What is the most special New Year custom in the world?

New Year's Day, commonly known as "New Year" in most countries in the world, is the first day of the Gregorian New Year. Yuan, meaning "first"; Dan means "day"; New Year's Day means "the first day". The word "New Year" first appeared in the Book of Jin, but its meaning has been used for more than 4000 years.

Up to now, most countries in the world have adopted the international Gregorian calendar, with 65438+ 10/month 1 year as "New Year's Day".

France: A year's wind can tell.

In France, people regard the weather on New Year's Day as the New Year's Year: the south wind blows, which indicates that the weather will be peaceful and hot this year; When the west wind blows, there is a bumper harvest year for fishing and milking; If the east wind blows, the fruit will be rich; When the north wind blows, it is a poor harvest year.

Thailand: Songkran Festival Parade

Groups of young men and women, wearing colorful national costumes, drumming long drums, singing and dancing. On both sides of the road where the parade passed, kind men and women walked along the street, sprinkling water mixed with spices on the Buddha statue and the "Goddess of Gan Song" with silver bowls, praying for a happy New Year and good weather.

Britain: the foot of luck

In Britain, New Year's Day is not as grand as Christmas, but on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, people will carry out various celebrations according to local customs to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. English people often go out to visit relatives and friends with cakes and wine late at night on New Year's Eve. They went straight into their relatives and friends' houses without knocking. The person who takes the first step indicates the master's good luck or bad luck in the new year. If the person who steps into the first foot is a happy, happy and rich person, the owner will be very lucky all year round; If you are a sad, unfortunate and pitiful person, your master will have trouble and misfortune in the new year.

Japan: When you hear the bell, your troubles will be clear.

The Japanese believe that every time you knock on the door, you will get rid of a kind of trouble and knock 108. After the bell rings, people flock to shrines and temples, burn incense and worship Buddha, and sign fortune-telling, which is called "the first visit". It is said that this is because there is a saying in the Buddhist scriptures that "hearing the bell is troublesome."

Italy-break everything and celebrate the new year.

Every household throws all the broken bottles, pots and pans, even flowerpots and bathtubs out of the window, thinking that this can get rid of troubles and bad luck, to show good luck, to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new.

Germany-step by step.

There is a traditional tree climbing competition in Germany. Choose a straight and tall tree in each village and cut off its branches. In the early morning of New Year's Day, a dozen bare trees were selected in the field, and the boys climbed up along the bare trunk. Whoever climbs to the top of the tree first is the winner, and is called "New Year Hero", which indicates that the new year will be promoted step by step and get rid of troubles.

Belgium-Happy New Year to Animals

In Belgium, some farmers are used to giving new year greetings to animals. They get up early in the morning on the first day of the new year, go to the livestock and say "Happy New Year" to them.

Spain-The Twelfth Grape

Before New Year's Eve, people should set up roadblocks, set traps and dig traps to deal with monsters coming to earth on New Year's Eve. On New Year's Eve, the whole family got together. When the church bell struck midnight, everyone began to eat grapes. If you can ring the bell and eat twelve grapes, it means that the new year is going well for twelve months.

India: Crying for the New Year.

In some parts of India, the way of celebration is more peculiar than any other country in the world. In other countries, people greet the New Year with joy, but Indians greet the New Year with tears. On the morning of New Year's Day, every household kept crying, and everyone's face was covered with tears. This is a lament for the fleeting time and short life.