After breakfast in the first day of junior high school, except for the elderly who are waiting for worship at home, people should dress up and visit relatives and friends in their own village or neighboring villages. Young people are separated from men and women. When they left their employers for the west, they left after the ceremony. Older people should sit in the house of worship for a while.
In northwest Shandong, I kowtowed to my ancestors for the first time, to Gaotang for the second time, to the villagers for the third time, to my family for the fourth time and to my relatives and friends for the fifth time. In Xiaoshan, Zhejiang, there is also the custom of sweeping graves to pay New Year's greetings, which is called "grave-sweeping year". In Xiangshan county, Ningbo, in the first year of marriage, the new son-in-law goes to pay a New Year call, and there are many rules and regulations. Litchi and longan are essential gifts. This combination is called Baotou, and Baotou is the most important gift.
The Origin of New Year Greeting Custom
New Year greeting is a traditional folk custom in China, and it is a way for people to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, and express their best wishes to each other. In ancient times, the original meaning of the word "Happy New Year" was to pay New Year greetings to the elderly, including kowtowing to the elderly, congratulating them on a happy New Year and greeting their lives. In case of friends and relatives of the same generation, you should also salute and congratulate.
With the development of the times, the custom of New Year greetings is constantly adding new contents and forms. In addition to following the previous New Year greetings, etiquette telegrams, telephone calls, short messages and online New Year greetings also came into being. Generally speaking, the time to pay New Year greetings is from the first day to the fifth day. Visiting relatives and friends after the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is a memorial to the early years, and visiting relatives and friends before the fifteenth day after the fifth day of the first month is a memorial to the old age. Early old age belongs to the nature of emergency or remedy to avoid regret. There is a folk proverb: "It is not too late to celebrate the New Year with a heart."