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Hope you can help ======= Britain: Scotland New Year's Eve, parents must go out, midnight to hire a face painted black to lead the way back home. The first person to walk into the house after midnight is known as the "first foot", if a happy, happy and rich people, then the owner will be lucky all year round. Germany: On New Year's Eve, villages and towns are organized into groups, and a few large trees as tall as three feet are selected and several branches are cut off, leaving only the main trunk. Early in the morning of the New Year, the people who participated in the competition heard the signal, quickly ran from home to the tree, who arrived early, climbed fast, the first to climb to the top of the tree was known as "New Year's hero". Greece: on the island of Crete, go out to pay New Year's visit to bring a large stone, put it on the floor, to the owner of the new congratulations, said: "May your family have a piece of gold as heavy as this stone". Spain: On New Year's Day, people must have a gold coin in their hands; if they don't have a gold coin, they use a copper coin instead. It is considered bad luck for children to fight, curse and cry on New Year's Day, so almost everything they want is fulfilled on that day. . ITALY: New Year's Eve is a night of revelry, with deafening firecrackers and fireworks and a lot of smoke. At midnight, families can break things, such as bottles and cans, and even bath tubs, thrown out of the door outdoor shattered, said the old to welcome the new. France: It is believed that on New Year's Eve, if there is alcohol in the home, the next year will be bad luck. Therefore, would rather get drunk, but also to drink all the wine. Switzerland: New Year's Eve in groups to run to the snowy mountains, that in the icebergs and snow, can forget the troubles of the world, but also the meaning of the bath to the old. Sweden: New Year's Day, many people burning with grass tied into the deer, which is loaded with firecrackers and fireworks, in order to show that in addition to the old to welcome the new. The United States: New Year's Eve held a wildfire party, the dawn of the old clothes thrown into the fire burned to show the destruction of the old and welcome the new. Belgium: In the countryside, the first thing to do early in the morning on New Year's Day is to pay tribute to the animals. They walk up to cows, sheep, horses, dogs, cats, etc., and say to them, "Happy New Year." JapanThe Japanese used to celebrate both the solar and lunar New Years until recent times, when it was changed to only the solar New Year. On New Year's Eve, every household is cleaned and everyone takes a bath. In the evening, the family sits around the fireplace to observe the New Year's Eve. At midnight, the bells of the temples are rung one hundred and eight times, which is said to eliminate one hundred and eight demons. After the bells had rung, the New Year came. On New Year's Day, in the morning, they took the old and the young to the temples to burn incense and worship the Buddha; in the morning, the whole family went to various places to pay homage to New Year's Day, each person took many towels each, wrote their names on them, and gave one to each family. After a hearty New Year's Day breakfast, the Japanese go vegetarian for three days in a row. The food is mainly rice crackers, vegetables and taro mixed with granulated sugar. It is said that if you eat taro with sugar, you can have great luck all year round. The Japanese often use lobsters as decorations during the New Year. They believe that the lobster's long beard, hunched over like an old man, symbolizing the family's longevity and longevity. Myanmar Burmese people celebrate the New Year in the first half of the fourth month of the solar calendar. On the night of New Year's Eve, the whole family observes the New Year's Eve. New Year's Eve is celebrated when the capital city is filled with the sound of cannon fire and other cities and towns are also filled with the sound of cannon fire. The Burmese celebrate the New Year by splashing water, which is why the New Year is also called the Water Festival. The water they splash is soaked with shell leaves. Shell leaves are used by ancient Burmese Buddhists to copy scriptures and are said to drive away evil spirits. The water soaked with shell leaves is called holy water, and when splashed on the earth and people, it will drive away all demons and ghosts. During the festival, men, women and children dressed in beautiful clothes go to participate in water splashing, dancing and other activities. This is also a good time for young men and women to fall in love. If you meet a person you like, you will use holy water to splash the person's head, and if the other party is also happy, the two sides will go to a quiet place hand in hand and shoulder to shoulder to talk about love and make a life-long commitment. North Korea, North Korean people on New Year's Day, every family door with auspicious couplets. In the past, some people even put the portrait of a longevity star or a fairy on the door to seek the blessing of heaven, drive away ghosts and give happiness. At dawn on New Year's Day, they put some money into the pre-tied scarecrows and threw them to the crossroads to send away the evil devils and usher in the lucky star; at dusk, people burn all the hairs shed by the whole family in a year, which is said to make the family safe in all seasons. During the New Year, in addition to enjoying good food and wine, Koreans must also make a kind of medicinal rice. This is made of glutinous rice steamed with pine nuts, chestnut powder, date paste and honey, which is very similar to the eight treasures rice in China. It is said that eating this kind of rice, can make the family prosperous, day like honey as sweet. India and Pakistan's New Year's Day are in the middle of March in the solar calendar, New Year's Day customs are basically the same. New Year's Day, people go out with a red powder bag in hand, see friends and relatives, said the new happiness, will be painted on each other's red powder on the forehead; young people will be loaded with red ink into a water pistol, shot to the body of friends and relatives. This is to congratulate each other on the New Year's good luck, raise your head to see the joy. Some places in India, not only do not celebrate the New Year, but hugged each other and cried. It is said to lament the passing of years, life is short. Some places, during the New Year held a brutal hand-to-hand combat, the loser often broken arms and legs; the victor is famous, become the object of the girls. During the Indonesian New Year, everyone puts on new clothes and goes to visit friends and relatives, taking the opportunity to check what faults they have made in the past year, especially what they have wronged them, and ask for forgiveness and advice. In mutual review, mutual encouragement, *** with the blessing of the New Year progress. Thailand Thai people mostly believe in Buddhism, April 1 is the first day of the Buddhist calendar, they set this day as the New Year New Year's Day. On this day, celebrations are held throughout the country to the capital city of Bangkok, the most grand and enthusiastic. Celebration will be held in an area of thousands of acres of grass, the venue is installed around tens of thousands of electric lights, nightfall, electric lights are bright, as day. South of the venue, set up a Buddha altar, altar around the chanting room and music pavilion, etc.; the other three sides are equipped with theater, acrobatic stage and temporary stores, etc.; venue also built a lottery table in the center, the New Year's Lottery in the New Year's Day on the opening of the lottery issue. This bustling scene will last for eight or nine days before it ends. December 30th in the Philippines is the day of the inauguration of Jose Rizal, the national hero of the Philippines. In his honor, the people set this day as New Year's Day. The Filipino people celebrated the New Year in a very lively and solemn manner. They set up pagodas all over the highways, decorated with lights and flowers. The masses of their own organization of song and dance team, dancing in the melodious music, parade along the street, attracting thousands of watching the audience. The children set off firecrackers along the highway, adding to the festive atmosphere. Their firecrackers are made of clay, that is, in a bamboo tube filled with kerosene, ignited so that it explodes, louder than our firecrackers sound is also big. This joyful atmosphere to last a week before subsiding. Iran Iran is the implementation of the Islamic calendar, its months and seasons have no fixed relationship, the same month can appear in different seasons, therefore, the Iranian New Year is not fixed. On New Year's Day, some hay is piled up in front of every house, and it is lit together at night, which is called "wishing for fire". Fire is a symbol of good luck in Iran; it drives away evil spirits and ushers in the God of Blessings. Everyone in the family should jump from the "fire", which can be free from disease, get happy. British people in northern England and the Scots, every New Year's Eve, the parents of each family must go to the streets and alleys. Until midnight, only to hire a face painted black, for him to lead the way back home. New Year's Day, they also held "egg divination", that is, take a pot of water, the egg white into the water, from the shape of the egg white to divine good or bad luck. West Germany West Germans on New Year's Day often held athletic competitions. They in the new year's eve, to the village and town as a unit, the first to choose a few as high as three feet of the tree, will be cut off all the branches, leaving only the main trunk. Early in the morning on New Year's Day, the participants in the competition heard the signal, quickly run from home to the tree, who arrived early, climbed fast, the first to climb to the top of the tree, known as the "New Year's hero", glorious. The French French have a superstition that the remaining wine in the bottle at home on New Year's Eve will bring bad luck in the coming year. Therefore, they must drink the wine at home on this night, so many people get drunk. When the Spanish Spaniards celebrate New Year's Eve, they must take a gold coin in their hands to be considered blessed. When the poor did not have a gold coin, they used a copper coin instead. They believe that children fighting, cursing and crying on New Year's Day are bad omens. Therefore, adults had to fulfill almost every request made by children on this day in exchange for their smiles. Bullfighting is very popular in Portugal. They to bullfighting to welcome the New Year. Ten days before and after New Year's Day each year, within is the climax of the bullfighting period. There were bullfighting rings in the main towns and cities. Thousands of Portuguese people old and young, tidal wave to the bullfighting ring, to see the matador's style as soon as possible. Italy Italy's New Year's Eve, is a night of revelry. When night falls, people have flocked to the street, set off firecrackers and fireworks, and even fired live ammunition. The sound of explosions deafening, smoke filled the sky; men and women singing and dancing, joyful. Midnight, families will be some of the house can be broken West East - altar pots and jars, bottles and flower pots, and even bath tubs, etc., thrown out of the outdoors and shattered. Children, who would normally be reprimanded and scolded if they accidentally break a bowl, can break anything they want at this time. This is the traditional way for Italians to celebrate the New Year and welcome the new year. This almost crazy hilarious scene, has been continued until the next morning. Argentina Argentina's New Year is spent in the hot summer. The Argentine people love water and believe that water is the representative of holiness, which can wash away all the dirty things. Therefore, on New Year's Day, the whole family should go to the countryside of the river for "New Year's Bath". Before going into the water, the first basket of fresh flower petals scattered on the water, and then, together, jumped into this colorful flowers in the water, enjoy the bath, and rub the whole body with petals, a bubble is half a day. Chilean Chileans do not sleep all night every New Year's Eve, men, women and children dressed in fancy clothes, until the church bells ring at midnight, they flocked to the park or square to go, three to five groups of dancing and revelry. Most of them dance folk dances, while dancing, while setting off firecrackers and fireworks until dawn to stop. After breakfast on New Year's Day, the bustling scene once again. People have to go to friends and relatives to pay New Year's Eve, or to entertainment venues to play. Mexico Mexican New Year's Day, if their daughters over seventeen years old, still have not found an object, will lose the right to free love; parents often will be their daughters as a New Year's gift to any man, the daughter can not be refused. So the Mexican girls are most afraid of the New Year.