The similarity between the Chinese New Year cultures of southern and northern China is the reunion of the whole family. The difference is that in the north, Chinese New Year is celebrated on the 23rd day of the Lunar New Year, while in the south, it is celebrated on the 24th day of the Lunar New Year. The difference is that dumplings are eaten on New Year's Eve in the north, while rice cakes are eaten on New Year's Eve in the south.
The similarity between the Spring Festival cultures of southern China and northern China is the reunion of the whole family. The Spring Festival is a very special festival for Chinese people, and it is a day of family reunion. People who have worked hard all year can go home to spend the New Year with their parents and children. The Spring Festival usually starts at the beginning of the Chinese New Year and ends at the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month. Over the Lantern Festival over the New Year is over, began a new day of labor work, with a good vision to work and study. Starting from the beginning of the New Year's Eve, the family began to open the New Year's goods to start cleaning and washing bed sheets and bedding. The new year will be a new look for the family.
The difference between the Spring Festival cultures of China's South and North is that the Northern New Year is celebrated on the 23rd day of the Lunar New Year, while the Southern New Year is celebrated on the 24th day of the Lunar New Year. The difference between the Northern Lunar New Year on the 23rd day of the Lunar New Year and the Southern Lunar New Year is one day. However, after the start of the New Year, the family prepares for the New Year's Eve by preparing the New Year's goods, decorating the house, cleaning the rooms, washing the bedding, etc. The New Year is the beginning of the New Year's Eve. In the north, dumplings are eaten on New Year's Day, and in the south, rice cakes or soup dumplings are eaten on New Year's Day. After the New Year's Eve, you start to welcome the God of Wealth and sacrifice to the King of Stove, etc., and prepare for the New Year with great vigor.
The difference is that on New Year's Eve in the north, they eat dumplings, and on New Year's Eve in the south, they eat rice cakes. The highlights of New Year's Eve are New Year's Eve and the Spring Festival and the Lantern Festival, with New Year's Eve being the key to the New Year's Eve. The day of the New Year's Eve is very lively, the northern people will eat dumplings at twelve o'clock in the evening, and in the dumplings wrapped money or sugar melon peanuts, etc., and will be vigilant until dawn, to meet the new year's sun. In the north, the lights are kept on until dawn, and every house is decorated with lanterns, window decorations and lucky charms, as well as colorful lanterns hung in the house for good luck. The South will eat rice cakes on New Year's Eve, with the flavor of New Year's rice cakes sweet fusion in the mouth, hoping that the next year of sweet and sweet.