Do foreign countries also celebrate the Spring Festival?

China, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, Southeast Asian countries with a large Chinese population and influenced by Chinese civilization all celebrate the traditional Spring Festival in China. For example: Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia, Mongolia. Broadly speaking;

Where there are China people, there is the Lunar New Year. Vietnam, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, etc. All these countries regard the Spring Festival as a legal holiday.

In Vietnam, the Spring Festival is the most grand festival and the longest national holiday. Vietnamese holiday customs are similar to those in China. On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, the New Year begins in China. On the 30th of the twelfth lunar month, people watch New Year's Eve, set off firecrackers and have a reunion dinner. New Year's Day, New Year's greetings, to catch up with the temple fair.

Koreans have always maintained the custom of celebrating the Spring Festival on the first day of the first month. South Korea calls the Spring Festival "Schell", which means the first day of the new year. During the Spring Festival, there was a national holiday, and people returned to their hometown from the city one after another. The busyness of Spring Festival travel rush is somewhat similar to that of China. During the Spring Festival, the whole family get together to worship their ancestors and pray for good luck at home.

Singapore usually has a two-day holiday during the Spring Festival. During the festival, people pay New Year greetings to each other without mentioning expensive gifts, but only bring two oranges to their hosts. Oranges are homophonic with "auspiciousness", symbolizing good luck.

The custom of celebrating the Spring Festival in Malaysia is almost the same as that in China. Because most local Chinese are from Fujian, influenced by Minnan culture, they must buy pineapples (pineapples) for the New Year. The Minnan dialect "pineapple" is homophonic with "Wanglai", and pineapple has become an auspicious fruit in the Spring Festival.

In some countries in Europe and America, there are often activities to celebrate the Spring Festival, but most of them are confined to Chinese, and the Spring Festival rarely becomes a national legal holiday. However, with the increasing influence of China people, the Spring Festival has attracted more and more attention in Europe and the United States. In new york, USA, the Spring Festival was designated as a public holiday in 2003, and the time and place for setting off firecrackers were specially arranged for Chinese. The Spring Festival parade has become an important sightseeing project in new york. In Canada, the Spring Festival is increasingly becoming a major local festival. From Toronto to Vancouver, China people will hold large-scale parades and parties during the Spring Festival.