Happy Happy NewyearNewyear Customs of the Spring Festival

Customs of the Spring FestivaThe Spring Festival is a traditionalChinese festival and also the mostimportant one of the whole year.

we clean our houses and sweep away bad luck, and then we paint doors and windows red. This custom shows a good wish of putting away old things to welcome a new life.

On the eve of the Spring Festival, every household will paste on doors a spring couplet written on red paper to give a happy and prosperous atmosphere of the Festival.

We paste the "Fu" on doors,doorposts and walls around the houses meaning good luck,fortune and happyness,which shows people’s yearning toward a good life.The inverted "Fu" signify that blessing has arrived.

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The custom of pasting New Year Prints originated from the tradition of placing Door Gods on the external doors of houses.With the creation of board carvings, New Year paintings cover a wide range of subjects. The most famous ones are Door Gods, Surplus Year after Year Three Gods of Blessing, Salary and Longevity, An Abundant Harvest of Crops, Thriving Domestic Animals and Celebrating Spring.

Paper cuttings

Setting off FirecrackersSetting off FirecrackersThe firecracker is a unique product in China. In The firecracker is a unique product in China. In ancient China, the sound of burning bamboo tubes ancient China, the sound of burning bamboo tubes was used to scare away wild animals and evil was used to scare away wild animals and evil spirits.spirits.Now,tNow,the first thing every Chinese household he first thing every Chinese household does is to set off firecrackers and fireworks, which does is to set off firecrackers and fireworks, which are meant to bid farewell to the old year and usher are meant to bid farewell to the old year and usher in the new.in the new.

ClothingRed cloth is worn throughout the Spring Festival, because red will scare away evil spirits and bad fortune. People typically wear new clothes from head to toe to symbolize starting a new in the new year especially children.

Eating and FoodThere are different main courses everyday during the New Year, such as Jiao Zi (dumplings), the spring rolls, the sticky rice cakes, Tang Yuan, and etc.The shape of jiaozi is like gold ingot from ancient China. So people eat them and wish for money and treasure.

年糕 Nian-gao; rise cake; New Year cake 团圆饭 family reunion dinner年夜饭 the dinner on New Year's Eve 饺子 Jiao-zi; Chinese meat ravioli八宝饭 eight treasures rice pudding 汤圆 Tang-yuan; dumplings made of sweet rice, rolled into balls and stuffed with either sweet or spicy fillings糖果盘 candy tray:什锦糖 assorted candies - sweet and fortune蜜冬瓜 candied winter melon - growth and good health西瓜子 red melon seed - joy, happiness, 金桔 cumquat - prosperity红枣 red dates - prosperity糖莲子 candied lotus seed - many descendents to come糖藕 candied lotus root - fulfilling love relationship花生糖 peanut candy - sweet

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On the first day of the Chinese lunar year, people pay formal calls on their relatives and friends, wishing them all the luck in the coming year. Juniors will greet seniors, wishing them health and longevity, while seniors will give juniors some gift money as a wish for their safety in the coming year.

May All Your Wishes Come True Everything Goes Well

Wishing You Prosperity Promoting To A Higher Position

Horse Off the GroundGood luck and great success in the coming New Year ！