The "longevity" of observing the old year means nostalgia for the past old year and hope for the coming new year.
Keeping watch on New Year's Eve is to welcome the new year. On this night, the family get together to chat, which means praying for a safe night. Keeping the New Year's Eve is also called "staying up late for the New Year" to kill time. After New Year's Eve, at 12 o'clock sharp, every household began to set off firecrackers to celebrate the beginning of the new year.
The vigil on New Year's Eve has a good meaning, including two points. 1. Looking forward to the new year, the whole family will be safe, smooth and auspicious. The second is to drive away the disease and make the family healthy and safe. Of course, New Year's Eve and other meaning are good symbols.
Different regions have different meanings of observation age. For example, older people observe their age, indicating that they cherish time. For young people, there are relatively few days, so we should cherish every day and live it well. Every year on New Year's Eve, every family will prepare a lot of delicious food, and the whole family will sit around the table and enjoy themselves.
What are the customs of New Year's Eve?
Morning: sweeping dust; In the early hours of New Year's Eve, every household began to get busy. The first is to sweep the dust. Although the 24 th day of the twelfth lunar month has been "dusty", the cleanliness of New Year's Eve is to pave the way for the "New Year". The old custom is that you are not allowed to sweep the floor at home for three days in the New Year, so as not to sweep away the "wealth". Therefore, in the early morning of New Year's Eve, people will clean the indoor and courtyard and throw away the garbage to show farewell to the old year and welcome the new year. During the Chinese New Year, the scraps of paper that set off firecrackers are no longer cleaned up, which means that the financial resources for the Chinese New Year are rolling in.
Set off firecrackers: firecrackers can also be called firecrackers. Setting off firecrackers on New Year's Eve means saying goodbye to the old year and welcoming the new year. As soon as you open the door on New Year's Day, you are called to set off firecrackers. After the firecrackers are lit, there will be shredded red paper scattered all over the floor, representing the whole house and the meaning of celebration. The time to set off firecrackers is no longer New Year's Eve morning, but New Year's Eve has already begun. On the first day of New Year's Day, most people set off firecrackers, which is also called greeting God. Every household has it.
New Year's Eve: In the north, some families still have to provide a pot of rice, which was made years ago for the China New Year. It's called "New Year's Eve", which means that there are leftovers every year, which can't be eaten all year round, and this year we still eat the grain of the previous year. This bowl of New Year's Eve dinner is usually cooked with rice and millet. As the saying goes in Beijing, it is called "two rice" because it is yellow and white. This is called "golden rice with gold and silver, gold and silver everywhere".