The Spring Festival is one of China's most important traditional festivals, and every year it is a time for the whole country to **** together and celebrate. However, because different people have different economic conditions and different lifestyles, how to mitigate the Spring Festival ceremonial spending can also not lose the flavor of the year, has become a common problem in modern society to deal with the Spring Festival, first of all, the flavor of the year in my heart ~
The flavor of the year, is the family raised the glass of wine, and New Year's Eve dinner in the family to tell the experience and story; the flavor of the year, is the children's favorite Wantz! The flavor of the year is the children's favorite Wantzai gift packs, colorful colors and laughter of childhood; the flavor of the year, is the fireworks brilliant, is the sound of firecrackers in the year in addition to the chasing and playing in the laughter; the flavor of the year, is to climb to the far side of the red packets / almanacs / couplets to seek blessings and good luck, is the wonderful expectation of the New Year.
New Year's Eve - it's not the festival that I miss, it's the feeling of family getting together.
Here are some ways to share with you on how to streamline the Chinese New Year while keeping the traditional New Year flavor.
1, focus on the customs of the Spring Festival: The Spring Festival has a long history, evolved from the ancient times of the first year of the year prayers and sacrifices, in the inheritance of the development of carrying a rich historical and cultural heritage. The Spring Festival activities around the festival pray for the year as the center, in order to get rid of the old cloth new, worship God ancestor, drive away the evil, pray for a good year and other forms of development, the content is colorful, lively and festive, the flavor of the year, cohesion of Chinese civilization, the essence of the traditional culture. Below to introduce you to a few very "New Year's" Spring Festival customs, can be carried out during the New Year's period oh
Busy year:
The end of the year on the twenty-third or twenty-fourth, in folklore, known as the "small year! The New Year is not exclusively a day, due to local customs, known as the "New Year" days are not the same. The main folkloric activities during the New Year include dust sweeping and sacrificing to the God of the Zaos.
Sweeping the dust:
Whenever the Spring Festival comes, every household has to clean the environment, do a year-end cleaning, sweeping the dust is one of the customs of the previous year to get rid of the old and new, the north said "sweeping the room", the south said "sweeping the house! The first is the "Sweep Room" in the north, and "Sweep House" in the south. "Lunar month twenty-four, dust sweeping house", people from the beginning of the year to meet the Spring Festival to prepare.
Making Tofu:
"On the 25th day of the Lunar New Year, we grind tofu." Some places also have the custom of eating tofu dregs before New Year's Eve. There is a legend in individual regions that after Zao Wang reported to heaven, the Jade Emperor would visit the world to see if the families were as Zao Wang had reported, so the families ate tofu dregs to show their purity and conceal their punishment from the Jade Emperor.
2.Homemade New Year's Food: During the Chinese New Year, the family's food is a very important part of the family. We don't have to purchase all the expensive food, we can think about homemade New Year's Eve food, which not only saves money, but also shows our heart and creativity.
For example, we can make our own dumplings, dumplings and bacon as well as some snacks and treats. We can also invite our friends and family to join us in the making process, so that we can do it together and increase the interactivity, as well as add more fun to the Spring Festival. Doing homemade New Year's goods together can increase intimacy and interactivity, and help family members communicate and interact better.
3,Streamlining gifts: Giving gifts to friends and family is one of the traditional customs, we can consider some practical small gifts if we are worried about spending too much, during the Spring Festival to send some small inexpensive gifts can be to express the care of friends and relatives and blessings, to increase the festive atmosphere.
The following are some common small gifts for the Spring Festival and their meanings:
Red envelopes: Red envelopes are the traditional gifts for the Spring Festival, which imply giving blessings and good luck.
Candy: Candy represents sweet life and smooth success, suitable for elders and small children.
Chocolate: It symbolizes sweet happiness and is good for regulating emotions, and is also a common gift.
Tea: Tea symbolizes calmness and tranquility, and is also a small gift that reflects cultural connotation and taste.
You can reduce expenses by streamlining your gift, and at the same time, you can express your respect and blessings.
4.Streamlining decorations: Festive venuesDuring Chinese New Year, many people carefully decorate their homes to showcase the festive atmosphere. If you wish to streamline your Chinese New Year ceremonial spending, you can consider using existing decorations to add to the Chinese New Year atmosphere by utilizing creative yet money-saving ways. For example, we can make some new decorations from scraps, or hang red hangings, hanging lanterns, etc. These are very affordable ways.
Festive Door Stickers and Window Flowers: Choose colorful paper or paper cuttings to make all kinds of door stickers and window flowers with elements of Chinese New Year, such as lucky words and spring couplets, to make your home full of festive atmosphere.
Chinese New Year Couplets: You can hang Chinese New Year Couplets on the door, choose black or red font writing, to express the blessing of the New Year and good expectations.
Flower arrangement: Placing some flowers at home, such as peach blossoms, plum blossoms, bamboo, etc., can create a vibrant spring atmosphere.
5,Entertain yourself with a wonderful festival: It is not always necessary to spend a lot of money, more often than not, it is necessary for us to be creative and fun. During the Spring Festival, you can carry out a variety of self-entertainment activities.
For example, playing poker, group dancing, singing, square dancing and so on, all of these can make us spend a pleasant and does not need to spend too much money at home in the Spring Festival!