New Year’s Eve ｜ Farewell the old year and welcome the new family reunion
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New Year’s Eve is the last night at the end of the year. The last day at the end of the year is called "year-old division", which means that the old year is divided and replaced by a new year. In addition, that is, the meaning of removal; Evening means night. "New Year’s Eve" means New Year’s Eve, also known as New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Eve, etc. It is the last night at the end of the year. New Year’s Eve is a time to get rid of the old and get rid of the new, reunite the whole family and offer sacrifices to ancestors.
What are the common customs and habits on New Year’s Eve?
1. Post Spring Festival couplets, New Year pictures and window grilles.
Spring Festival couplets are also called door-to-door couplets, spring stickers, couplets, couplets, peach symbols, etc. Generally, the couplets written on Spring Festival couplets have pinned people’s good wishes and expectations for future life. Every New Year’s Eve, no matter in urban or rural areas, every household should carefully select a pair of bright red Spring Festival couplets and stick them on the door to add festive atmosphere to the festival.
New Year pictures, like Spring Festival couplets, originated from "door gods". With the development of the times, the content of New Year pictures is not limited to the door gods, but according to people’s different needs, colorful New Year pictures such as Three Stars of Fu Lushou, heavenly god blesses the people, Harvest of Five Grains, Prosperity of Six Livestock and Greeting the Spring are produced to meet people’s expectations for a better life.
Some places also like to stick various paper-cuts and window grilles on the windows. Window grilles are generally mainly red, which sets off a festive atmosphere and has been deeply loved by people for thousands of years. Window grilles show auspicious things and good wishes to the fullest, and decorate the festival with splendor.
2. Set off firecrackers
Setting off firecrackers is related to driving away evening animals in ancient times, and later it gradually evolved into a custom. With the sound of firecrackers, it means peace and health and prosperity in the coming year. Moreover, the sound of firecrackers "crackling" has also added a lot of excitement to the New Year.
However, setting off fireworks and firecrackers is easy to pollute the environment, easily lead to fires and endanger personal and property safety, so it has been banned in many places now. We should abide by the local regulations on the prohibition and restriction of release and celebrate the New Year in a civilized way.
Need to be reminded that children should never set off fireworks by themselves ~
3. New Year’s Eve dinner
On New Year’s Eve, everyone sits around and has a lively dinner. Northerners usually eat jiaozi, while southerners eat Yuanxiao. Northerners eat jiaozi, which means "making friends at a younger age", and the shape of jiaozi is similar to that of Jin Yuanbao, which also means wealth. In the south, Yuanxiao, also known as glutinous rice balls, means round and round.
4. Send lucky money
Generally, after the New Year’s Eve dinner, the elders should distribute the lucky money prepared in advance to the younger generation. It is said that the lucky money can suppress evil spirits, and the younger generation can spend their first year safely when they get the lucky money. In folk culture, lucky money means to ward off evil spirits, bless peace, and entrust the elders with a kind of mourning for the younger generation.
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It is also a long-standing custom to keep watch on New Year’s Eve, that is, families sit together and stay up all night to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year.
In ancient times, there were two meanings of observing the old age: one was to "resign from the old age" and hope to live a long life; Second, I hope to grow up healthily, happily and safely. The custom of observing the old age not only contains feelings of farewell and nostalgia for the years that have passed away like water, but also expresses good hope for the coming New Year.
Original title: "New Year’s Eve | Farewell the old year and welcome the new family reunion"
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