New Year’s Eve dinner, New Year’s Eve celebrations, ancestor worship, and New Year’s Eve celebrations.
New Year’s Eve dinner: New Year’s Eve is an extremely important day for the Chinese. On this day, people prepare to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year, and have a reunion dinner. It is also the most lively and happy time of the year for every household.
Posting Nianhong: Nianhong is a collective name for the red festive elements posted during the New Year such as Spring Festival couplets, door gods, window grilles, New Year pictures, and blessing characters. Posting New Year red stickers during the New Year is a long-standing custom among Chinese people. It expresses people's yearning for a happy life and their wishes for a better future.
Ancestor worship: In ancient times, this custom was very popular. "Heaven and earth are the foundation of life; ancestors are the foundation of species." This means that heaven and earth are the foundation of life, ancestors are the foundation of our humanity, and ancestor worship is a custom of inheriting filial piety
Keeping the year old: Keeping the year old on New Year’s Eve is one of the annual customs. The custom of keeping the year old has been around for a long time. The folk custom of keeping the year old is mainly manifested in that all the houses light the fire of the year, the whole family gathers together, and guard the "fire" to prevent it from extinguishing, waiting for the moment to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year.