New Year s Day for foreigners, Spring Festival for foreigners?

The Spring Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday, but it is not unique to China. In fact, in East Asia, with the exception of Japan, which has used the Gregorian New Year since the Meiji Restoration and no longer celebrates the Spring Festival, many countries have the same lunar spring festival as China, and there are also legal holidays.

Take Singaporeans' Chinese New Year as an example:

Chinese families in Singapore get together every year to make rice cakes. The family got together and made all kinds of pastries while talking about homely things, and had a good time. They also have to open the oil pot and burn the stove, taking the meaning of being prosperous every year.

Chinese New Year's Eve is a very important day for Chinese Singaporeans. On this day, people prepare to remove the old and welcome the new, and have a reunion dinner. At the same time, they also offer food or flowers to the deceased ancestors, and although the form may vary depending on the religious belief, the meaning of commemorating the ancestors is the same.

In most countries in the world, the New Year is celebrated on January 1 every year, the New Year in China, Japan, Vietnam and Southeast Asia is the first month of the lunar calendar, the New Year in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Iran is in March every year, the Cambodian New Year is from April 14 to 16 every year, and the Thai New Year is from May 13 to 15 every year

The Egyptian New Year is celebrated on June 22, the Ethiopian New Year is celebrated on August 11, the Burmese New Year is celebrated in mid-October, the Indian New Year is celebrated from October 31 to November 4, and the Philippine New Year is celebrated on December 30.

New Year's customs in foreign countries

1. During the New Year, Japanese people usually visit temples and shrines to pray for a safe and auspicious year. The first visit to the shrine in the New Year is called "Hatsugi", which is very important to the Japanese, and only when it is performed does it mean the beginning of the year.

2. In the United Kingdom, the New Year is the New Year's Day of the Gregorian calendar, although this festival is not as grand as Christmas, but various celebrations will still be carried out in various places to show goodbye to the old and welcome the new. On the day before New Year's Day, every household has wine in a bottle and meat in the cupboard. The British believed that if there was no meat left, they would be poor in the coming year.

3. The French celebrate the New Year with wine, and people start drinking from New Year's Day until January 3. In the early morning of New Year's Day, the French will also go to the streets to see the direction of the wind: the south wind blows, the omen of the wind and rain are smooth, and the year will be safe and hot; The west wind blows, and it is a good year for fishing; When the east wind blows, the fruit will be highly productive; When the north wind blows, it is a poor harvest year.

Yes, the Spring Festival is a traditional festival in China, but it is not unique to China. In fact, in East Asia, with the exception of Japan, which has used the Gregorian New Year since the Meiji Restoration and no longer celebrates the Spring Festival, many countries celebrate the Lunar New Year and have a legal holiday, just like China.

1. Singapore's family reunion flowers will be full of spring.

Chinese families in Singapore get together every year to make rice cakes. The family got together, while making all kinds of pastries, while talking about homely things, and they had a good time, and their New Year was not inferior to that in China. They will also open the oil pot and burn the stove.

2. Vietnam sticks Spring Festival to eat New Year's dumplings to keep Chinese New Year's Eve.

Tet is the largest and most lively traditional festival in Vietnam. Vietnamese people regard the Spring Festival as a day to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, and generally start to prepare for the New Year from the middle of December of the lunar calendar. The flower market is one of the important activities of the Vietnamese Tet Festival.

In Hanoi, for example, about 10 days before the Spring Festival, the flower market begins to be lively. Vietnamese people also have the habit of sticking Spring Festival couplets during the Spring Festival. In the past, the Spring Festival couplets were written in Chinese characters, and after the pinyin of the text, most of the Spring Festival couplets now changed to pinyin characters, and each pinyin word is a square, which has its own style.

3. Pakistan kite flying party group dance.

In Pakistan, people welcome spring in a different way than in our country, where there is no specific day. Every year in February and March, around Lahore, the capital of Punjab, various activities are carried out from one city to another. Celebrations include cabaret evenings, kite flying, and more.

4. United Kingdom: Spring Festival lantern parade.

During the Spring Festival, many Chinese New Year things will be added to the streets of the United Kingdom, non-Chinese restaurants will also add a few "special meal deals for Chinese new year" (dishes specially prepared for the Chinese New Year), British newspapers will launch "China Week" to teach people to learn Chinese, and the United Kingdom is also filled with the atmosphere of the Chinese New Year.

In contrast to the French people's high acceptance of the Chinese New Year, the Germans also reflect the temperance and prudence of their national character in this regard. They have a curious but cautious attitude towards Oriental culture and the Chinese New Year. What is more peculiar is that young people in Germany have a very strong interest in the Chinese New Year, and parents are optimistic about it, and even have some encouragement and support.