1. Eating dumplings or glutinous rice balls: On the morning of the first day of the first lunar month, the custom of northerners is to eat dumplings, while the custom of southerners is to eat glutinous rice balls. Eating dumplings means good luck for the year. Tangyuan is also called Yuanbao. Eating Tangyuan means getting Yuanbao.
2. New Year greetings: New Year greetings on the first day of the first lunar month are a traditional custom among Chinese people. It is a way for people to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year, and express their best wishes to each other. Nowadays, New Year greetings are mostly spent at the homes of relatives and friends to congratulate them on the New Year.
3. Give New Year's money: On the first day of the first lunar month, the younger generation pays New Year's greetings to their elders. The elders will give their children some New Year's money. The New Year's money contains the elder's prayers for the younger generation. It is also called "keeping the New Year's Eve" or "Giving New Year's Eve" to the younger generation.