During the Spring Festival, China's Han people and some ethnic minorities have to hold various celebration activities. These activities are mainly about worshiping ancestors, paying homage to ancestors, removing the old and bringing in the new, welcoming the new year, welcoming blessings, and praying for a good harvest
Hezhe people
The Spring Festival of the Hezhe people is the happiest event of the year . On New Year's Eve, every family cooks New Year's dinner, cuts window grilles, and puts up lanterns. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, girls, women and children all wear new clothes embroidered with clouds and go to the homes of relatives and friends to pay New Year greetings. Fish feast is a delicacy that the Hezhe people entertain their guests, including hot and sour "Ta La Chang" (raw fish), crispy "fried fish feathers" and transparent and bright red salmon roe. Skiing, shooting grass and grass ball are the recreational activities that Hezhe teenagers are obsessed with.
Lahu people
The Lahu people celebrate the New Year from the first to the fourth day of the first lunar month, and the Small New Year from the ninth to the eleventh day of the first lunar month. On the 30th night of the twelfth lunar month, pigs are killed and glutinous rice cakes are pounded. Each family makes a pair of large cakes, symbolizing the stars, which means good weather and good harvests in the new year. The Lahu people also have the custom of gathering together to watch the New Year's Eve.
Manchu people
When celebrating the Spring Festival, Manchu people put up window grilles, couplets and the word "神". The whole family makes dumplings on New Year's Eve, and the dumplings should be pleated. Don't make "monk's head" dumplings with bare edges, for fear of being "bald" after a long time. Dumplings should be arranged in horizontal and vertical rows, symbolizing that the new year's wealth will be in all directions. Dumplings cannot be arranged in a circle, for fear that life will be difficult.
She people
During the Spring Festival, the She people pound glutinous rice cakes, which is a homophonic pronunciation of glutinous rice cakes, and wish them good fortune in the new year and sweet glutinous rice cakes every day. . The She people worship their ancestor "Panhu". On the first day of the new year, the whole family worships the "Pangu Ancestral Picture" (a portrait based on the legend of Panhu) and tells the hardships of their ancestors' entrepreneurship.
Tujia people
Tujia people dance "Waving Hands" during the Spring Festival. In the past, when performing the hand-waving dance, three cage tents were first hung in the "waving-hand hall", in which pig heads, pork, incense candles, wild boar heads, hooves, etc. were hung, and then the old chieftain wearing a red robe and a crown held the magical instrument. , swaying and shouting, all men, women and children participated, worshiping the gods before dancing. Nowadays, in addition to hand-waving dances, the Tujia people also perform dragon lanterns, lions, dramas and martial arts.
Wa people
The Wa people congratulate each other on the first day of the Lunar New Year, especially the elders in the village. During the New Year greetings, the two sides gave each other plantains, glutinous rice cakes and sugar cane to symbolize unity and harmony. Men and women of the Wa ethnic group in Cangyuan and other places gather in the square to dance circle dances on festival evenings. Elderly women wear long skirts. Dozens of people form a team, putting their hands on the shoulders of those in front of them, singing ancient songs while dancing lightly.
The Japanese attach great importance to the New Year, and December 29th to January 3rd is a national holiday every year. The Japanese call December 31st the "big dark day", which is also New Year's Eve. On New Year's Eve, the Japanese call it "New Year's Eve". On New Year's Eve, they pray to the gods for blessings, bid farewell to the troubled old year, and usher in a beautiful new year, which is called "Hatsuachi". At midnight on New Year's Eve, temples in urban and rural areas ring their bells 108 times to drive away evil. The Japanese sit quietly and listen to the "New Year's Eve Bell". The silence of the bell means the arrival of the New Year. People then left their seats and went to bed, hoping for a good dream. On the morning of New Year's Day, family members sit together and tell each other about the dreams they had on New Year's Eve to gauge good or bad luck. The Japanese call the first day of New Year's Day "the first day of the year". The 1st to 3rd are the "Three Happy Days". On the official day, the younger generation must first go to their parents to pay New Year greetings, and then go to the homes of relatives and friends to pay New Year greetings. The New Year is also an "eating" festival, and people of all countries eat their own national food. On this day, the Japanese eat a hearty breakfast, such as sugar rice, soba noodles, etc., and drink Tusu wine for three consecutive days to show their piety and pray. May you have good luck in the coming year. Nowadays, most urban residents in Japan have given up on the New Year habit of eating hollow noodles and instead eat a meal of hollow noodles on New Year’s Eve to wish for health and longevity in the new year.
North Korea and us. Like China, it is also customary for Koreans to post couplets and New Year pictures on every household during the New Year, praying for God’s blessing, driving away ghosts, and blessings. Happiness. At dawn on New Year's Day, people stuff some banknotes into scarecrows pre-tied on New Year's Eve and throw them at the crossroads to send away evil and welcome good luck. At dusk, people burn off the hair that the family has lost during the year. I wish my family peace all year round. During the Spring Festival, North Korean women wear new clothes. On New Year's Day, girls wear hemp hats called "blessing scarves" and wear patterned five-color clothes for swing competitions.
They target a tree flower and see who can kick or bite it first to win. There are also those who hang copper bells at high places, and the one who rings the bell first is the winner. During the New Year, in addition to enjoying fine wine and delicacies, North Koreans must also cook a sweet rice made of glutinous rice, pine nuts, chestnut powder, date paste and honey, which is similar to the eight-treasure rice in our country. Prosperous days are as sweet as honey.