(2) New Year's Eve is the most abundant meal in a year. People in northern Anhui eat jiaozi, while people in central and southern Anhui set off firecrackers, put up Spring Festival couplets and worship their ancestors before eating. The ancestor worship ceremony is very particular. Serve first, 10 dishes, there must be chicken and fish.
(3) Before eating, the elders should wrap the money in red paper for each child, which is called "lucky money". After eating, the whole family will get together, chat while eating melon seeds, peanuts and candy, and watch CCTV's Spring Festival Gala until dawn. This is called "Shousui".
(4) After getting up early on New Year's Day, you should set off firecrackers when you open the door to worship heaven and earth. Some places are called door gods. Family members pay New Year greetings together, congratulate each other, eat dates, chestnuts, tea, eggs and longevity noodles, and then go out to pay New Year greetings to other elders.
(5) Don't sweep the floor on the first day, pour the tea into a specially prepared basin, which means don't sweep (sprinkle) money. There is generally no work on this day, so there is a saying that "thirty nights are busy and the first day is free".