Eating wontons on New Year's Day takes the meaning of the beginning of chaos. Legend has it that Pangu's opening of the sky and splitting of the earth, so that "the lightness of the gas of the clear upward floating for the sky, the heavy turbidity of the gas of the downward condensation for the earth", the end of the chaotic state, the universe has been four sides. And then take "wonton" and "muddy hoard" of harmony, meaning grain full of hoard, the five grains of abundance.

The custom of eating dumplings on the 30th day of the Lunar New Year, dumplings are also known as flat food or boiled meat and potatoes. In ancient times, there are only wontons and no dumplings, and then the wontons made into a crescent shape, and on New Year's Eve, 12 o'clock when the clock strikes start to eat. Because this is the time of the day, so it is called dumplings (cross), to take its old and new, the meaning of the coming of the time of the day.

Other New Year's customs:

1, the old and welcome the new

The last day of the year is called "New Year's Eve", and that night is called "New Year's Eve".

The last day of the year is called "New Year's Eve" and the night is called "New Year's Eve". It is connected with the New Year, said "by the end of the year, the end of the year, the end of the poor month", is the eve of the new year, is an important time to get rid of the old and welcome the new junction point. "New Year's Eve" is the year in addition to the meaning of the night, also known as New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, etc., when the end of the last night of the year.

2, worship ancestors

New Year's Eve ancestor worship is one of the important customs of New Year's Eve, the Chinese people from ancient times have been careful to catch up with the tradition of the festival will not forget to worship ancestors, ancestor's benevolence. On New Year's Eve, people will set up dishes, pouring wine, held a grand ceremony to express the memory of the ancestors and pray for the blessing of the ancestors, this traditional custom has been passed down from generation to generation.