When I was a child, I expected my elders to give red envelopes every Spring Festival, and when I got married, I gave red envelopes to my younger generation.
Keeping the age is one of the important customs. Keeping the old age, also known as wasting, keeping the old age on fire and keeping the old age on fire, has a long history and is one of the folk activities in China. On the night of New Year's Eve, the folk activities are mainly characterized by lighting the fire and keeping the fire. Every room should be brightly lit all night, and the whole family will be reunited to welcome the arrival of the new year; On New Year's Eve, lights and candles are burned all night, which is called "wasting". It is said that after this, the wealth at home will be enriched in the coming year. In ancient times, there were different customs in the north and the south. In some places, the custom of keeping the old age was mainly to stay up all night, that is, to keep vigil all night; For example, Zhou Chu of the Jin Dynasty wrote "Records of Local Customs", saying: On New Year's Eve, everyone gives gifts in different phases, which is called "giving gifts to the old"; Young and old get together and wish a complete song, which is called "dividing the age"; Sleeping all the year round, waiting for dawn, is called "keeping the age." In some places, on New Year's Eve, the whole family get together, eat New Year's Eve, light candles or oil lamps, sit around the stove and chat, and keep vigil all night, symbolizing driving away all evil diseases and looking forward to good luck in the new year.
Paying New Year's greetings is a way to visit relatives and friends to celebrate the New Year. Paying New Year's greetings is an important activity in the Spring Festival and a way for people to express their good wishes to each other. They visit relatives and friends, pay New Year's greetings to each other, and say congratulations on new happiness, wealth, happiness and so on. The significance of New Year's greetings is to visit relatives and friends, to congratulate each other on the New Year, and to express their feelings for relatives and friends and their best wishes for the new year's life.
Worship the New Year is one of the activities of the annual customs. Welcome the new year in the morning of the first year of the year, and worship vegetarian food and worship the "God of the Year". "Sui", also known as "Sheti" and "Tai Sui", is the star name of ancient times and the god of folk beliefs. At the age of 60, the chronology of the cadres and branches of 60 Jiazi is used as the operation cycle, and there is 60 * * people. Every year, there is an old god on duty. In that year, the duty of Tai Sui is called "the duty of Tai Sui", which is the master of one year and is in charge of the good and bad luck of the world. For example, as stated in the "Three Commandments Meeting", "A man who is too old is the one-year-old master and the leader of the gods". Worship the New Year is the oldest traditional Chinese New Year custom, which is still popular in Guangdong, especially in Wuchuan. On the first day of the new year, the traditional custom of greeting the new year, offering sacrifices to the gods and receiving blessings has been passed down from generation to generation since ancient times.