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What are the customs and culture on New Year’s Eve?

New Year’s Eve is one of the important traditional Chinese festivals with rich and colorful customs and culture. The following is an introduction to New Year's Eve customs, with relevant pictures.

1. New Year’s Eve dinner: On New Year’s Eve, families will gather together for the New Year’s Eve dinner, which is a time of reunion. The table is filled with various delicacies, symbolizing abundance and happiness in life in the coming year.

2. Pasting Spring Festival couplets: Around New Year’s Eve, people will paste Spring Festival couplets on their doors, with auspicious couplets written on them to pray for peace and good luck in the coming year.

3. Watching the New Year: On New Year’s Eve, families will stay awake together, waiting for the arrival of the New Year. During the stay-up period, people will set off firecrackers, watch the Spring Festival Gala, play cards, etc. to drive away evil spirits and welcome the New Year.

4. New Year greetings: On the first day of the New Year, people will pay New Year greetings to each other. The elders will give New Year's money to the younger generations to wish them a happy, healthy and safe New Year.

5. Setting off firecrackers: Setting off firecrackers is to ward off evil spirits and avoid disasters, and to welcome the new year. The sound of firecrackers symbolizes the expulsion of all ominous and evil forces.

6. Ancestor worship: On New Year’s Eve, people will worship their ancestors, express gratitude to their ancestors for their cultivation and blessing, and pray that their ancestors’ spirits in heaven can protect their family’s safety and happiness.

The above is an introduction to New Year’s Eve customs. Through these customs, people yearn for the new year to bring good luck and happiness, while also demonstrating the traditional culture of the Chinese nation.