Spring Festival (Spring Festival), that is, the Chinese Lunar New Year (Chinese New Year), commonly known as the "new spring", "new year", "the year of the day " is a folk festival that combines the old and the new, the worship of gods and ancestors, praying for blessings and warding off evil spirits, the reunion of family and friends, celebrations and entertainment, and food.

The Spring Festival is the day to get rid of the old and bring in the new. Although the Spring Festival is scheduled for the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar, the activities of the Spring Festival do not stop at the first day of the first month. From the end of the year, people will begin to "busy year": sacrificial stove, dust, purchase of new year's goods, paste the year red, wash hair and bathe, put up lanterns and colors, etc., all of these activities, there is a **** the same theme, that is, "out with the old and in with the new". Below with me to see the Spring Festival etiquette and customs it:

A,? Spring Festival etiquette?

? One of the etiquette of the Spring Festival: greeting etiquette?

Moms and dads can teach their children to greet with gestures: clasping fists, bowing, and smiling when they see friends and family.

As shown above, the traditional New Year's greeting gestures have been different for men and women since ancient times, and the standard gesture for men is to make a fist with the right hand, wrap the left hand around it, keep the wrist tight, and shake it back and forth. Because the right hand is the attacking hand, it should be wrapped to show goodwill. The opposite is true for women, but they do not clasp their fists, only press their hands, do not close their wrists, and rock back and forth.

In terms of blessings, parents can teach their children to say "congratulations", "Happy New Year", "good health", "all the best" and other auspicious words and wishes.

? The Chinese New Year etiquette of the second: receive red envelopes etiquette?

When the elders give the red packets, the children should take it with both hands and say thank you to the elders. If the child is too young to do this, the mom or dad can hold the child's hand, take the red envelope with both hands, and then say "thank you" with the child.

Parents should talk to their children beforehand and say that it is impolite to accept the red envelope and never open it in front of the guests. The best thing to do is to put the red envelope into mom or dad's bag or your own bag right away.

? Chinese New Year's etiquette No. 3: table manners?

When you sit down for a meal and start to eat, you should order the elders and children, with the elders first and the youngest second. Children should eat by themselves and finish the food they clip into the bowl, so as to cherish food and not waste it!

And before eating, parents should educate their children: "Good food is loved by everyone, so it's only right to share good food at the table!"

? Chinese New Year etiquette No. 4: guest etiquette?

Parents should call ahead to make an appointment before paying New Year's visits and arrive on time. Knock gently on the door of the family you are visiting, or press the doorbell only once if it is a doorbell.

After entering the home, parents should guide their children to take the initiative to line up their shoes after greeting them. Remember to ask your child to say "thank you" when they are greeted.

When you enter a relative's home, sit in a standardized position and tell your child in advance that it is not polite to touch other people's things, and that if he or she wants to play with toys or read a book, he or she must ask the host's permission.

? Chinese New Year etiquette No. 5: hospitality etiquette?

When there are guests, parents should guide and encourage their children to greet them cordially and actively. After the guests into the house, the older children, you can do some simple hospitality, such as: guests came, with the "please" gesture to invite guests into the door, and invited guests to sit down, hands to the guests to drink tea, at the same time, said, "Please drink tea," etc.

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When adults are talking, let the children understand that it is good to do their own thing quietly, and that it is disrespectful to the guests to move back and forth and to interrupt.

When there are small guests, generously take out toys and play with the small guests, will make the small guests extra happy. When the guests leave parents can lead their children to send the guests off for a while, parents can say to their children, "Say goodbye to xxx, come back when you have time!" Even if the parent teaches the child to say it, the words coming out of the child's mouth will make the guest feel happy. After this kind of influence, the child will surely become a polite little host.

Two? Chinese New Year customs?

? One of the Chinese New Year customs: wrapping dumplings?

Dumplings on New Year's Eve. It is one of the most important elements of New Year's Eve for the folk in the vast areas of northern China. Dumplings on the 30th day of the New Year, because it is an important element of the festival, so, there are also stipulated many rules and conventions and customary content. These customs are needed to match the atmosphere of the New Year.　　

When making dumplings, people often pack gold ruyi, sugar, peanuts, dates and chestnuts into the filling. Those who eat ruyi and sugar will have sweeter days in the coming year, those who eat peanuts will live a long and healthy life, and those who eat jujubes and chestnuts will give birth to precious children early.　　

About this custom, there is an interesting story in folklore: a long time ago, in a poor mountain village, there was a family was very poor, often ate the first meal without the next meal. By the New Year's Eve, the family had no white flour and no vegetables, and was anxious to hear the sound of chopping vegetables from their neighbors. Have no choice but to borrow rice and noodles from friends and relatives. And after a good noodle, and then get a little bit of mixed vegetables into the filling, and wrapped up the dumplings. Because the noodles are borrowed, so the dumplings are extraordinarily valuable, when placed, a circle by a circle from the inside to the outside, very neat, but also very beautiful. The king of Zao, who had just returned from heaven, was very happy to see them. There is a rich man in the same village, the family has a ten thousand dollar family fortune, weekdays are used to eat the sea food, do not put the dumplings in the eyes. On the 30th day of the New Year, he made dumplings with meat, eggs and other ingredients, and put them on the cover curtain. When the dumplings were cooked in the pot, the flavor changed. The pork filling became turnip greens. The poor man's dumplings were filled with meat and eggs. It turned out that the king of the stove was very dissatisfied with the rich family's attitude toward making dumplings, and in order to punish him, he secretly switched the dumplings of the two families. The next day, the story spread in the village. From then on, even if people are busy, the dumplings on New Year's Eve have to be neatly arranged to make a "circle of blessings".

? The second of the Spring Festival customs: to pay homage to the New Year

Paying homage to the New Year is the oldest traditional Chinese folk custom, in the Spring Festival period of the exchange of feelings between relatives of the activities of the people to say goodbye and welcome the new year, and each other to express their good wishes of a way. The first day of the New Year is the first day of the New Year to visit friends and relatives to pay tribute to each other. The origin of the custom of paying homage to the New Year: In ancient times, the original meaning of the word "pay homage" was to greet the elders for the New Year, including kowtowing to the elders, congratulating them on the New Year as they wish, and greeting them for a good life. When there are friends and relatives of the same generation, they should also bow to congratulate them. On the first day of the New Year, people get up early, put on new clothes, go out to visit friends and relatives, pay respects to each other, wishing good luck for the coming year. Worship a variety of ways, some of the patriarch led a number of people to go door to door to pay tribute to the New Year; some colleagues invited a few people to pay tribute to the New Year; there is also a get together to congratulate each other, known as the "reunion worship".

To the Song Dynasty, friends and relatives will send each other posters to congratulate, which is the early New Year's tablets. In the Ming Dynasty, the design of the New Year's card is more perfect, exquisite, the post is not only printed with the sender's name, address, but also written on the "Happy New Year", blessings. With the development of the times, the custom of paying New Year's greetings has been adding new contents and forms. Now people in addition to the inheritance of the previous way to pay tribute to the New Year, and the rise of etiquette SMS to pay tribute to the New Year and telephone to pay tribute to the New Year and so on.

The Chinese New Year etiquette and customs vary from north to south, but one thing is basically the same, that is, the family reunion, visit friends and relatives, visit elders, etc., may we will be able to these full of strong affection and good wishes of the custom of the heart, and passed on from generation to generation.