New Year’s Eve is a festival for family reunions. Many people begin to prepare to return to their hometowns for reunions. Some people also want to take advantage of the long holiday to go to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get their marriage certificates. So, will the Civil Affairs Bureau still be open on New Year’s Eve? Time has unknowingly come to the end of the year. Fortune Teller.com has prepared some information about the 2018 Chinese New Year's Eve. Click in to learn more!Is the Civil Affairs Bureau still open on New Year's Eve?The Civil Affairs Bureau will not be open on New Year's Eve;Spring Festival holiday: February 15 (New Year’s Eve) to 21, a total of 7 days. Work on February 11 (Sunday) and February 24 (Saturday). The Civil Affairs Bureau is closed on New Year's Eve. Although it is on duty, it cannot handle business. Therefore, marriage registration cannot be processed during the Spring Festival. Note: Due to different regions or situations, some places have "special handling for special matters" and you can register to get the certificate during the Spring Festival holiday. Before registering, you can choose to inquire in advance whether there is anyone on duty, especially to ask whether there is someone on duty who is responsible for registration. What should we pay attention to on New Year’s Eve?New Year’s Eve is also called “New Year’s Eve”. New Year's Eve is also called Dachu, which means New Year's Eve. It refers to the last night of the twelfth lunar month. It is connected with the Spring Festival (the first day of the first lunar month), that is, the night before the Spring Festival. Because it is often on the 30th or 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, it is also called New Year's Eve. The last day of the year is called "Sui Chu" and the night of that day is called "New Year's Eve".There are many taboos on New Year’s Eve. For example, avoid saying unlucky words such as ghost, death, and killing, avoid breaking dishes, avoid using bad words, avoid urinating and defecating anywhere, avoid throwing dirty water and lamp oil on the ground, etc. When New Year's Eve comes, people celebrate the festival and celebrate the harvest while taking a bath, changing clothes, and cleaning to drive away diseases and evil spirits. Especially during the New Year’s Eve dinner, there are more taboos. When elders give younger generations more rice and dishes, if the younger generation is full and doesn’t want more, they cannot say “no” but “I’ve got some”; if they have finished some tea and snacks, they should say “I’m full” or “There’s too much” instead of just saying “There’s no more”… These auspicious words are people’s “New Year’s Eve homework”, and adults should teach children to say them, otherwise the new year will not be smooth. Avoid saying unlucky words such as "broken", "death", "illness", "lose" and "defeat"; if you accidentally violate the taboo, you should resolve the possible ominous consequences by spitting, saying "children's words are innocent", etc. Before eating the New Year’s Eve dinner, you must first prepare offerings to worship your ancestors. Before inviting the ancestral spirits, family members and items must be present, otherwise the family will not be reunited and the wealth will not be complete. After the ancestral spirits are invited, no one is allowed to occupy the seats on both sides of the altar, which means that one cannot compete with the ancestors for seats; no one is allowed to make noise or swear, otherwise it would be disrespectful to the ancestors; no one is allowed to spill leftover tea on the ground, so as not to confuse pouring offerings with splashing water; when offering sacrifices to the ancestral spirits, one is not allowed to shout out the names of children, so as not to be heard by the homeless ghosts outside the gate and cause the children to die. During a formal meal, it is very taboo to be disturbed by others, especially not to have someone visit, because this is called "stepping on the New Year's dinner", which will make the whole family restless. |
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