What are the ways to celebrate the Spring Festival?
1. Modern customs of the Spring Festival in China today
After the liberation, the Central People's Government issued a unified "National Holidays and Memorial Day Holiday Regulations," stipulating that January 1st of the Gregorian calendar would be the Spring Festival. According to the Chinese government, it has been listed as a statutory holiday, becoming a festival for all the people. Usually, there is a three-day continuous rest. The celebration of the Spring Festival in modern China is much less important than that of the Spring Festival. Generally, agencies and enterprises hold collective celebration activities at the end of the year.
The customs of celebrating the Spring Festival are essentially a scaled-down version of the Spring Festival customs. The most common is that people set off firecrackers, kill three animals (a chicken, a pig, and a cow), worship gods and spirits, and pay homage to ancestors on this day.
(1) In some areas, events such as organizing drumming and gong playing, collective ethnic dance performances, etc., are held. Nowadays, it tends more towards the form of gala concerts, cross-year carnivals, and other forms. For young people, going out to travel during the New Year's Eve is more popular.
(2) Traditional ways of celebrating festivals are most common in rural areas. Every time the Spring Festival comes, every household will set off firecrackers, slaughter chickens and geese, and after paying homage to various deities, they have a family reunion and have a meal together.
(3) Different regions have different traditional foods
During holidays, people choose different foods to celebrate the festival, expressing their sense of ceremony for the festival and demonstrating the inheritance and development of China's rich traditional culture. Southerners eat tangyuan (glutinous rice balls) to symbolize the joy of family reunions, while northerners eat dumplings to symbolize the hope of wealth and happiness for the whole family.
2. Old customs of the Spring Festival (which is now considered as the Spring Festival)
In ancient China, the Spring Festival was actually what we now call the Spring Festival. During the Spring Festival, all dynasties held celebrations, rituals, and prayers. For example, worshiping various gods and ancestors, writing door couplets and hanging spring couplets, writing "Fu" characters, dragon dances, and folk activities gradually formed, such as worshipping ancestors, pasting spring couplets, setting off firecrackers, staying up late, having a family dinner, and "Shehuo" entertainment activities.
After the liberation, the Central People's Government issued a unified "National Holidays and Memorial Day Holiday Regulations," stipulating that January 1st of the Gregorian calendar would be the Spring Festival. According to the Chinese government, it has been listed as a statutory holiday, becoming a festival for all the people. Usually, there is a three-day continuous rest. The celebration of the Spring Festival in modern China is much less important than that of the Spring Festival. Generally, agencies and enterprises hold collective celebration activities at the end of the year.
The customs of celebrating the Spring Festival are essentially a scaled-down version of the Spring Festival customs. The most common is that people set off firecrackers, kill three animals (a chicken, a pig, and a cow), worship gods and spirits, and pay homage to ancestors on this day.
(1) In some areas, events such as organizing drumming and gong playing, collective ethnic dance performances, etc., are held. Nowadays, it tends more towards the form of gala concerts, cross-year carnivals, and other forms. For young people, going out to travel during the New Year's Eve is more popular.
(2) Traditional ways of celebrating festivals are most common in rural areas. Every time the Spring Festival comes, every household will set off firecrackers, slaughter chickens and geese, and after paying homage to various deities, they have a family reunion and have a meal together.
(3) Different regions have different traditional foods
During holidays, people choose different foods to celebrate the festival, expressing their sense of ceremony for the festival and demonstrating the inheritance and development of China's rich traditional culture. Southerners eat tangyuan (glutinous rice balls) to symbolize the joy of family reunions, while northerners eat dumplings to symbolize the hope of wealth and happiness for the whole family.
2. Old customs of the Spring Festival (which is now considered as the Spring Festival)
In ancient China, the Spring Festival was actually what we now call the Spring Festival. During the Spring Festival, all dynasties held celebrations, rituals, and prayers. For example, worshiping various gods and ancestors, writing door couplets and hanging spring couplets, writing "Fu" characters, dragon dances, and folk activities gradually formed, such as worshipping ancestors, pasting spring couplets, setting off firecrackers, staying up late, having a family dinner, and "Shehuo" entertainment activities.
How to spend the New Year's Eve on January 1st meaningfully?
1. Stay at home and watch the New Year's Eve party
Every year, the New Year's Eve party is the highlight of all television stations. For example, Hunan TV, Youku TV, and Guangdong TV's New Year's Eve parties feature a star-studded lineup and are very spectacular. Staying at home and watching the live broadcast of the New Year's Eve with family and friends is an excellent choice.
2. Go out to shop at the mall
Purchasing is probably the favorite activity of many children and women. With the Spring Festival and Christmas holidays, malls usually make special arrangements, and the lively and festive atmosphere can be seen from the colorful neon lights and Christmas decorations on the streets. It's also a good opportunity to buy New Year goods.
3. Traveling to celebrate the New Year's Eve is also meaningful
During the three-day holiday of the Spring Festival, you can consider domestic or international travel. If going abroad, countries like France, Italy, Canada, and Australia are all good choices. Domestically, the illumination ceremonies of landmark buildings on New Year's Day are very impressive, such as the Jin Mao Tower and Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai, the Canton Tower in Guangzhou, and the Taipei 101 in Taiwan.
4. Change into new clothes for the new year and make a new year's plan
Set a wish or goal for yourself in the new year, and create a specific action plan. After making the plan, stick to it. For example: being admitted to a desired high school, getting into a dream university, buying a house, getting married, or finding a boyfriend/girlfriend.
Every year, the New Year's Eve party is the highlight of all television stations. For example, Hunan TV, Youku TV, and Guangdong TV's New Year's Eve parties feature a star-studded lineup and are very spectacular. Staying at home and watching the live broadcast of the New Year's Eve with family and friends is an excellent choice.
2. Go out to shop at the mall
Purchasing is probably the favorite activity of many children and women. With the Spring Festival and Christmas holidays, malls usually make special arrangements, and the lively and festive atmosphere can be seen from the colorful neon lights and Christmas decorations on the streets. It's also a good opportunity to buy New Year goods.
3. Traveling to celebrate the New Year's Eve is also meaningful
During the three-day holiday of the Spring Festival, you can consider domestic or international travel. If going abroad, countries like France, Italy, Canada, and Australia are all good choices. Domestically, the illumination ceremonies of landmark buildings on New Year's Day are very impressive, such as the Jin Mao Tower and Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai, the Canton Tower in Guangzhou, and the Taipei 101 in Taiwan.
4. Change into new clothes for the new year and make a new year's plan
Set a wish or goal for yourself in the new year, and create a specific action plan. After making the plan, stick to it. For example: being admitted to a desired high school, getting into a dream university, buying a house, getting married, or finding a boyfriend/girlfriend.
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