The custom of celebrating Chinese New Year in Thailand is to give four oranges when visiting relatives.
Thailand is one of the major Chinese settlements in Southeast Asia, and since the Chinese occupy a very large proportion of the country, it seems as if the whole of Thailand is celebrating the Spring Festival when it arrives every year on the lunar calendar. In addition to all kinds of lively Chinese New Year activities, Thai Chinese also continue the Chinese tradition of suspending all work during the Spring Festival, visiting friends and relatives and exchanging New Year wishes.
The real Thai New Year is the three-day Songkran Festival, which starts on April 13 every year. The word "Songkran" originates from Sanskrit, meaning "crossing" or "moving forward. "Thailand also has a Songkran goddess, and during the Songkran Festival, Thai people can be seen everywhere worshipping the goddess.
Thailanders celebrate Songkran, just like Chinese people celebrate Chinese New Year, which is very grand, lively and festive. The difference is that the Chinese celebrate the New Year with firecrackers, while the Thais welcome the New Year with a splashing carnival. Moreover, Thailand's Songkran Festival, unlike China's New Year's taste faded, so far, is still full of flavor, tradition continues, attracting foreign tourists.