Spring Festival, the Chinese New Year in China, is also known as "New Year", "New Year" and "New Year". It is a folk festival that integrates the old and the new, worships the ancestors, prays for evil spirits, reunites with relatives and friends, celebrates entertainment and food.

The Spring Festival is a day to get rid of the old and get rid of the new. Although it is set on the first day of the first lunar month, the activities of the Spring Festival are not limited to the first day of the first lunar month. Since the end of the year, people have been busy with the New Year: offering sacrifices to stoves, sweeping dust, buying new year's goods, pasting new year's red, washing hair and bathing, decorating with lanterns, etc. All these activities have the same theme, that is, "saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new". Let's take a look at the etiquette and customs of the Spring Festival with me:

1. Spring Festival etiquette?

? One of the etiquette of the Spring Festival: Ask the courtesy instrument?

Parents can teach their children to greet with gestures in advance: bowing with fists and greeting friends and relatives with smiles.

As shown in the above picture, the traditional New Year greeting gestures are different between men and women since ancient times. The standard man's bowing posture is that his right hand forms a fist, his left hand wraps around his wrist, and he shakes it back and forth. Because the right hand is the attacker, it should be wrapped to show goodwill. Women, on the other hand, don't hold their fists, just press their hands, don't touch their wrists and shake them back and forth.

In terms of greetings, parents can teach their children to say such auspicious words and greetings as "Congratulations on getting rich", "Happy New Year", "Good health" and "All the best". ?

? The second etiquette of the Spring Festival: receiving the red gift?

When the elders give red envelopes, children should take them with both hands and say thank you to the elders. If the child is too young to do it, mom and dad can hold the child's hand, take the red envelope with both hands, and then say "thank you" with the child.

Parents should tell their children in advance that they will receive the red envelopes and never open them in front of the guests. It is impolite to do so. The best thing to do is to put the red envelope in mom and dad's bag or your own bag at once.

? The third etiquette of the Spring Festival: table etiquette?

When taking a seat and starting to eat, the elders should take precedence over the young. Children should eat by themselves, and eat all the food in the bowl, so as to cherish food and not waste food!

And before eating, parents should educate their children: "Everyone likes delicious food, so it's ok to have something good to share at the dinner table!"

? The fourth etiquette of the Spring Festival: being a guest etiquette?

Parents should make an appointment by phone in advance and arrive on time. Knock on the door gently before you come to the New Year family. If the doorbell rings only once, you can.

after entering the door, parents should guide their children to take the initiative to arrange their shoes neatly after saying hello. Remember to let the child say "thank you" when the child is served.

When entering a relative's house, sit properly, and tell the children in advance that it is impolite to tamper with other people's things casually. If you want to play with toys or read books, you must get the owner's permission.

? The fifth etiquette of the Spring Festival: hospitality?

when there are guests, parents should guide and encourage their children to greet them kindly and actively. After the guests enter the room, older children can do some simple hospitality work, such as: when the guests come, invite them in with the gesture of "please", invite them to sit down, give them tea with both hands, and say "please have tea" at the same time.

When adults are talking, let children know that it is a good boy to do their own thing quietly, and it is disrespectful to walk back and forth and interrupt casually.

When there are small guests, it will make them very happy to take out toys and play with them generously. When the guests leave, parents can lead their children to see them off for a while. Parents can say to their children, "Say goodbye to XXX and come back when you are free!" Even if parents teach their children to say it, it will make guests feel happy if they say it from their children's mouths. After such exposure, the child will certainly become a polite little master.

second,? Spring Festival custom?

? One of the Spring Festival customs: Bao jiaozi?

New Year's Eve pack of jiaozi. It is one of the most important contents of folk New Year in northern China. In jiaozi on the 31th, because it is an important part of the festival, many rules and established customs have been stipulated. These customs are all to meet the needs of the atmosphere of the New Year.

When wrapping jiaozi, people often wrap Jin Ruyi, sugar, peanuts, dates and chestnuts into stuffing. Those who eat the best and sugar will have a sweeter life in the coming year, those who eat peanuts will live a long and healthy life, and those who eat dates and chestnuts will have a baby early.

There is an interesting story about this custom in folklore: A long time ago, in a poor mountain village, there was a poor family who often ate the last meal without the next. On New Year's Eve, there is no white flour or vegetables at home, and I am worried when I listen to the sound of chopping vegetables in my neighbors. Helpless, I had to borrow rice noodles from my relatives and friends. After making up the noodles, I made some miscellaneous vegetables and stuffed them into stuffing, so I wrapped up jiaozi. Because the noodles are borrowed, the jiaozi of the bag is particularly precious. When placed, it goes round and round from the inside out, which is very neat and beautiful. Kitchen God, who just came back from heaven, was very happy to see it. There was a rich man in the same village, and his family was rich. He was used to eating delicacies on weekdays and didn't care about jiaozi at all. On New Year's Eve, the stuffing was made with meat, eggs and other materials, wrapped into jiaozi, and placed on the curtain. Jiaozi, a small material, tastes completely different after being cooked in the pot. Pork stuffing has become a radish dish. And that poor family's jiaozi turned into a stuffed meat and eggs. It turned out that it was the Kitchen God who was very dissatisfied with the attitude of the rich man's family to pack jiaozi. In order to punish him, he secretly switched the jiaozi of the two families. The next day, it spread in the village. From then on, no matter how busy people are, jiaozi at the age of 31 should be placed neatly, so as to win a "circle of happiness".

? The second custom of the Spring Festival: Paying homage to the New Year

Paying homage to the New Year is the oldest traditional custom among the people in China. During the Spring Festival, the activities of exchanging feelings between relatives are a way for people to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new, and express their good wishes to each other. Paying New Year's greetings means visiting relatives and friends on the first day of New Year's Day and paying New Year's greetings to each other. Origin of New Year's greeting custom: In ancient times, the original meaning of the word "New Year" was to celebrate the New Year for the elderly, including kowtowing to the elderly, congratulating them on the happy New Year, and greeting their lives. In case of friends and relatives of the same generation, we should also salute and congratulate them. On the first day of the new year, people get up early, put on new clothes, go out to visit relatives and friends, and wish each other good luck in the coming year. There are many ways to pay New Year's greetings, some of which are the heads of families leading several people to pay New Year's greetings door to door. Some colleagues invite several people to visit New Year. There are also people who get together to congratulate each other, which is called "group worship".

In the Song Dynasty, friends and relatives would send greetings to each other, which was the early new year card. In the Ming Dynasty, new year card's design was more perfect and exquisite. Not only the name and address of the sender were printed on the post, but also "Happy New Year" and greetings were written. With the development of the times, the custom of New Year's greetings is constantly adding new contents and forms. Nowadays, in addition to following the previous New Year greetings, people have also started to pay New Year greetings by short message and telephone.

The etiquette and customs of the Spring Festival are different in the north and the south, but one thing is basically the same, that is, family reunion, visiting relatives and friends, visiting elders, etc. May we keep these customs full of deep affection and good wishes in mind and pass them on from generation to generation.