? In addition to China celebrating the Spring Festival, there are also a number of countries around China that also celebrate the Spring Festival. It can be said that Lunar New Year is also one of the most important festivals in the Korean Peninsula, Vietnam, Japan, Mongolia, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia.
? The Spring Festival is the traditional festival with the most Chinese characteristics, and it is an important link for the Chinese people to maintain the family's ethical kinship.
? The most important custom of the Spring Festival is the New Year's Eve (also called "New Year's Eve") New Year's Eve Dinner. The most important custom of the New Year's Eve (also called "New Year's Eve") is the "New Year's Eve Dinner", which is a reunion dinner for the whole family. In the north, it is customary to eat dumplings on New Year's Eve. The practice of dumplings is first and noodles, "and" is "together", "dumplings" and "cross" harmonic, are the symbol of Reunion. In the south, there is the custom of eating rice cakes, cake and "high" homophonic, symbolizing life step by step, year after year.
The traditional Spring Festival celebrations begin with the sacrifice of the stove on the 23rd day of the Lunar New Year and continue until the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month.
? Before New Year's Eve, ancestors are sacrificed, dust is swept, and festive food is purchased; on New Year's Eve, door gods, couplets, New Year's paintings, window paintings, and lucky characters are put up; dumplings are eaten on New Year's Eve, firecrackers are set off, and New Year's Eve is observed; on the first day of the first lunar month, the younger generation pays New Year's Eve greetings to the eldest generation, and then relatives and friends pay tribute to each other at their doors. In the first month of the year, there are also lion dances, dragon lanterns, social fires, flower markets, lanterns and other festivals.
? These customs also exist in neighboring countries in the New Year's custom. Here are a few other countries to celebrate the Spring Festival -
? Singapore: During the Chinese New Year, Singaporean Chinese show their faith by exchanging "red envelopes", hanging small red flags and eating fish. The beliefs of the Chinese in Singapore are luck, wealth, peace and longevity. At Chinese New Year, every family puts up a golden "Fu" character on a red background, and bats are often printed on New Year's cards, as the word "Fu" and "banner" have the same sound. In the Chinese New Year, people eat oranges, Ji, tangerine resonates with the same sound, which means good luck and good fortune. Eating fish means getting rich and lucky, because fish and yu are homophonic.
? 2. Korea: The Spring Festival, the biggest festival in Korea, has the custom of offering sacrifices, going to the homes of neighbors and elders, and wishing each other good luck. On the day of Lunar New Year, the rituals performed in the ancestral halls are called chaeul, visiting elders is called paying respect to the new year, the new clothes worn by the children are called yoseong, and the games played on the day of Lunar New Year are mainly throwing boards, skipping boards, and kite-flying. Adults will buy a small strainer to hang on the wall on the morning of Lunar New Year, which means a blessed strainer. Koreans also celebrate traditional festivals such as Ching Ming, Dragon Boat Festival, and Mid-Autumn Festival.
? Three, Vietnam: For the Vietnamese, the Lunar New Year is crucial and comes early, with preparations for the festival starting months before the Lunar New Year. Vietnam also celebrates the Ching Ming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Yuan Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, and Chung Yeung Festival.
? In recent years, China's Spring Festival has gradually integrated into the mainstream culture of Western societies, becoming an important example of Chinese culture going global. In 2003 and 2004, New York City and New York State established the Spring Festival as an official holiday. In the cosmopolitan cities of New York, London and Paris, the Spring Festival is celebrated with great vigor every year.