What are the customs on the first day of the Chinese New Year? What are the forms of New Year greetings?
The Spring Festival in China has a variety of traditional customs, and the customs vary from place to place. So what are the customs on the first day of the Spring Festival? You need to pay attention to some taboos during the Spring Festival. Next, go to the 2018 Spring Festival special topic specially compiled by the Fortune Teller website for you to learn more about it!What are the customs on the first day of the Chinese New Year?Get up early <br /> Some people believe that if you don’t get up early, the ridges of the fields will collapse. So get up early.Opening Firecrackers <br /> On the morning of the Spring Festival, when the door is opened, firecrackers are set off first, which is called "opening firecrackers". After the sound of firecrackers, the ground is covered with red fragments, as bright as brocade, which is called "Mantanghong". At this time, the streets were full of auspiciousness and joy. New Year's greetings <br /> An important activity during the Spring Festival is to visit relatives, friends and neighbors to wish them a happy new year, which was formerly known as New Year's greetings. The custom of New Year greetings among the Han people has already existed in the Han Dynasty. It became very popular after the Tang and Song dynasties. If someone could not go in person, they could send their congratulations using a business card. It was called "ci" in the Eastern Han Dynasty, so business cards are also called "mingci". After the Ming Dynasty, many families posted a red paper bag at the door to collect business cards, which was called "menbu". What are the forms of New Year greetings?One is visiting relatives. You must bring gifts when visiting your own family on the first day of the New Year or your father-in-law's house on the second day. After entering the door, kowtow three times to the Buddha statue, ancestral images, and tablets, and then pay respects to the elders in turn. You can stay to eat and chat.The second is the courtesy visit to relatives and friends on the third day of the Lunar New Year. If you are wishing a happy new year to a colleague or friend, you only need to kowtow three times to the Buddha statue as soon as you enter the house. If you are of the same age as the host, you only need to bow your hands. If the host is older than you, you should still kneel down actively. The host should get up from his seat and pretend to support you, and say "no need to be polite" repeatedly to show his humility. In this situation, it is generally not advisable to sit for a long time. You should just say a few polite words and then leave. After accepting the worship, the host should choose a day to return the worship. The third is a thank-you visit. If you owe someone a favor (such as a lawyer, doctor, etc.), you should buy some gifts and send them to express your gratitude during the New Year's greetings. The fourth is a door-to-door visit. For some neighbors, we don’t have much contact with each other on weekdays, but we can still talk to each other when we meet. During the New Year, we just go to the yard, put our fists on each other and say "Congratulations on getting rich" and "Everything goes well", and sit in the house for a while. There is no need for too much etiquette. In ancient times, there was a distinction between New Year's greetings and New Year's congratulations: New Year's greetings were to wish the elders a happy new year; New Year's congratulations were for peers to congratulate each other. Nowadays, some institutions, groups, enterprises and schools gather together to congratulate each other, which is called "group greetings." With the development of the times, the custom of New Year's greetings has continuously added new content and forms. In addition to following the traditional ways of greeting the New Year, people have also started to send ceremonial telegrams and make phone calls to greet the New Year. |
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