First, hang lanterns.
Hanging lanterns in the Spring Festival is a custom, which is to "celebrate the New Year" and create a festive atmosphere, which can set off the atmosphere of the New Year. Generally, red lanterns are hung and Spring Festival couplets are posted on New Year's Eve. This is the custom of welcoming the Spring Festival. In some areas, lanterns are hung during the Spring Festival, while in others, lanterns are hung during the Lantern Festival.
There is a legend about hanging lanterns during the Spring Festival. On New Year's Eve, all the gods returned to their places, except Jiang Ziya, who had nowhere to go. Seeing that he was pitiful, the people lit a lamp at the head of the Gaoshe and let him spend the night under the lamp. Over time, the custom of lighting lamps has been formed.
Second, buy new year's goods.
For thousands of years, people in China have always regarded the Spring Festival as a major event. Before the Chinese New Year, we have to make a lot of preparations and buy a lot of things, such as food, food, clothes, toys, food, dry, fresh, raw and cooked. The unified name is "New Year's Goods".
Third, it is a blessing.
The inverted sound "to" means to come in harmony.
The word "fu" now means "happiness", "auspiciousness" and "good luck". Sticking the word "Fu" in the Spring Festival, whether now or in the past, has pinned people's longing for a happy life and wishes for a better future. In order to fully reflect this yearning and wish, the people in China simply reversed the word "Fu", indicating that "Fu has fallen" and "Fu has arrived".
Fourth, go back to your mother's house
The second day is commonly known as "wedding day". On this day, married daughters will bring their sons-in-law and gifts in pairs. The bride's family can't accept it all, and she has to take some back when she goes back to her husband's house. Daughters who go back to their parents' homes must bring some gifts and red envelopes to their children.
Five, dragon and lion dance
Dragons are legendary auspicious animals. It is said that you can summon the wind and rain in the sky, and you can also pray for the elimination of disasters on earth. As early as the Han Dynasty, there were dragon dances for rain. Besides dragon dancing, there is also lion dancing, which is also a common custom during the Spring Festival. Also known as playing the lion.
The customs of the North and the South are different, but one thing is basically the same, that is, family reunion, visiting relatives and friends, visiting elders and so on. May the next generation keep these customs full of affection and good wishes in mind and pass them on from generation to generation.