The customs of the Spring Festival

Eating New Year's Eve is the most lively and enjoyable time for every household in the Spring Festival. On New Year's Eve, a table of rich Chinese New Year's dishes, family reunion, sitting around the table and having a reunion dinner, I really can't tell you the sense of fulfillment in my heart.

Give lucky money, which is given by the elders to the younger generation. In some families, everyone is not allowed to leave the table after eating. When everyone has finished eating, the elders will give it to the younger generation to encourage their children and grandchildren to learn and improve in the new year.

In ancient times, ancestor worship was very popular Due to different local customs and habits, the forms of ancestor worship are also different. Some go to the wild to sweep graves, and some go to the ancestral temple to worship their ancestors. Most of them put their ancestral tablets in the main hall in turn at home to show their worship, and then worshippers worship them in order of age.

Foreign development

In modern times, the Spring Festival has entered nearly 200 countries around the world. According to incomplete statistics, nearly 20 countries and regions, such as the United States, Canada, the Philippines and Mauritius, have designated the Spring Festival in China as a legal holiday in all or some cities under their jurisdiction.

On August 26th, 20 18, many California officials and Chinese community members who promoted the passage of the Lunar New Year Bill held a press conference in San Francisco to celebrate the formal entry into force of the Bill. The bill does not directly designate the Lunar New Year as a public holiday, but encourages schools and educational institutions to organize activities to promote Asian cultural traditions.

On February 29th, 2020, the Cabinet Meeting of 65438+ Thailand decided to add some special legal holidays in 20021year to promote the development of domestic tourism, including the China Lunar New Year.