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The Chinese New Year is not a fixed day
You may not know, but Chinese New Year is not a fixed day of the Gregorian calendar, like January 1. It is the January 1st of the lunar calendar. So usually the Chinese New Year will happen after New Year’s Day. The Chinese New Year of 2019 will be the February 5th of the Gregorian calendar.
It’s not just China that has celebrated the Spring Festival
It’s not just China that has celebrated the Spring Festival. Koreans have always had the custom of welcoming the New Year’s Day on the first day of the lunar calendar. Vietnam celebrates the Spring Festival. The Spring Festival is a national holiday. The Singapore Spring Festival is a national two-day holiday. The Spring Festival is also a statutory holiday in Malaysia. Before the Meiji Restoration, the Japanese New Year was also on the first day of the lunar calendar. In the European and American regions, the Chinese brought the Spring Festival to the local area. In 2003, New York City designated the Spring Festival as a public holiday for the public, and arranged the time and place for the Chinese to set off firecrackers. The Canadian Spring Festival is also increasingly becoming a major local festival.
The “Year” is a beast
According to one ancient Chinese legend, the “Year” is a beast. it is called Nian (年) . It would come about every New Year’s Eve. However, People know the weakness of the “year beast”, fear of sound, fear of red, fear of fire, and no neat environment.
So at the end of every year, people cleaned up at the door, put red couplets and door gods at the gate, hang lanterns, burn firewood, chop up meat, make a sound, and set off firecrackers on New Year’s Eve. They scared away The Year of the Beast so it no longer harmed people. The next day, people were fortunate to defeat the “year beast”, so they played the drums and yelled “congratulations”, which is the origin of “New Year”.
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Door Gods poster can fight off monsters
The door god is the god of the gatekeeper, a kind of painting on the door of the Lunar New Year. As the god of the guardianship of folk beliefs, people put their gods on the door to exorcise evil spirits, protect their homes, protect their peace, help utilitarianism, and reduce their auspiciousness. They are the patron saints of Chinese folks. Placing Door Gods picture on the external doors of houses is a time-honored tradition dating back to the Tang Dynasty
The most fireworks are set off mid night after the new year eve
As in the myth about the year of beast, fireworks are supposed to scare off monsters and dislodge bad luck. So people stay up on the New Year’s Eve and set off fireworks at midnight. In the morning, firecrackers are used again to welcome the new year and say good luck.
New Year’s Eve, China’s North, want to eat dumplings
In order to welcome the arrival of the Spring Festival, in the north of China, when the New Year eve is over, almost every household must eat dumplings.
On the occasion of the New Years eve, the whole family eats dumplings in order to “get older”, indicating that they are resigning the old and welcoming the new ones, and because the dumplings are shaped like ingots, a basin is served on the table, and there is a “new year’s fortune, the ingots are coming in. Symbolic meaning. The dumplings are boiled, and you can’t say “broken”. You should say “up”.
Other specialty foods include rice balls and rice cakes.
The dumplings are round-shaped desserts, which means reunion. Therefore, it is not surprising that it is a popular dessert during the Lunar New Year. Nian gao is a rice cake. It is like the success of every year. Fa Gao is a chunky food like cakes and muffins. People dyed its festive pronunciation. Fa is the same as fa cai meaning “getting rich.”
It is the biggest Chinese holiday
The habit in most areas is that the New Year begins on the New Year’s Eve of the previous year and ends on the eighth day of the New Year. There are also some areas starting from XiaoNian (Lunar Thursday, Lunar New Year’s Day), XiaoNian is preparing for the New Year, and preparing various items and foods for the New Year, which will last until the Lantern Festival.
Traditionally, you have to spend time with your family 3 to 5 days. It’s a national holiday. The large majority of stores are closed too. So in the month before, people will buy nian huo (年货), or New Year’s products. The Chinese stock up on cooking supplies, snacks, gifts, new clothes and more.
The Spring Festival causes the largest human migration in China even in the world every year
The Spring Festival caused the largest population migration in China and the world。The most important part of the Chinese New Year is family reunion. Everyone should go back to their parents’ home for dinner on New Year’s Eve. However, in today’s China, many young people go out to make a living, and most of their elderly parents live in rural areas. Before the Spring Festival, many jobs stopped because of the festival, and young people who came out to work began to go against the countryside. The migration to go home and go on holiday was called Spring Run. Due to the increase in overseas immigration overseas in recent years, returning to the original place has become a trend
Some strange customs during the new year
* Showers are not allowed on New Year’s Day. It is not allowed to clean and throw away rubbish before the 5th. This is to make sure you don’t wash away good luck!
* On the other hand, the day before the Spring Festival is dedicated to cleaning. This day is to sweep away bad luck and make room for good things.
* Most hair salons are closed during the Lunar New Year, as haircuts are taboo. Even the first month of the cut will cause the mother’s brother to die.
* Can not be used as a gift for knives and other sharp things, fish tanks, clocks, shoes, pears and plums, umbrellas, and antiques of unknown origin.
* New Year, don’t go to the New Year with people who haven’t got up.
* Quarreling, cursing and saying unlucky words will make the year unlucky
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