New Year’s Day festival customs include sweeping dust, eating dumplings, setting off firecrackers, pasting couplets, pasting window grilles, etc.

1. Sweeping the dust

Because dust has the same pronunciation as Chen, and the New Year is a festival to welcome a new atmosphere, so sweeping the dust also means "removing the old and spreading the new", which means to remove the old and spread the new. All bad luck or other unlucky things are swept out to make the new year full of good luck. Therefore, on the night before the New Year, almost every household has to clean the environment, wash various utensils, remove and wash bedding, curtains, etc.

2. Eating dumplings

Dumplings can represent different meanings in China and are one of the traditional delicacies of the Chinese nation. On New Year's Day, a festival that bids farewell to the old and welcomes the new, eating dumplings has a beautiful connotation of festive reunion and good luck. Eating dumplings on the first day of the new year brings good luck.

3. Set off firecrackers

Many people now know that setting off firecrackers on New Year’s Day is to celebrate the arrival of the new year. But in the Han Dynasty, people set off firecrackers to scare away a ghost called "Shan Xi".

4. Posting couplets

Posting couplets should be a distinctive custom on New Year's Day. Couplets are also called door pairs, pairs, etc. They are usually written with neat and concise sentences on red paper, usually with some good wishes written on them. This form is a unique cultural wealth of China.

5. Window grilles

Window grilles are a well-known cultural heritage in my country. Window grilles are not only used for New Year customs, but also to set off the festive atmosphere. Nowadays, domestic The protection and development of window grilles are very good, and there are various window grilles of the new era.