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Besides China (including Hongkong and Taiwan Province Province), there are other Asian countries such as Viet Nam, Thailand, Singapore, North Korea and South Korea that still celebrate the Spring Festival.

New Year's Eve is extremely important for China people. On this day, people are ready to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, and have a family reunion dinner. In ancient China, some prison officials even let prisoners go home to reunite with their families for the New Year, which shows how important "reunion dinner" is to ancient China people.

The annual reunion dinner fully shows the mutual respect and care among family members in China, which makes the relationship between families closer. Family reunion often comforts and satisfies the head of the family spiritually. The old people see their children and grandchildren all over the house, and the family is happy. The care and hard work of raising children in the past were not in vain. How happy this is. The younger generation can also take this opportunity to express their gratitude to their parents for their parenting.

When children are playing with firecrackers, it is also the busiest time for housewives in the kitchen. Chinese New Year's food is cooked a few days ago, and the New Year's Eve dinner is always cooked on New Year's Eve. In the north, jiaozi on the first day of New Year's Day will also be wrapped up on the evening of 30th. At this time, everyone's chopping boards are busy chopping meat and vegetables. At this time, the sound of chopping boards from every household, firecrackers from streets and alleys, the sound of "scratching" abacus, and the cadence of reimbursement from shops and shops are mixed with laughter and laughter everywhere, echoing with joy and interweaving into a cheerful movement on New Year's Eve. Eating New Year's Eve is the most lively and enjoyable time for every household in the Spring Festival. On New Year's Eve, a table of rich Chinese New Year's dishes, family reunion, sitting around the table and having a reunion dinner, I really can't tell you the sense of fulfillment in my heart. People not only enjoy the delicious food on the table, but also enjoy the happy atmosphere. There are big dishes, cold dishes, stir-fried dishes and snacks on the table. Generally, two things are indispensable, one is hot pot and the other is fish. The hot pot is boiling, steaming, warm and sultry, which indicates that it is thriving; "Fish" and "fish" are homophonic, which is a symbol of "auspicious celebration is more than enough" and also a metaphor for "more than enough every year". In our country, people have the habit of keeping watch on New Year's Eve. Watching the new year begins with eating New Year's Eve dinner. This New Year's Eve dinner should be eaten slowly, starting with lighting lanterns, and some families have to eat it until late at night. According to Zonggu's records of Jingchu's age, there was a custom of New Year's Eve dinner at least in the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

The custom of observing the old age not only includes the feeling of farewell and nostalgia for the fleeting time, but also expresses the good hope for the coming New Year. The ancients wrote in the poem "Shousui": "Invite Shousui Arong's family to spread red candles to green gauze; Thirty-six years have passed, and I am more willing to cherish my youth from this night. "It is human nature to cherish the years, so the great poet Su Shi wrote a famous sentence:" There will be no years next year, and I am worried about waste; "Do your best tonight, young people can still boast!" This shows the positive significance of keeping old on New Year's Eve.

South Korea and China have the same Spring Festival, the lunar calendar 1.

The Japanese used to have the "Spring Festival" like China, but now there is no Spring Festival, only New Year's Day. As the Spring Festival is at the beginning of February at the end of 1 year, which is about 1 month after the Japanese New Year, it is the busiest season for the company to start the new year.

Every year, 65438+February 29th-65438+1October 3rd is a national holiday. The Japanese call 65438+February 3 1 "Great Dark Day", that is, New Year's Eve. On New Year's Eve, the Japanese call it "New Year's Eve". At night, they pray for the gods to send away the troubled old year and usher in a beautiful new year. This is the so-called "first day". At midnight on New Year's Eve, temples in urban and rural areas rang bells 108 to exorcise evil spirits, while the Japanese sat quietly listening to the "Night Bell". When the bell stops, it means the arrival of a new year. People leave their seats and go to bed, hoping to have a good dream. On New Year's morning, families sit around and tell each other about their dreams on New Year's Eve to test good luck or bad luck. The Japanese call the first day of New Year's Day "Zhengri". 1-3 is "Three Congratulations Day": On the right day, the younger generation should go to their parents' home to pay New Year greetings first, and then pay New Year greetings to relatives and friends. The New Year is still a "eating" festival, and people all over the world pray for good luck by eating their own food. On "Zhengri" day, the Japanese will have a big breakfast, including sugar, soba noodles and Tu Su wine. After that, they went vegetarian for three days in a row to show their piety and pray for good luck in the coming year. At present, most urban people in Japan give up vegetarian food in the New Year and eat a hollow noodle at the "night show" to wish them health and longevity in the new year. The concept of Japanese Year is now New Year's Day (65438+ 10/). On this day, the Japanese celebrate the arrival of the New Year. The three days from New Year's Day to 65438+ 10 3 are called "the first month" and don't work at all. In the new year, people visit shrines or friends' homes to celebrate the New Year, drink and eat unique food. Children play Japanese cards, fly kites and play badminton. In the new year, pulling a straw rope and inserting pine branches on the door means "inserting trees to welcome the arrival of the gods" The time for decorating pine branches is 1 to 7, which is also called "Songnei". Over.

Thailand

The traditional Thai New Year, namely Songkran Festival (Sanskrit transliteration), is also called Songkran Festival, and the time is from April 13 to June 16 on the Gregorian calendar every year. During the festival, people travel with huge Buddha statues in cars, followed by floats, on which stood the "Goddess Gan Song" in makeup, and groups of young men and women in colorful national costumes, drumming long drums, singing and dancing. On both sides of the road where the parade passed, good men and women walked along the street, filled with water soaked in scallops and permeated with spices in silver bowls, and sprinkled it on the Buddha statue and the "goddess Gan Song" to pray for a happy New Year and good weather. Then people splash water on each other, wishing their elders a long and healthy life, wishing friends and relatives and unmarried young men and women a happy New Year, and splashing water on each other to express their love. On the first day of the new year, Thais will put a basin of clear water on the windowsill and doorway, and every family will go to the riverside in the suburbs to take a New Year bath. In order to celebrate the New Year, Thais will hold a large-scale "Elephant Race Conference", which includes: tug-of-war between elephants, elephants jumping up to pick up things, elephants crossing people, elephant football matches, ancient elephant array performances and so on. It's wonderful and touching.

Egypt

Egypt is an ancient civilization. In 40 BC, Egyptians were able to observe the stars. They found that Sirius rose with the sun and the Nile rose immediately. Egypt regards the day when the Nile rises as the beginning of the new year, which is called the "Rising Water New Year". In Croute, people put a table at the door to welcome the New Year. Seven or eight dishes are served with cereals such as soybeans, lentils, alfalfa and wheat, and there are many green plants, which symbolize abundance. The more you give to God, the more you will get in the new year. The New Year in Egypt is in autumn, because agricultural production in Egypt begins in autumn.

India

In India, New Year's Day begins on June 65438+1October 3 1, and the fourth day is New Year's Day. On the first day of the new year, no one is allowed to be angry with others, let alone lose his temper. In some parts of India, on the morning of New Year's Day, every household kept crying, and everyone's face was covered with tears. They greet the New Year with tears, because time flies and life is short, which is a lament for life. In some areas, people welcome the New Year by fasting for one day and one night, from the early morning of New Year's Day to midnight. Because of this weird custom, New Year's Day in India is called "Crying New Year's Day" and "Fasting New Year's Day". In the first five days of the Lunar New Year, Indians will perform the Indian epic Ramayana everywhere, playing the role of the hero in the epic "fighting" with the paper giant. The "hero" will light an arrow and the paper giant will catch fire in the cheers of the audience. Before New Year's Eve, all kinds of beautiful pictures will be posted in front of every household. On the morning of New Year's Day, people go out to pay New Year greetings to the elderly, relatives and friends with elaborate lanterns and red envelopes. After meeting and congratulating each other, sprinkle red powder on each other's foreheads to show good luck and look up at each other. Young people put red ink into a water gun and shoot it at relatives and friends, which is called "sprinkling red", indicating good luck. Indian youth like to meet and fight with their bare hands during the New Year, whether they are familiar with it or not. Watching and cheering is often the object of girls' pursuit. To celebrate the New Year, Boxhiler people, an indigenous people in central India, erected a smooth and thick wooden pole on the playground, with a small bag full of gifts on top of it. Girls hold bamboo poles and try their best to stop the boys who climb the pole, while boys form a circle under the pole, trying to defend the girls from attacking the pole climber until the pole climber takes the small bag.

Britain, England

In Britain, although New Year's Day on the Gregorian calendar is not as grand as Christmas, on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, people will hold various celebrations according to local customs to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year. On New Year's Eve, English people often go out to visit with cakes and wine. They went straight to their relatives and friends' houses without knocking. According to British custom, after the 1001 night of New Year's Eve, the first person who steps into the house indicates the luck of the new year. If the first guest is a man with dark hair, or a happy, happy and rich person, the host will be very lucky all the year round. If the first guest is a woman with light yellow hair, or a sad, poor and unfortunate person, then the host will be unlucky and will encounter difficulties and disasters in the new year. People who visit relatives and friends' homes on New Year's Eve should first stir the fire in the fireplace and wish the host "open the door" before speaking. Most New Year celebrations in Britain are held on the bonfire night on New Year's Eve, and the "welcome banquet" is one of them. This kind of banquet is divided into "family banquet" and "group banquet", which usually starts at 8 pm on New Year's Eve and ends in the early morning of New Year's Day. There are all kinds of wine, food and snacks at the banquet for people to drink all night. At midnight, people turn on the radio and listen to the New Year bell of the church clock. When the bell rang, people were jubilant, raised their glasses and cheered, and sang "Sunlight in the Past". The "New Year's Eve Dance" is another celebration. Local hotels and dances, night arrival. People dressed in festive costumes came to these brightly decorated dance halls from all directions, dancing to the beautiful music, and thousands of people gathered in various squares, singing and dancing around the fountain and the statue of Cupid in the center of the square, and reveling endlessly. Television stations also broadcast live in the square, so that people who "keep the age" can also enjoy this joy.

New Year's Day is one of the major festivals celebrated in American states. But in America, the New Year is far less lively than Thanksgiving or Christmas.

Americans celebrate the New Year. The most lively thing is New Year's Eve. That night, churches all over the country held grand worship activities. People gather in churches, streets or squares, singing poems, praying, wishing and regretting, and welcoming the time to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. At midnight, 12, church bells rang all over the country. The band played the famous nostalgic song bon voyage. In music, excited people hug and even strangers can kiss each other. In this way, people greet the New Year with farewell sadness and longing for a new life.

Indians in North America and their unique customs. Every year on New Year's Eve, they hold a unique "Spring Fire Party", where the whole family is shortlisted by the bonfire, singing and dancing, laughing and laughing. When the dawn came, they burned their worn-out clothes as a symbol of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new.

New Year's Eve activities often last until two or three o'clock the next morning. On New Year's Day, it is generally peaceful and idle. Many people get up late, then watch TV and have New Year's Eve dinner with family and friends.

Although New Year's Day is not the busiest day, there are still many states that hold celebrations with strong local colors. There is a rose club in California, which is the biggest New Year celebration in America. Seventy or eighty years ago, some club members in rural California decorated their wagons with flowers and held some small celebrations in the village during the citrus ripening season. Today, it has developed into a grand celebration of a ten-mile-long street covered with flowers. Fifty or sixty floats made entirely of flowers, especially roses, walked slowly for several miles, with models made of various flowers on them. This attracted not only men, women and children in California to fill the streets, but also millions of TV viewers.

In Philadelphia, there is a 10 hour costume parade. The origin of this activity can be traced back to the custom of Swedish and British immigrants who settled along the Delaware River in the middle of17th century. In those days, they always dressed up and held a New Year celebration parade in the countryside. Although today's costume parade in Philadelphia is more organized than in the past, it still retains its previous characteristics. People who took part in the parade, some dressed as clowns, some disguised as women (according to ancient customs, women were not allowed to take part in this kind of parade), accompanied by floats, singing and dancing, a sea of people, very lively. The number of participants is always around 1 10,000 to 20,000 every year.

In addition, many states hold football matches in the New Year. California, where flowers are in full bloom, has the Rose Cup football match; There is a cotton cup football match in Dallas, Texas, which is rich in cotton; There is a sugar cup football match in New Orleans, Louisiana, which produces sugar cane. Then came the Crocodile Cup in Jacksonville, Florida, and the Sun Cup in El Paso, Texas.

Another interesting habit of American students is to make new year's resolutions, which they call "New Year's resolutions". This resolution is usually not ambitious, but some simple and practical plans. For example, "I will definitely quit smoking" or "I will treat my neighbors well" and so on. They always tell everyone frankly in order to get supervision and encouragement.