Chinese spring festival customs

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Chinese spring festival customs The Chinese spring festival symbolizes reunion, boom, happiness and hope. Some spring festival customs introduction.

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http://www.yoybuy.com/en here is introducing Chinese New Year which is also named the spring festival. Chinese spring festival is the most important traditional Chinese festival. It symbolizes reunion, boom, happiness, hope. It is recorded that Chinese have celebrated the spring festival for more than 4000 years. The festival of long history includes many customs. Let’s see some important ones.

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Chinese spring festival customs

The Chinese spring festival symbolizes reunion, boom, happiness and hope.

Some spring festival customs introduction.

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Dust sweeping ( Sao chen )

The pronunciation “尘Chen”(dust) is the same as “陈Chen”(old).

Dust sweeping at the end of year means “removing the old and building the new”.

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Symbolizes driving away all the evils, diseases and disasters.

In anticipation of happiness in the next year.

Stay up late on New Year Eve (Shou sui)

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Wishing happy New Year to each other (Bai nian)

Wearing their best clothing, dressing neatly.

Visit relatives and friends, wishing each other happy new year.

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Spring festival scrolls (Chun Lian)

Composed of neat, antithetic, compact and ingenious words.

Describe society and express good wishes.

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Paper-cutting (Chuang hua)

Heightens the scene of the festival.

An artistic form of decoration, appreciation and practicability.

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New Year pictures (Nian hua)

Reflects custom and religion of people.

Hope in the further life.

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Fireworks and firecrackers(Yan hua, Pao zhu)

The custom of setting fireworks on New Year has been 2000 years.

People believe it can bring good luck and drive away misfortune.

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