How do western countries celebrate the New Year?

1, Germany: A bigger wallet means good luck.

Germans attach great importance to New Year's Day, which they think is directly related to the luck of the next year. On New Year's Eve, people will light up and set off fireworks to "exorcise evil spirits" and bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. Before the New Year bell rings, many Germans will climb into chairs. When the bell rings, they will jump down and run behind the chairs to show their disaster.

There is also a custom in rural Germany-tree climbing competition. It is said that the higher you climb, the better your luck. The person who climbs the highest every year will be praised as a "New Year hero" and envied by others.

Germans also have the custom of wearing new clothes on New Year's Day. They think that everything will be fine with new clothes in the new year. Dressing indiscriminately in the New Year is not smooth all the year round. In addition, they will put some fish scales in their wallets, because fish scales are new year mascots, which indicates that financial resources are rolling in; Many people also nail horseshoes to the wall to "exorcise evil spirits".

2. Britain: competing to dig wells to meet relatives and friends late at night.

In Britain, people don't begin traditional New Year greetings until midnight. Everyone opens the door and takes out the prepared little black bread to entertain the guests.

The first visitor is usually regarded as a symbol of good luck in the New Year. If the first guest is a dark-haired man, or a happy, happy and rich person, then the host will be very lucky all year round. If the first guest is a woman with light yellow hair, or a sad, poor and unfortunate person, then the host will be unlucky and will encounter difficulties and disasters in the new year.

Drilling wells in the New Year is a long-standing custom in rural areas of central England. It is said that the first person to dig a well in the New Year is blessed, and the water in the well is auspicious. So, early in the morning on New Year's Day, people rushed into the well with buckets.

3, France: binge drinking to resign from the old year, the wind is good for the New Year.

New Year's Day in France was originally 1 in April every year. It was not until 1564 10/4 that King Charles IX changed it to 1. On New Year's Eve, French people get together and drink champagne around the table. According to tradition, every family should drink all the Tibetan wine that night to avoid bad luck in the coming year.

Everyone should be as drunk as a fiddler, so that the new year will have a new beginning. In the early morning of June 65438+ 10/day, parents will give their children "lucky money" to show their love for their children.

The French believe that the weather in New Year indicates a year. On the morning of New Year's Day, they went to the streets to see the wind direction for divination: the south wind blows, which indicates that the weather will be good and the year will be safe and hot; The west wind blows, and fishing has a bumper year; If the east wind blows, the fruit will be rich; When the north wind blows, it is a poor harvest year.

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How other countries celebrate the New Year:

People in Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos and other countries may know that these countries celebrate the New Year in mid-April every year. In China, it is the "Water-splashing Festival" of the Dai people.

Because these countries believe in Buddhism, some people think that this is the Buddhist New Year, but it is actually the Dai New Year, also known as the Buddha Bathing Festival. In the new year, people, whether nobles or civilians, will sing and dance to celebrate, carry water to welcome the Buddha statue and wish them good health in the new year. April is the dry season in Southeast Asian countries, and praying for rain is also an important activity in this New Year's activity.

India, another populous country, has a complex caste, more than 100 ethnic groups and diverse calendars. Festivals vary according to different calendars. Generally speaking, Holi Festival in eastern India is the Indian New Year in February and March of the Gregorian calendar every year. In western India, Diwali is the last day of the Indian calendar, and the Gregorian calendar ranges from 10 to 1 1.

These two traditional Indian "New Year" dates, just like the relationship between the lunar calendar and the solar calendar in China, are not simply corresponding times, but just a day in the solar calendar. During the Chinese New Year, government agencies and enterprises will have a holiday. On Holi Festival, people throw red powder and water polo to welcome the arrival of spring.

On Diwali, people will buy a lot of candles or oil lamps to light and set off fireworks during the festival, which means light, prosperity and hope. Pray for good luck and happiness in the new year.

Central Asian countries are mainly Islamic countries, and there is no saying that they bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. As important as Chinese New Year, Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. During the festival, we hold worship and prayer activities, say hello to each other and give gifts. Because the Islamic calendar is about 10 days or 1 1 day less than the Gregorian calendar, from the Gregorian calendar, Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha may occur in any of 12 months.

On the African continent, it was a colony of western countries for a long time before, and the independence days of different countries have become important festivals since independence. Influenced by western culture, besides Christmas and Easter, the Gregorian New Year is an important festival in Africa.

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