Britain: The day before New Year's Day, every family must have wine in the bottle and meat in the cupboard. The British believe that if there is no meat and wine left over, they will be poor in the coming year. In addition, the British are also popular New Year's "well water" custom, people are fighting to be the first to go to the water, that the first water for the happy people, hit the water is auspicious water. British late at night on New Year's Eve, often with cakes and wine out to visit, they do not knock on the door, they walked straight into the home of friends and relatives. According to English custom, after the thousandth night of New Year's Eve, the person who steps into the house with the first foot heralds the luck of the new year. If the first guest is a dark-haired man, or a happy, happy and wealthy person, the host will be lucky all year round. If the first guest is a woman with light yellow hair, or a sad, poor, unfortunate person, the host will have bad luck in the new year, and will encounter difficulties and disasters. New Year's Eve in the home of friends and family guests, before talking to the fireplace before the fire, to rattle the fire, wish the host "open the door to good luck. In some areas of the British Midlands, New Year's morning out, no matter familiar or unfamiliar, will send each other coins, they believe that not only the other party has a year of fortune, but also bring their own luck.
India: India's New Year's Day is known as "crying New Year's Day", "fasting New Year's Day". On the first day of the New Year, no one is allowed to be angry with anyone, let alone lose their temper. In some places, not only do not celebrate the New Year, but also hugged each other and cried. They believe that once New Year's Day begins, the years will pass easily - life is short - and they express their lamentation by crying. In some areas, people welcome the new year by fasting for a day and a night, from the early hours of New Year's Day until midnight. ?
MONGOLIA: With the arrival of the new year, elderly Mongolians dress up as shepherds, wearing plush leather jackets, a leather cap and a whip in their hands, which they keep snapping in the air to ward off evil spirits and blessings. ?
BRAZIL: Brazilians, on New Year's Day, held high torches and flocked to the mountains. People scramble to find the golden birch fruit that symbolizes happiness. Only those who defy the odds can find this rare fruit. They call it the "search for happiness". There is a unique custom in rural Brazil - the mutual ear-pulling, where people meet on New Year's Day and must pull each other's ears vigorously to express their blessings.
Pakistan
Pakistan: On New Year's Day, Pakistani people run out of the door with red powder in each hand, see friends and relatives, said the new happiness, they will be painted on each other's forehead red powder to celebrate the New Year's good luck.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: residents in the northern region of Afghanistan, every New Year's Day will be held in a fierce goat race to celebrate. Two teams of riders compete for prey, the game is both intense and fierce, but also festive and joyful. The competition is both intense and festive.
Argentina: Argentines believe that water is the most holy. Every year on New Year's Day, the families of young and old in groups to the river to wash "New Year's bath" to wash away all the dirt on the body. The first time I've seen this, I've seen it in my own life.
Mexico: Mexico, some areas of the people in the New Year is prohibited to laugh at the time of arrival, they **** a year divided into 18 months, 20 days a month, the last 5 days of the year are not allowed to laugh. ?
Bulgaria: New Year's Day meal, who sneezes who is allowed to bring happiness to the whole family, the head of the family will be the first sheep, cows or foals promised to him, in order to wish him to bring happiness to the whole family. ?
Paraguay: The Paraguayans have designated the last five days of the year as "Cold Food Days". During these five days, the heads of state, down to ordinary people, can not move fireworks, only eat cold food, until New Year's Day, can not make a fire to cook, to celebrate the festival. ?
Scotland: the Scots on New Year's Eve, the door of every household will be put some money, no one to guard, thieves and beggars on this night, see also not move a bit. Because of local customs, the eve of the New Year, the first money outside the door, the next day, the New Year's Eve, early in the morning when you open the door, you will see the door with money, to take its "wealth at first sight" meaning.
Spain
Spain: Spaniards in the new year and the eve of all family members are gathered together to celebrate with music and games. When midnight comes, the clock at twelve o'clock just started to ring the first ring, everyone will compete to eat grapes. If a person can eat 12 grapes according to the bell, he or she symbolizes that everything will go well in every month of the New Year. On New Year's Day, it is most taboo for children to curse, fight and cry, as these phenomena are considered bad omens. Therefore, on New Year's Day, adults always try to meet all the requirements of children. At the same time, people must carry a gold or copper coin on this day for good luck.
Belgium
Belgium: In Belgium, on the morning of New Year's Day, the first thing in the countryside is to pay tribute to the animals. People go to the cattle, horses, sheep, dogs, cats and other animals around, the fanciful to these creatures through: "Happy New Year!" ?
Turkey: In Turkey, on New Year's Eve, everyone takes a bath and puts on new clothes, which they believe will remove the bad luck of the past year and welcome the new year and good luck in the coming year.
Argentina
Argentina: the day of the new year, families have to go to the river for the "New Year's bath". Into the water before the first collection of flowers scattered on the surface of the river, and then, everyone jumped into the water with a smile to enjoy the bath, while using the petals to rub the body, in this country, the water is regarded as "holy" things. The water is considered "holy" in this country.
Cuba: On the night before New Year's Day, each person prepares a bowl of water, and when they hear the New Year's bell ringing, they quickly throw the water into the street, meaning "getting rid of the New Year"?
Colombia: on the eve of New Year's Day, every street makes a big puppet - "the old year", and announces "the last words of the old year", "the last words of the old year". The content of the "last words" is funny and interesting, in order to make people happy, at midnight will be "puppet" blow up, in the crushing of the old year "puppet" explosion, people singing and dancing, celebrating with each other.
Japan
Japan: Japanese people in the early morning of New Year's Day, the family went out to meet the rising sun, and then go to the shrine to worship, or to each other to friends and relatives to say hello. They call New Year's Day "Shoichi". On this day, they have a rich breakfast of sugar carrots, buckwheat noodles, and soba noodles, and drink Tusu wine. Thereafter, they eat vegetarian food for the next three days as a sign of piety and to pray for good luck in the coming year.
Thailand
Thailand: Thailand's traditional New Year, that is, "Songkran" ("Songkran" is the translation of the Sanskrit language), also known as "Water Festival", the festival, people sprinkle each other with water. During the festival, people sprinkle water on each other and wish their elders a long and healthy life and their friends and relatives a lucky New Year with smiles on their faces. Unmarried young men and women use water to express their love for each other. On the first day of the New Year, Thai people put pots of water on windowsills and doorways to pray for a happy New Year and good weather.
Germany
Germany: Germans in the New Year's Day, every family should be set up a fir tree and horizontal tree, the leaves of the tree tied full of silk flowers, said the flowers, such as brocade, spring full of people. They are in the midnight of New Year's Eve New Year's Day before the moment, climbed to the chair, the bell rang, they jumped off the chair, and will be a heavy object thrown to the back of the chair behind, in order to show that to throw off the scourge of the New Year, jump into the New Year. In the German countryside there is also a New Year's custom - "tree-climbing competition", to show that every step of the way. ?
Egypt: Egyptians take the day the Nile River rises as the beginning of the New Year, called "New Year's rising water". In some parts of Egypt, on New Year's Day, grains of crops such as soybeans, lentils, alfalfa and wheat, as well as small shoots of green plants, are offered to symbolize abundance. The more things offered to the gods, the greater the harvest for the New Year. ?
North Korea: Like China, North Korea also has the custom of putting up window flowers and peach symbols on New Year's Day to pray for heaven's blessing, drive away ghosts and monsters and bestow happiness. At dawn on New Year's Day, people stuffed some banknotes into pre-tied scarecrows and threw them to the crossroads, indicating that they sent away the evil and greeted the lucky and fortunate stars. At dusk, people burn the hair of the whole family that has fallen off during the year, wishing the family peace in all seasons. During the New Year, in addition to enjoying fine food and wine, Koreans must also make a kind of glutinous rice with pine nuts, chestnut powder, date paste and honey, etc., steamed into a sweet rice similar to our country's eight treasures to eat, in order to signify the prosperity of the family days as sweet as honey.
Singapore
Singapore: Lunar New Year's Eve, the children have the habit of observing the New Year's Eve until midnight to be parents to worship the gods and ancestors after the end of the activities can go to bed, the next day early in the morning is to get up early, happy from the elders to take the "red packet" (New Year's Eve money) to see the dragon dance, lion dance team along the street, men and women dressed in festive costumes, bring gifts to visit relatives and friends. Men, women and children dressed in festive costumes, bring gifts to visit friends and relatives, everyone's face is filled with a festive atmosphere. On New Year's Day, people love to eat sweet rice cakes made of fried glutinous rice and brown sugar.
Italy
Italy: New Year's Eve in Italy is a night of revelry, when the night begins to fall, thousands of people flock to the streets, lighting firecrackers and fireworks, and even firing live ammunition. Men and women dance until midnight. Families pack up old things, some of the house can be broken things, broken, old pots, bottles and jars are thrown out the door, said to go away bad luck and trouble, this is their traditional way of saying goodbye to the old year and welcome the new year.
Iran
Iran: Iran is practicing the Islamic calendar, and its seasons and months are not fixed. In Iran, celebrating the New Year means celebrating the arrival of spring, often in late March on the Gregorian calendar, and the New Year is celebrated for a week. People flock to the streets to build "bonfires" - "night fire", and then the whole family in turn from the night fire jumping around, indicating that the burning away of "bad luck "and usher in the light to drive away evil spirits and diseases, and happiness lasts forever. New Year's Eve to eat "seven dishes", the name of each dish should start with the letter "S", for good luck. From the first to the third day of the New Year, people visit friends and relatives to wish each other a happy Spring Festival. On the last day of the New Year, the whole family goes out for a walk to avoid evil.
France
France: to celebrate the New Year with wine, people from New Year's Eve onwards began to party and drink until January 3 to end. The French believe that the weather on New Year's Day is a sign of the new year. Early in the morning on New Year's Day, they went out to the streets to see the wind to divine: blowing the south wind, the omen of wind and rain, the year will be safe and hot; blowing the west wind, there is a fishing and milking of the harvest; blowing the east wind, the fruit will be high yield; blowing the north wind, it is a bad year. ?
Switzerland: Swiss people have the habit of fitness on New Year's Day, some of them go in groups to climb the mountain, standing at the top of the mountain in the face of the ice and snow, singing loudly about the good life; some in the mountains and forests along the long snowy road skiing, as if looking for the road to happiness; some held stilt-walking competitions, men and women, old and young people all on the line, wish each other good health. To fitness to welcome the arrival of the new year.
Greece
Greece: On New Year's Day, families make a big cake with a silver coin inside. The host cuts the cake into several pieces and distributes them to family members or visiting friends and relatives. Whoever eats the piece of cake with the silver coin becomes the luckiest person in the New Year and everyone congratulates him.
Romania
ROMANIA: On the eve of New Year's Day, people erected tall Christmas trees and set up a stage in the square. Citizens burned fireworks while singing and dancing. Rural people pull wooden plows decorated with all kinds of colorful flowers to celebrate the New Year.