1. Dust-cleaning cloth: China had the custom of sweeping dust during the Spring Festival in the era of Yao and Shun. Every Spring Festival comes, every household has to clean the environment, wash all kinds of utensils, remove and wash bedding and curtains, sweep the Liulv courtyard, dust away dirt and cobwebs, and dredge open ditches and ditches. Its purpose is to sweep away all bad luck and bad luck.

2. Keeping the year old on New Year’s Eve: Keeping the year old on New Year’s Eve is one of the most important annual customs. The custom of keeping the year old has been around for a long time. On New Year's Eve, everyone greets each other with gifts, which is called "favoring the new year"; inviting each other with wine and food is called "farewelling the new year"; the elders and the young gather together to drink and congratulate each other, which is called "parting the new year"; everyone stays up all night to wait and see. At dawn, it is called "Shou Sui".

3. Exchange of greeting cards: As early as the Song Dynasty, the families and relatives of the royal family, nobles, scholar-bureaucrats, and relatives had used special New Year greeting cards, called "Ming Ci" or "Ming Tie." A red paper bag is glued to the door of each house, called a "door book", with the owner's name written on it to receive famous cards. Worshipers put name tattoos (name stickers) on the door book to express New Year greetings, and their meaning is the same as modern New Year greeting cards.

The origin of the Chinese New Year:

As for the origin of the New Year, there is such a legend among the people: In ancient times, there was a monster called "Nian" who often disturbed the people, killed people and set fires, and did all kinds of evil. . The people tried many methods but could not invade and kill it. Just when the people were complaining that the sky was not responding, the earth was not working, and they were preparing to move their families away, a strong man appeared. He was willing to sacrifice his life and die with "Nian" in exchange for the people to live and work in peace and contentment.

Later, the strong man started a life-and-death struggle with "Nian" in the place where "Nian" often haunted. In the end, "Nian" was killed and the warrior died unfortunately.

In order to commemorate this warrior and congratulate him for his new life, people held various grand celebrations on the day when "Nian" was killed. They also set off firecrackers and posted couplets about the door god to drive away evil. It gradually formed a habit and was passed down. Since then, human beings have said "Celebrating the New Year".