New Year’s Eve customs:

1. New Year’s Eve dinner

New Year’s Eve is extremely important to the Chinese. On this day, people prepare to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year, and have a reunion dinner. Family is the cornerstone of Chinese society, and the annual reunion dinner fully demonstrates the mutual respect and love among Chinese family members. This mutual respect and love makes the relationship between the family closer.

Family reunions often bring spiritual comfort and satisfaction to the head of the family. The old man sees his children and grandchildren in the house, and the whole family talks about their family life. The past care and efforts in raising the children have finally been in vain. What a blessing. The younger generation can also take this opportunity to express their gratitude to their parents for their upbringing.

2. Posting New Year Red

Nian Red 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's red stickers (Huichun) during the New Year is a long-standing Chinese folk custom, which expresses people's yearning for a happy life and their wishes for a better future.

3. Light firecrackers

There is a saying among Chinese folk that "firecrackers open the door". 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 to ward off the old and welcome the new with the beeping sound of firecrackers.

4. Ancestor worship

In ancient times, this kind of custom was very popular. Due to the different etiquette and customs in different places, the forms of ancestor worship are also different. Some go to the wild to visit their ancestors' tombs, some go to the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors, and most of them place the ancestor's tablets in the main hall in sequence at home, display the offerings, and then the worshipers press the long The younger ones offer incense and kneel down in order. When ancient people worshiped their ancestors, they usually made fish and meat bowls and served them in high bowls, which is quite similar to eating with bells and cauldrons.