The Spring Festival customs in each region of our country are different. Here are some of the more representative Spring Festival customs in Guangdong Province: Haifeng area. When the younger generation wishes their elders New Year greetings, the elders will reward the younger generation with red envelopes or oranges.

Teochew Spring Festival diet includes vegetable cakes, bean curd balls, fermented buns, fried tubes, and five-fruit soup.

On the night of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, every family lights a lamp and prepares a tank of water, which is called "Waiting for the Divine Water".

On the first day of the first lunar month in Dongguan, people worship the gods and ask for boiled taro with sugar, which is called "wealth and wealth".

2. Jiangsu Province: On New Year’s Day, families in Jiangning County put a rooster on the door of their house.

Many people from Wu County come to Tongyuan Temple to worship Guanyin on New Year's Day.

Suzhou custom: On the morning of New Year's Day, three firecrackers are required to open the door, which is called "high promotion three levels".

When going out in the early morning, you must follow the direction specified on the almanac, which is called the "Happy God's Direction".

And when you go to the Chenghuang, Tutu and other temples to burn incense, you must go through ten temples and then stop, which is called "burning incense in ten temples".

From New Year's Day to Lantern Festival, huge coals are burned in the stove, which is called "Happy Group".

According to Zhun'an people's legend, eating glutinous rice balls can attract the God of Wealth, so they start making glutinous rice balls from the early morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, and eat glutinous rice balls every day until the Lantern Festival.

Women in Wujin County cut pine and cypress branches on New Year's Day, wrap red silk around them, and wear them in their buns. It is said that they can live longer.

3. Sichuan Province: People in Chengdu do not eat on New Year's Day because "rice" and "criminal" have the same pronunciation. To avoid taboos, they eat glutinous rice balls or noodles to pray for family reunion and long life.

Liuge and other places also celebrate the "Little New Year" on the seventh day of the first lunar month. In addition to worshiping gods and ancestors, they also have a reunion dinner.

People from Chengdu visited Du Fu's Thatched Cottage in the western suburbs on the same day.

On New Year's Day in Changshou County, nine candles are burned outside the door, called "nine-grade candles", to honor heaven and earth.

4. Shaanxi Province: All clans in Fuping County have portraits of their ancestors. On the first day of the year, descendants gather to worship. After the sacrifice, they have a gold feast, which is called "Jie Si".

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, relatives and friends give each other pasta and pork, which is called "Bai Jie".

On New Year's Day in Gaoling County, as soon as dawn comes, yellow paper is hung on bamboo poles to worship the sky, which is called "receiving the god of heaven".

Charcoal is also hung at the head of the door, which is said to be able to eliminate plague.

In Shiquan County, yellow paper is used as money, and it is hung on the door with colorful decorations on New Year's Day, which is called "baogaiqian".

In Lintong County, the fifth day of the Lunar New Year is regarded as a "poor day". Every family cuts paper and throws it away at the door.

Everyone must have enough to eat on that day, which is called "filling the five poor".

5. Shandong Province: Eating wontons on New Year's Day in Ningyang County is called "filling the warehouse." In Huang County and Penglai, people who get up early on New Year's Day must eat wontons.

The hostess holds a red candle and illuminates every corner of the home, which means to drive away darkness with light, and then puts various window grilles made of flour years ago on the windowsill.

After the children get up, they have to hang on the door and play on three swings. It is said that they can grow up quickly.

In some areas, sesame straw is used to cook dumplings, which means that the new year is like sesame blossoms, rising steadily. After the meal, steamed buns are placed in the pot, which means there is "surplus".

A new daughter-in-law in Jiaodong will visit her husband's maternal grandfather's house for New Year greetings in the first year, which is called "Zhagen".

It is said that when you go to your maternal grandfather's house, you can establish your roots and there will be no chance of divorce or early widowhood.

In the old days, there was also the custom of "giving away the poor" on the fifth day of the lunar month.

On that day, firecrackers are set off to celebrate the New Year to "drive away the five poor".

Qufu holds a "Wenquxing Meeting" on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year. On the evening of the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, students go to their teacher's home to burn incense and worship the statue of Confucius.

Then the teacher will write an article on a topic, and after the completion, the teacher will burn it, which is called "Wenquxing Hui".

6. Taiwan: On New Year’s Eve, every household usually pastes Spring Festival couplets symbolizing the auspiciousness of the New Year, all the best, and attracting wealth on their doors and windows, grain stores, pig pens, wells, etc., and then in the main room

Offerings, incense and candles are placed on the table to worship ancestors and welcome them "home for the New Year".

From then on, the sound of fireworks and firecrackers was set off one after another, which was very lively and lasted until the morning of the first day of the new year.

7. Hong Kong: Hong Kong is known as the "food paradise". There are many customs related to eating during the Spring Festival, and most families will also have a "reunion dinner" during the Spring Festival. Usually, a banquet is held at home, and the whole family goes up and down on New Year's Eve.

Get together inside and out and enjoy dinner.

The first choice after dinner is to visit the flower market. Citizens are accustomed to visiting the flower market as a family after dinner. On New Year's Eve, it is even more crowded, and everyone celebrates the festival together.

When paying New Year greetings during the Spring Festival, the happiest thing is the children who receive "lushi". "lushi" is originally a "good thing", and it means good luck and good luck. It has also become an indispensable custom for spending time with relatives during the Spring Festival.

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8. Macau: On the Spring Festival, Macau people pay attention to "profit", and "profit" means red envelopes. On this day, bosses meet employees, elders meet juniors, and even married people get "profit" when they meet unmarried people.

"Profitable market" is simply a sign of good luck.

Macau people call the second day of the Lunar New Year the "New Year's Day".

The custom is to have a "New Year's" meal, which must contain norot, lettuce, and carp, with the intention of making money.

Starting from the "New Year's Day", Macau allows civil servants to "gambling" within three days.