Most countries in the world regard January 1st as the beginning of the new year.
North Korean New Year: Money is stuffed into the scarecrow, and hair is burned at dusk... North Korea, like China, also has the custom of putting up window grilles and peach charms during the New Year.
During the New Year, North Koreans post couplets and New Year pictures on every household.
Some people put pictures of longevity stars or fairies on their doors to pray for God's blessing, drive away ghosts, and bring happiness.
At the dawn of New Year's Day, people stuff some banknotes into the scarecrows pre-tied on New Year's Eve and throw them at the crossroads to express sending away evil and welcoming auspicious stars.
At dusk, people burn off the hair that the family has lost throughout the year, wishing their families peace all year round.
During the Spring Festival, North Korean women dress up.
On New Year's Day, girls wear hemp hats called "Fujin" and patterned five-color clothes for swing competitions.
They target a tree flower and see who can kick or bite it first to win.
There are also those who hang copper bells at high places, and the one who rings the bell first is the winner.
During the New Year, in addition to enjoying fine wine and delicacies, North Koreans must also make a sweet rice made of glutinous rice, pine nuts, chestnut powder, date paste and honey, which is similar to our country's eight-treasure rice.
Prosperous days are as sweet as honey.
----------------------- German New Year: Put fish scales in your wallet and jump on a chair when the bell rings. The German New Year is celebrated for a week before and after.
During this period, every household must place a fir tree or a cocoa tree with silk flowers tied between the leaves, which means that the world is full of flowers and spring.
At midnight on New Year's Eve, just before the New Year arrives, Germans climb onto chairs. When the bell rings, they jump off the chair and throw a heavy object behind the chair to show that they are throwing away the trouble and jumping into the New Year.
The children formed a band, put on new clothes, held harmonicas and accordions, and lined up to play in the streets.
Adults hold colorful flags and follow behind, shouting and singing to celebrate the New Year. German women perform impromptu comedy sketches on family themes during the New Year.
There is a New Year custom circulating in rural areas of Germany - the "Tree Climbing Competition", in which young men compete to climb higher along a bare tree. The first place is hailed as the "New Year's Hero" to show that they are rising higher and higher.
----------------------- Brazilian New Year: Climbing to find happiness, meet and pinch your ears. After the New Year bell rang, Brazilians held torches high and swarmed up the mountain. They rushed to climb the mountain.
Searching for the golden birch fruit, which symbolizes happiness, is called "seeking happiness".
It is said that only those who are not afraid of hardships can find this rare fruit.
In rural areas, there is a unique custom during the New Year - pulling each other's ears. When people meet on New Year's Day, they will pull each other's ears vigorously to express blessings.
---------------------------- French New Year: Drink up the family wine collection. On New Year's Eve, French families gather together and drink champagne around the table. According to tradition,
On this night, every family should drink all the stored wine to avoid bad luck in the coming year; everyone should get drunk so that the new year can have a new start.
Early in the morning on January 1st, parents will give "New Year's money" to their children to show their care for their children.
The French celebrate the New Year with wine. People start partying and drinking from New Year's Eve until January 3.
The French also have a habit during the New Year that there should be no wine left in the wine bottles at home, otherwise it is considered to be bad luck in the coming year.
Therefore, they must drink up all the wine at home on New Year's Eve, causing many people to become extremely drunk.
The French believe that the weather on New Year's Day heralds the future of the year.
On the early morning of New Year's Day, they go to the streets to check the direction of the wind to predict fortunes: if the south wind blows, the weather will be good, and the year will be safe and hot; if the west wind blows, there will be a good harvest for fishing; if the east wind blows, there will be a high yield of fruits; if the north wind blows, then the year will be safe and hot.
It's a bad harvest year.
-------------------------- Belgian New Year: New Year greetings to livestock Belgium’s New Year animals are the most favored.
On New Year's Day, the first thing Belgians do after getting up early in the morning is to send New Year greetings to the animals.
They will walk up to cows, sheep, and their own pet cats and dogs, and greet them with a solemn greeting: "Happy New Year!" -----------------------
------- Italian New Year: Throwing things on New Year's Eve Italian tradition believes that making loud noises on New Year's Eve can drive away evil spirits and bring good luck in the new year.
Therefore, local people will keep setting off fireworks and firecrackers before New Year's Day, and break everything that can be broken to make noise.
On New Year's Day, every Italian household will light a fire and keep it burning all day long, because Italians believe that fire comes from the sun, and if the fire is cut off on New Year's Day, it will not see the sun in the coming year.
---------------------------- Mexican New Year: It is strange for Mexicans not to laugh before the New Year. Their tradition stipulates that you are not allowed to laugh when New Year's Day comes in order to get good luck.
luck.