加载中…Introduce Spring Festival
(2017-01-26 10:25:04)
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Traditionally Xiaonian is an
important time for people to give sacrifices to the Kitchen God. He
looks after the family’s fortunes.
Besides, don't forget to clean
your home. Sweeping the dust means wiping away the old days and
welcoming a new start. Now, the last thing for you to do is to wait
for the coming Spring Festival!
Paste up/stick spring
couplets/scrolls
Chinese characters that are
auspicious for the coming year are generally written on two pieces
of red paper with ink and a brush, and glued by the sides of the
doors.
Paste up/stick the character
of fu
The character fu, or
"happiness" is usually written on red diamond-shaped posters. They
are usually stuck upside down on the doors. This is because the
Chinese character "dao "(upside down) has the same sound as another
dao, which means "arrive". Placing fu upside down symbolizes the
arrival of happiness.
Set off fireworks/
firecrackers
Chinese people traditionally
set off fireworks during Spring Festival, in the belief that this
helps scare off the Nian and brings good fortune at the beginning
of the year and good luck throughout the year.
Pay lunar New Year's
calls/visits; give Spring Festival greetings
It's important that you pay
relatives and friends a new year's call during the holiday. This is
done at people's homes from New Year's Day to the 15th day, or the
Lantern Festival. People give each other best wishes and gifts.
This is also a time for the younger generation to bow or kowtow to
the elders for health, good fortune, work, and so on and to get a
red package in return.
Lucky money/ red
envelop
For many young people, Chinese
new year is just as much about yasuiqian — money in red envelopes
traditionally given to children. On the Chinese mainland, kids get
red envelopes at home from their parents and relatives. In Hong
Kong, it is also customary to give Lai See (利是), a gift of money,
to anyone in your personal service, such as nannies and
cleaners.
New Year
taboos
Words can reflect New Year
taboos. People tend to, for example, avoid negative words, such as
"failing","dying", and "illness" during New Year's celebrations.
Breaking a dish is another taboo in some places, because it implies
that you will not have a thing to eat.
People do not carry the garbage
out or clean the house on New Year's Day or for the rest of the
Spring Festival holiday, for fear of sweeping away good
luck.
People usually get a haircut
before the lunar new year's eve because it is said that getting
one's hair cut in the first lunar month puts a curse on one's
maternal uncles.
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