1, cut New Year's meat , folk proverb says "waxing twenty-six, kill the pig cut New Year's meat", said this day is the main preparation for the New Year's meat. The so-called kill the pig, of course, is to kill their own pigs; the so-called cut meat, refers to the poor people do not have a pig to go to the market to buy New Year's Eve to eat meat.
2, the lion dance is considered to be an auspicious creature to ward off evil spirits and harm, every festival or major event will be a lion dance to cheer up, and has flourished, passed down through the generations. The lion dance has also been widely practiced in overseas Chinese communities.
3, New Year's greetings is a traditional Chinese folk custom, is a way for people to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, and to express their good wishes to each other. The time to pay tribute to the New Year is generally from the first day to the fifth, after the eighth day of the lunar month to visit friends and relatives is regarded as early to pay tribute to the New Year, and after the fifth day of the first month, before the fifteenth day of the New Year to pay tribute to the friends and relatives for the New Year.
4, the old age , also known as the old age fire, according to the age, etc., its long history, the Chinese Han Chinese folk in New Year's Eve have the habit of the old age of the old age, commonly known as the "boiled year".
5, paste "red" , also known as paste "spring", is the Chinese nation's "New Year's Eve customs", one of them. The old and welcome the new, for the festival to add a festive atmosphere. On the 28th, 29th or 30th of the year, every family posted the red (red is the Chinese New Year couplets, banners, door god, New Year's paintings, "Fu" character and other red festive elements posted on New Year's Eve collectively referred to).