What are the traditional delicacies during the Spring Festival? 1 Spring couplets Spring couplets are also called door couplets, spring posts, antithetical couplets, couplets, peach charms, etc. They describe the background of the times and express good wishes with neat, dual, concise and exquisite words. They are a unique literary form in China.

Every Spring Festival, every household, whether in urban or rural areas, selects a red Spring Festival couplet and pastes it on the door to add a festive atmosphere to the festival.

This custom originated in the Song Dynasty and became popular in the Ming Dynasty. By the Qing Dynasty, the ideological and artistic quality of Spring Festival couplets had been greatly improved. Liang Zhangju’s Spring Festival Couplets monograph "Three Couples on the Threshold" has a detailed introduction to the origin of the couplets and the characteristics of various works.

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There are many types of Spring Festival couplets. According to the place of use, they can be divided into door centers, frame pairs, horizontal drapes, spring strips, bucket squares, etc.

The "door center" is affixed to the upper center of the door panel; the "frame pair" is affixed to the left and right door frames; the "horizontal stripe" is affixed to the crossbar of the door; the "spring strips" are affixed to the corresponding places according to different contents;

"Dojin" is also called "door leaf", which is square and diamond-shaped, and is often attached to furniture and screen walls.

Sticking window grilles: Folks also like to stick various paper-cuts - window grilles - on their windows.

Window grilles not only enhance the festive atmosphere, but also integrate decoration, appreciation and practicality.

Paper-cutting is a very popular folk art in China and has been loved by people for thousands of years. Because it is mostly pasted on windows, it is also called "window flower".

With its unique summary and exaggeration techniques, window grilles vividly express auspicious symbols and good wishes, decorating the festival with prosperity and splendor.

While pasting Spring Festival couplets, some families will paste the word "福" (福) in large and small sizes on their house doors, walls and lintels.

Posting the word "福" during the Spring Festival is a long-standing custom among Chinese people.

The word "福" refers to blessing and luck, expressing people's yearning for a happy life and their wishes for a better future.

In order to more fully reflect this yearning and wish, some people simply paste the word "福" upside down to express "happiness has arrived" and "blessing has arrived".

Folks also use the word "Fu" to make various patterns in detail, such as longevity stars, longevity peaches, carps jumping over dragon gates, good harvests, dragons and phoenixes, etc.

New Year Pictures Hanging and pasting New Year pictures during the Spring Festival is also very common in urban and rural areas. The thick black and colorful New Year pictures add a lot of prosperity and joy to thousands of households.

New Year pictures are an ancient folk art in China, which reflect the people's simple customs and beliefs and express their hopes for the future.

New Year pictures, like Spring Festival couplets, originated from the "door god".

With the rise of woodblock printing, the content of New Year paintings is no longer limited to monotonous themes such as door gods, but has become rich and colorful. In some New Year painting workshops, "Three Stars of Fortune, Luxury and Longevity", "Blessings from Heavenly Officials", "Five Grain"

Classic color New Year pictures such as "Prosperous Harvest", "Prosperity of Six Livestocks", "Welcoming Spring and Receiving Good Luck" can satisfy people's good wishes of celebrating the good year.

There are three important producing areas of New Year paintings in China: Taohuawu in Suzhou, Yangliuqing in Tianjin and Weifang in Shandong. They have formed three major schools of Chinese New Year paintings, each with its own characteristics.

Firecrackers There is a Chinese folk saying of "opening the door with firecrackers".

That is to say, when the new year arrives, the first thing every household does when they open the door is to set off firecrackers, and the beeping sound of firecrackers is used to drive away the old and welcome the new.

Firecrackers are a specialty of China, also known as "firecrackers", "firecrackers" and "firecrackers".

It originated very early and has a history of more than 2,000 years.

Setting off firecrackers can create a festive and lively atmosphere. It is a festive entertainment activity that can bring people joy and good luck.

With the passage of time, the application of firecrackers has become more and more widespread, and the varieties and colors have become more and more numerous. During major festivals and happy events, as well as weddings, house construction, openings, etc., firecrackers must be set off to celebrate and for good luck.

Now, Liuyang in Hunan, Foshan and Dongyao in Guangdong, Yichun and Pingxiang in Jiangxi, and Wenzhou in Zhejiang are the hometowns of fireworks in China. The firecrackers produced are of various colors and high quality, and are not only sold well across the country, but also exported to the world.

What traditional delicacies are there during the Spring Festival? 2 Dumplings Dumplings, known as "jiaozi" in ancient times, have a tradition of eating dumplings for New Year's Eve dinner in the north, but the custom of eating dumplings varies from place to place. In some places, dumplings are eaten on New Year's Eve, and in some places dumplings are eaten on the first day of the new year.

If northerners don’t eat dumplings on the night of the 30th, they will feel that there is no Chinese New Year atmosphere.

In some mountainous areas in the north, there is also the custom of eating dumplings every morning from the first to the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.

Eating dumplings is a unique way to express people's wishes for blessings and good luck when bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new.

Spring rolls Spring rolls are also called spring cakes. Eating spring cakes at the beginning of spring is an ancient custom in China.

In the Jin Dynasty, there was the "five taro plate" or "spring plate", which put spring cakes and vegetables on the same plate.

During the Tang and Song Dynasties, the custom of eating spring pancakes in spring became more and more popular, and the emperor gave them to his ministers and officials. The spring dishes at that time were extremely exquisite: "green silk, red silk, golden roosters and jade swallows, extremely exquisite preparations, each plate costs ten thousand yuan."

Folks also use it to give each other gifts.

Tangyuan: The Lantern Festival food in the south is called "tangyuan". In Jiangsu, Shanghai and other places, there is a custom of eating glutinous rice balls on the morning of the first day of the lunar new year.

The Lantern Festival is called the "Shangyuan Festival" by Taoism.

Eating Yuanxiao during the Lantern Festival has the auspicious meaning of "the whole group resembles the moon".

During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, "Eight Treasures Lantern Festival" and Ma Siyuan Lantern Festival were popular in both the government and the public.

Rice cake is a seasonal food during the Lunar New Year. It comes in three colors: red, yellow and white, symbolizing gold and silver.