New Year’s Day customs and etiquette?
What are the customs and traditions of New Year’s Day as an international holiday? Throughout my country's history, there have been many stories and literature about New Year's Day. What are the customs in my country on New Year's Day? Winter months are cold, but when everything goes well, they are the warmest days. The Fortune Teller website gives you the lunar calendar for November so that you can have an idea of what to do.New Year’s Day customs and etiquette?Why does the New Year’s Day in China seem so ungrand?The New Year's Day festival has existed in my country since ancient times. However, in ancient my country, New Year's Day was actually the current "Spring Festival", so those stories and literature about New Year's Day all refer to the "Spring Festival". The "New Year's Day" we often talk about now was the date set before the founding of New China in 1949 to cooperate with the international calendar. The original "New Year's Day" was changed to "Spring Festival", which led to a huge difference in attitudes towards New Year's Day between ancient and contemporary times.New Year's Day customs abroad:1. Spain: Eat 12 grapes at the sound of the New Year bell. In Spain, when the clock strikes 12 on New Year's Eve, people rush to eat grapes. If they can eat 12 grapes at the sound of the bell, it symbolizes peace and prosperity in every month of the New Year. Each grape has a different meaning, such as the first one means "peace", the fifth one means "harmony", the sixth one means "refuge", the seventh one means "disease prevention"...2. India: Crying and not eating, throwing ink when meeting others. India’s New Year lasts for 5 days from October 31st every year, and the fourth day is New Year’s Day. On the first day of the new year, no one is allowed to be angry with others, let alone lose temper. In some areas of India, on New Year's morning, there is constant crying in every household, and tears are streaming down everyone's face. They welcome the new year with crying, believing that time is fleeting and life is short. In some areas, people welcome the new year by fasting for a day and a night, starting from the early morning of New Year's Day until midnight. Because of this strange custom, India's New Year's Day is called "Crying New Year's Day" and "Fasting New Year's Day". On the morning of New Year's Day, people carry exquisite little lanterns and red envelopes and go out to wish their elders, relatives and friends a happy new year. After meeting and congratulating each other, they would apply rouge on each other's forehead to express good luck and happiness. Young people put red ink into water guns and shoot it on their relatives and friends. This is called "sprinkling red" and it means good luck and fortune. 3. Peru: Welcome the New Year with fists . Peruvians welcome the New Year with their fists. The city of Cusco in Peru holds a "fighting competition" every year. As long as you have the courage, no matter whether you are male or female, young or old, you can go on stage and compete with your opponent. There is no deep hatred between the contestants, and they don't even know each other. People fight each other just to vent the anger accumulated over the year and enter the new year with a heart full of joy and hope. Although it was a fight, festive music was playing. 4. United Kingdom: Open the door late at night to welcome relatives and friends . In the United Kingdom, New Year's Day does not seem to be as grand as Christmas, but according to tradition, every household will have a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner, because the British generally believe that if there is no leftover wine and meat on New Year's Eve, there will be poverty in the coming year. When midnight arrives, people begin the traditional New Year's greetings. Every family opens the door and takes out the small black bread that they have prepared in advance to entertain the guests. The first guest is usually considered a symbol of luck for the new year. If the first guest is a dark-haired man, or a happy, blessed and wealthy person, the host will have good luck throughout the year. If the first guest is a light-haired woman, or a sad, poor and unfortunate person, the host will suffer bad luck in the new year and will encounter difficulties and disasters. 5. North Korea: Stuffing money into a scarecrow. During the New Year, every North Korean household puts up couplets and New Year pictures. Some families put pictures of the God of Longevity or fairies on their doors, praying for God's blessing, driving away evil spirits and bestowing happiness. At dawn on New Year's Day, people stuff some banknotes into the scarecrows that were made in advance on New Year's Eve and throw them at the crossroads to send away evil and welcome good luck. At dusk, people burn the hair that has fallen off throughout the year, wishing their family peace all year round. 6. France: Getting drunk to welcome the New Year. New Year's Day in France was originally on April 1st every year. It was not until 1564 that King Charles IX changed it to January 1st. On New Year's Eve, French families gather together and drink champagne around the table. According to tradition, every family must drink up all the wine in their collection that night to avoid bad luck in the coming year; everyone should get drunk so that the new year can have a new beginning. 7. Germany: Whoever climbs the highest is the "New Year's Hero" Germans attach great importance to New Year's Day. They believe that how well they spend New Year's Day is directly related to their luck in the coming year. Before the New Year's bell rings, many Germans will climb onto a chair, and when the bell rings, they will jump down and run behind the chair to show that they are getting rid of disasters. There is also a custom popular in rural Germany - tree climbing competition. It is said that the higher you climb, the better your luck. Every year, the person who climbs the highest will be hailed as the "New Year's Hero" and envied by others. Germans will also put a few fish scales in their wallets on New Year's Day, because fish scales and fish roe are both New Year's mascots, indicating a lot of money. |
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