When is the Chinese New Year in 2019? When is the Spring Festival?

When is the Chinese New Year in 2019? When is the Spring Festival?
Chinese culture has left a brilliant mark in the world's history and culture. Different places in China have different cultural customs. When is the Spring Festival in 2019? When is the Spring Festival? The festive culture of the Chinese New Year is rich and colorful, and extraordinary. If you want to know more related content, just search in the 2019 Chinese New Year and Spring Festival special topic carefully compiled by Shuimoxiansheng.com!

When is the Chinese New Year in 2019?

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What are the customs of the Spring Festival?

Spring cleaning <br /> Every household has to wash bedding and curtains, clean kitchen utensils, clean the environment, and sweep the house when the Spring Festival comes. Sweeping the house during the New Year means removing dust and making way for the new. The purpose is for people to get rid of the previous bad luck such as poverty and bad luck. This custom embodies people's desire to break the old and establish the new and their prayers to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new.
Making and eating dumplings <br /> On the Spring Festival, the whole family, big and small, will gather together to eat dumplings. Relatives who are far away from home will return home to reunite with their families. Everyone gathers together to make and eat dumplings. During the Chinese New Year, the whole family is happy and joyful. Dumplings symbolize reunion and happiness. Eating dumplings during Chinese New Year is considered to bring wealth and good luck.
Pasting Spring Festival couplets and blessing characters <br /> Spring Festival couplets are also called couplets and couplets. They express emotions and good wishes with concise, parallel and neat words. They are a unique literary form in China. Every family will select Spring Festival couplets to paste on the door during the Spring Festival to create a festive atmosphere. In addition to pasting Spring Festival couplets, people also paste the word "Fu". "Fu" means happiness, good fortune, and good luck. Pasting big and small "Fu" characters on walls and door lintels expresses people's yearning for a happy life and their wishes for a better future.
Setting off fireworks and firecrackers <br /> When the new year comes, every household sets off firecrackers. Setting off firecrackers can create a festive and lively atmosphere and bring joy and good luck to people. As time goes by, the use of firecrackers is becoming more and more widespread. Firecrackers are set off on major festivals, happy events, such as weddings, business openings, house building, etc. to express congratulations and auspiciousness.
New Year's greetings <br /> New Year's greetings are to wish the elders a happy new year, while New Year's greetings are for peers to congratulate each other. Some people stay up all night on the night of the 30th, while others get up early in the morning to visit each other during the Spring Festival. Younger generations kowtow to their elders to wish them a happy new year, and relatives, friends and neighbors congratulate each other: Congratulations on making a fortune, Happy New Year, Good luck, etc., to wish people smooth sailing and good health in the new year. As time goes by, many people nowadays also send New Year greetings through telephone, Internet, etc.
Giving New Year's money to children <br /> Every Spring Festival, the elders will give some New Year's money to children. Sui is the homonym of Sui. It is said that in ancient times, eight copper coins placed next to the pillow helped children scare away the evil spirit, so people called this money the "Evil-suppressing Money". Because "祟" and "岁" are homophones, it has become the "New Year's Money" over the years.

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