What are the characteristics of New Year's Day? ,,,

There are one hundred ways to spend the New Year.

Just after Santa Claus was sent away, the New Year's Day bell rang again. Because different countries in the world have different longitudes and different time, the date of "New Year's Day" varies from country to country. For example, Tonga, an island country in Oceania, is located on the west side of the Japanese boundary. It is the first place in the world to start a day and the first country to celebrate New Year's Day. Western Samoa, to the east of international date line, is the latest place in the world to start a new day. But people in any country in the world are full of good hopes for the new year. On this New Year's Day, people all over the world welcome the New Year in their unique and distinctive ways. Celebrating the beginning of the New Year is a common custom in all countries and regions in the world. Because different countries and regions have different historical culture, religious beliefs and national customs, they all have their own different customs to celebrate New Year's Day.

Germany: the wallet climbs high and scales represent good luck.

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 called the "New Year hero" and be 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 and roe are new year mascots, which indicates that financial resources are rolling in; Many people still nail horseshoes on the wall to "exorcise evil spirits"; On this day, bread and baked cakes are also made into circles, figures of eight, hearts or braids. It is said that these shapes can resist evil.

Britain: competing to dig wells to welcome relatives and friends late at night

In Britain, New Year's Day seems to be less grand than Christmas, but according to tradition, every family will have a big dinner, because it is generally believed that if there is no leftover wine and meat, the next year will be poor.

It was not until midnight that people began the traditional New Year greeting activities. Every household opened the door and took 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 a blessed person, and the water in the well is auspicious water. Therefore, early in the morning of New Year's Day, people rushed to the well with buckets.

France: binge drinking farewell to the old year's wind and forecasting the weather

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 on New Year's Day indicates a new 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; 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.

Italy: Wrestling and beating

New Year's Day is an important traditional festival in Italy. Italians believe that the noise of New Year's Eve can ward off evil spirits and realize a happy New Year, so people keep setting off fireworks and firecrackers that night, and they will break everything that can be broken at will, from plates to jars, and throw all the pieces into the street. On New Year's Day, every household has to make a fire in the house, which can't be put out all day. Italians believe that fire comes from the sun. If it goes out on New Year's Day, it will be dark in the coming year, which will bring bad luck.