelopes
During the Spring Festival, the red envelopes sent by the elders to the younger generation after 0 p.m. on the new year’s Eve are called lucky money (lucky money), which means to bring them the blessings and good luck of the new year. There is a custom of giving red envelopes during the Spring Festival every year. In some areas, married people give them to unmarried relatives and friends. The habit of sending red envelopes generally exists only among close relatives and friends.
Spring Festival Gala
The Spring Festival Gala, commonly referred to as the “Spring Festival Gala”, is a variety show held by China Central Television on the evening of the lunar new year to celebrate the lunar new year. In 1983, CCTV held the Spring Festival Gala, which should be said to be an accident. However, this party has become the “new folk custom and new culture” of the Chinese people. It is a must watch TV dinner on New Year’s Eve every year.
Spring Festival food
Congee with Nuts and Dried Fruits
Rice cake
Dumplings
Tangyuan(glutinous rice ball)
Spring Rolls
Post time: Jan-27-2022