What are the customs of the Chinese? What are the contents of Chinese New Year customs?

MediumThe customs of the country are as follows:

1. Sweep the dust: In the folk, on the eve of the New Year, there is the custom of "the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, sweeping the dust (also known as sweeping the house)." The folk proverb is called "twenty-four, sweep the house".

Folks call it "Dust Day". Sweeping is the year-end cleaning, every household should clean their own home, clean all kinds of utensils, dismantle and wash bedding curtains, sprinkle and sweep the courtyard of Liulu, dust and cobwebs, and dredge open channels and culverts.

2. Paste Spring Festival couplets.

Spring couplets are also called door pairs, spring stickers, couplets, pairs, and peach symbols.

It depicts the background of the times in neat, dual, concise and exquisite words, and expresses good wishes, which is a unique literary form in China. Every Chinese New Year, every household will put up couplets to celebrate the arrival of the new year.

3. New Year's goods: China's New Year's customs and culture have a long history, and a variety of New Year's customs have been derived from all over the country, which are very different from north to south, each with its own characteristics. Although the customs are different from place to place, preparing New Year's goods and giving New Year's gifts are almost the "must-haves for the New Year" across the country.

Purchasing New Year's goods, including eating, wearing, wearing, using, pasting (New Year's red), giving (New Year's greetings) gifts, etc., are collectively called "New Year's goods", and the process of purchasing New Year's goods is called "New Year's goods".

4. Ancestor worship: The most important thing in the New Year is ancestor worship, which is also a traditional custom of the Chinese. Due to the cultural differences in each place, the form of ancestor worship in each place is also different, some are to go to the field to sweep the tomb, some are to worship in the ancestral hall, no matter what the form, this is to commemorate the ancestors.

5. Youshen. It is also known as the camp god and the old man, that is, the statue of the god is invited out of the temple to inspect the community, which has the folk significance of driving away evil spirits in the pure land, protecting the peace of the realm, and praying for a good harvest. During the Spring Festival every year, in chronological order, each village and town takes turns to hold folk activities to visit the gods, the scene is lively and extraordinary, praying for the peace of the country and the people in the coming year, the wind and rain are smooth, the evil is suppressed, and everything is auspicious.

Keep the New Year, worship the ancestors, worship the New Year, and paste the Spring Festival couplets.

New Year's customs include keeping the New Year, worshipping ancestors, sweeping dust, paying New Year's greetings, pasting Spring Festival couplets, etc.

1. Keeping the New Year: also known as keeping the New Year's fire, lighting the New Year, etc., it has a long history and is one of the Chinese folk customs activities. On New Year's Eve, the night vigil is mainly manifested in the folk activities of lighting the New Year's fire and keeping the New Year's fire.

2. Ancestor worship: It is one of the traditional customs that have been passed down in China to the present day. It is derived from the traditional concept of "filial piety first" and "chasing the distance in the end", and expresses filial piety and nostalgia to the ancestors on the occasion of bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new.

3. Dust sweeping: also known as sweeping the house, sweeping the house, removing dust, removing residues, dusting, dusting, dusting, etc., is one of the traditional customs of the Chinese New Year.

4. New Year's greetings: When you go to your relatives and friends to pay New Year's greetings, you should pay attention to your own proper clothing, and the holiday costumes are mainly urban casual and fashionable, don't dress too sports, and don't wear evening dresses that are too formal.

5. Paste Spring Festival couplets: also known as "spring stickers", "door pairs", and "couplets", which are one of the types of red festive elements "New Year's Red" pasted during the New Year. It is a unique literary form in China and an important custom for Chinese people to depict beautiful images and express good wishes in neat and concise words.

China's New Year culture has a long history, and a variety of Chinese New Year customs have been derived from all over the country, which are very different from north to south, and each has its own characteristics.

Another year of the New Year has arrived, and 9 common customs and 9 taboos have been sorted out. The customs and habits are well followed, and the new year is happy.

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Nine customs

1. New Year's greetings.

The first day of the first lunar month is the New Year, and the new year begins with a joyful greeting.

It is a custom to go door-to-door on the first day of the first lunar month, and it is not only a greeting but also a blessing for the younger generations to pay New Year's greetings to the elders. After the auspicious New Year's greetings, the elders will also give the younger ones red envelopes as the lottery for the new year.

After greeting relatives and friends, neighbors also greet each other, hoping that everyone will have all the best in the new year.

2. Go back to your parents' home in the second year of junior high school.

Returning to her parents' home on the second day of the first lunar month is a traditional custom in our country, in ancient times, daughters who married generally did not return to their parents' homes easily, and it was difficult to reunite between brothers and sisters.

On the second day of the first lunar month, it is the day of sister reunion, everyone sits together, accompanies their parents, and exchanges feelings.

3. The fourth day of the new year greeted the Lord of the Stove.

According to folklore, the fourth day of the first month of the stove prince has to count the population, so everyone must stay at home, light firecrackers, burn incense and worship fruit to welcome the arrival of the stove prince.

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, according to tradition, it is best not to go out. At the same time, on this day, you have to combine the leftovers you have eaten during the New Year to make a hodgepodge.

4. On the fifth day of the first month, "break five" to welcome the God of Wealth.

As the birthday of the God of Wealth, many businesses will choose to open on this day, and people welcome the God of Wealth to their homes on this day, hoping that they will have good fortune in the new year.

The fifth day of the first month, also known as "breaking the five", means that after the fifth day of the first month, all the taboos since the first sign of the new year can be broken and no longer observed.

5. Seven treasures soup on the seventh day of the first month.

Legend has it that Nuwa first created pigs, cows, horses, and other livestock, and only created humans on the seventh day. The seventh day of the first lunar month is the day of the birth of a person, and this day is everyone's birthday.

On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, according to the tradition, we should eat Qibao soup, eat noodles, etc., Qiguanliang Baotang is made of seven kinds of vegetables, including leeks, celery, eggplant, garlic, mustard greens, cabbage, etc., which are different from place to place.

6. On the eleventh day of the first month, please invite a son-in-law.

There is a saying in the traditional folk song that "the eleventh day invites the son-in-law", and the father-in-law will invite the son-in-law to dinner on the eleventh day of the first lunar month.

The second son-in-law came to his father-in-law's house with a large bag, and on the eleventh day, the father-in-law wanted to invite his son-in-law back.

7. Build a lantern shed on the twelfth day of the first month.

Legend has it that the twelfth day of the first lunar month is the day when the rat marries, and on this day, it is necessary to hide scissors, pinch the mouse's mouth, and collect old shoes.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, you must be ready from the twelfth day and start to build the lantern shed.

8. The stove lamp is lit on the thirteenth day of the first month.

Chinese customs, from the thirteenth day of the first month to the eighteenth day of the first month, there is a saying that "the thirteenth and fourteenth gods look at the lights".

On the lamp and on the lamp surface", the thirteenth day of the first month should eat the balls.

9. Look at the lanterns on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

The bright moon of the year starts with the round", known as the "Shangyuan Festival" in ancient times, on this day everyone comes out to see the lanterns, guess the lantern riddles, and enjoy the taste of the New Year.