Some information is provided for reference only. Please ask the counselor to write a composition!!! Keeping the year old on New Year's Eve is the most important annual custom, which was recorded in the Wei and Jin Dynasties.

On New Year's Eve, family members, old and young, stay up late, gather together, drink, and enjoy family happiness. This is a custom that descendants of the Yan and Huang Dynasties still attach great importance to today.

After the first rooster crows, the new year begins. Men, women and children, all dressed in festive costumes, first pay New Year and birthday wishes to the elders in the family, and then visit relatives and friends to congratulate each other.

At this time, the land of China is sparkling and colorful. From the first to the fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, people are immersed in the joyful, peaceful and civilized festival atmosphere.

"One night lasts two years, and the fifth watch divides two days." On New Year's Eve, the whole family reunites, has New Year's Eve dinner, chats around the fire, bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. This is a common custom in our country of keeping the year old on New Year's Eve.

According to historical records, this custom originated in the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

"That night, the roar of firecrackers in the forbidden mountains was heard outside. In the homes of scholars and common people, they sat around the stove and couldn't sleep at night." It gradually became popular in the early Tang Dynasty. In the early Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong Li Shimin wrote a poem about "keeping the year old": "

"The cold leaves the winter snow, and the warmth brings the spring breeze. "To this day, our people are still used to staying up late on New Year's Eve, setting off firecrackers outside the house, sitting around the fire or watching TV indoors, and laughing.

New Year greetings New Year greetings are a traditional custom among Chinese people. It is a way for people to bid farewell to the old year, welcome the new year, and express their best wishes to each other.

In ancient times, the original meaning of the word "bainian" was to congratulate the elders on the New Year, including kowtowing to the elders, giving wishes, wishing them a happy new year, and greeting them with well-being.

When you meet relatives and friends of the same generation, you should also give congratulations.

New Year greetings usually start at home.

On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, after getting up, the younger generation should first pay New Year greetings to their elders, wishing them good health, longevity and all the best.

After the elders are worshiped, they should distribute the "New Year's money" prepared in advance to the younger generations.

After paying New Year greetings to their elders at home, people should also congratulate each other with a smile on their faces when they go out to congratulate each other on the New Year. They should also say auspicious words such as "Congratulations on getting rich," "Blessed Seasons," "Happy New Year," and so on. Neighbors, relatives, and friends also visit each other's homes.

New Year greetings or invitations for drinking and entertainment.

Meng Yuanlao of the Song Dynasty described the time in Bianjing in the Northern Song Dynasty in Volume 6 of "Tokyo Menghua Lu": "On October 1st, the Kaifeng Mansion was closed for three days. The scholars and common people congratulated each other since early morning. In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Lu Rong wrote in "Shu Garden"

Volume 5 of "Miscellaneous Notes" says, "On New Year's Day in the capital, people from the imperial court to the common people cross the roads for several days, which is called 'New Year's greetings'."

However, scholars and common people worship their relatives and friends more sincerely.

In the interactions between court officials, there is more general love than speciality...". Gu Tieqing, a native of the Qing Dynasty, described in "Qing Jia Lu", "Men and women pay homage to their parents in order of precedence.

Children send congratulations and call them 'New Year's greetings'.

Even if there are those who do not meet each other for the whole year, they will also go to each other's door to worship...

"In ancient times, upper-class scholar-officials had the custom of sending congratulations to each other with name cards. Zhou Hui of the Song Dynasty said in "Qingbo Magazine": "During the Yuanyou years of the Song Dynasty, servants were often used to celebrate New Years and festivals." At that time, the scholar-officials had a wide range of contacts. Visiting people from all over the world to pay New Year greetings consumes time and energy. Therefore, some friends who are not close to each other do not go there in person. Instead, they send servants to bring a two-inch wide and three-inch long paper cut from plum blossom paper, with the following words written on it. A card with the name, address and congratulatory words of the recipient is sent to express New Year greetings. In the Ming Dynasty, people paid a visit instead of paying New Year greetings. Wen Zhengming, an outstanding painter and poet of the Ming Dynasty, described in his poem "Hello New Year": "We don't ask for a meeting, but a visit, and the famous paper comes to the court." The house is full; I also throw in a few pieces of paper with others. The world hates simplicity but not falseness." The "name assassin" and "name visit" mentioned here are the origins of today's New Year's cards. New Year's cards are used to connect feelings and communicate with each other. Greetings are both convenient and practical, and they are still popular today. Starting from about the Qing Dynasty, New Year greetings also took the form of "group worship." Yilanzhu of the Qing Dynasty said in "Side Hat Yu Tan": "The capital is at the beginning of the year. Routine group worship is used to bond the New Year's greetings and to maintain nostalgia. "Every year, guests are booked with New Year's letters, and there are meals and banquets to celebrate the day." With the development of the times, the custom of New Year's greetings has also continued to add new content and forms. . Nowadays, in addition to following the previous methods of New Year greetings, people have also developed rituals such as sending New Year greetings via telegrams and calling New Year greetings over the phone. During the Spring Festival, every household has to put large and small "blessings" on their doors, walls, and lintels. "福". Posting the word "福" on the Spring Festival is a long-standing folk custom in my country. According to "Meng Liang Lu" records: "On New Year's Eve, we shop for department stores, draw door god peach charms, and welcome the spring...";" No matter how big or small the family of scholars and common people were, they all swept their doors, removed dust and filth, cleaned their courtyards, changed their door gods, hung clocks, nailed peach charms, pasted spring signs, and offered sacrifices to their ancestors. The "spring sign" in the article was written on red paper. The word "福" is now interpreted as "happiness", but in the past it meant "blessing" and "luck". Whether it is now or in the past, the word "福" has placed people's trust in it. The yearning for a happy life is also the wish for a better future. In order to more fully reflect this yearning and wish, people simply paste the word "福" upside down, which means "happiness has fallen", "blessing has arrived". There is also a legend among the people that Zhu Zhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, used the character "福" as a secret to prepare for murder. In order to avoid this disaster, the kind-hearted Queen Ma ordered everyone in the city to put a sticker on their doors before dawn. The word "福". Naturally, no one dared to disobey Queen Ma's will, so every door had the word "福" on it.