1, Zhejiang

In the early morning hours of the first day of the first day, the first thing every household is to scramble to hit the "door cannon", the whole city a firecracker sound, symbolizing the old to welcome the new and to receive the blessing, commonly known as "receiving the year".

Fighting "door cannon" also has the practice, generally is the first small firecrackers a string, said the "hundred children gun"; and then put the double sound of big firecrackers, big firecrackers only three hair, meaning that the year can be lifted from the plague of disasters and obscurantism, and said to receive the New Year.

Requirements for three rounds are loud, loud and clear sound, the most auspicious. Common belief that playing "open door cannon" the earlier the better, symbolizing that this year, do anything will go smoothly, such as the intention to get rich, farmers will have a bumper crop.

2, Guangdong

New Year's Eve, people will be busy preparing for all kinds of New Year's Eve: buy chickens, geese, ducks, fish and meat; to add new clothes and accessories; new purchase of furniture, utensils; shopping for New Year's Eve paintings, Chinese New Year scrolls and so on.

Particularly to buy oranges, green olives and other fruits as a symbol of good luck and welcome friends and relatives of the fruit. The old custom before the New Year, men must be new haircut, women must be "pulled face", now more women for the haircut beauty.