We come from all over the world, naturally have different customs. At the beginning of the new year, we can't help understanding customs of the new year. Let's talk about customs of the Chinese New Year! Open your eyes and look down carefully!

我们来自天南海北，自然有各自不同的风情。新年伊始，自然免不了了解新年的各种习俗，接下来就让小编给大家说一说中国新年的习俗吧！大家睁大眼睛仔细往下看哦！

01New Year's Eve dinner年夜饭

When it comes to the Spring Festival, it must be the new year's Eve dinner that comes to mind first. Family is the cornerstone of Chinese society. The annual dinner fully shows the mutual respect and love of Chinese family members, which makes the relationship between families closer. New year's Eve dinner is the most lively and happy time for every family during the Spring Festival. On New Year's Eve, a table full of rich new year's dishes, family reunion, sitting around the table, eating reunion dinner, the heart of the sense of fullness is really indescribable. People not only enjoy the table full of delicious food, but also enjoy the happy atmosphere.

说到春节，肯定最先想起的就是年夜饭。家庭是华人社会的基石，一年一度的年夜饭充分表现出华族家庭成员的互敬互爱，这种互敬互爱使一家人之间的关系更为紧密。吃年夜饭，是春节家家户户最热闹愉快的时候。大年夜，丰盛的菜摆满一桌，阖家团聚，围坐桌旁，共吃团圆饭，心头的充实感真是难以言喻。人们既是享受满桌的佳肴盛馔，也是享受那份快乐的气氛。

02Window decoration窗花

During the Spring Festival, people in many areas like to paste various paper cuts on their windows. The window pattern not only sets off the festive atmosphere, but also brings people the enjoyment of beauty, integrating decoration, appreciation and practicality. With its unique generalization and exaggeration, the window decoration displays the auspicious things and good wishes incisively and vividly, and decorates the festival with prosperity and happiness.

新春佳节时，许多地区的人们喜欢在窗户上贴上各种剪纸—窗花。窗花不仅烘托了喜庆的节日气氛，而且也为人们带来了美的享受，集装饰性、欣赏性和实用性于一体。窗花以其特有的概括和夸张手法将吉事祥物、美好愿望表现得淋漓尽致，将节日装点得红火富丽、喜气洋洋。

03Perform acrobatics at religious festivals走会

Perform acrobatics at religious festivals is a traditional Chinese folk song and dance performance, mainly around the Spring Festival and the Lantern Festival. It is also called Xianghui in Beijing and changed to Huahui after 1949. Every new year's festival, festival and temple fair, it becomes the most organized and enthusiastic Street Song and dance performance. The main performance forms of the walk show include: open road, Yangko, five tiger stick, dry boat, Zhongfan, car show, stilts, bar box, lion, Shifan, Taiping drum, etc.

走会是一种传统的中国民间歌舞表演，主要集中在春节至灯节前后，在北京亦称香会，1949年后改称花会。每逢年节或遇喜庆大典以及山坛庙会，它便成为最有组织、最为热烈的街头歌舞表演。走会的主要表演形式有：开路、秧歌、五虎棍、旱船、中幡、小车会、高跷、杠箱、狮子、十番、太平鼓等。

04Dust sweeping扫尘

Every Spring Festival, every household must clean the furniture, remove the bedding, carry out a cleaning, clean welcome to the new year. It originated from a religious ceremony of ancient people to drive away diseases and epidemics. From the 24th of December to the end of the year, it is the time of "sweeping the new year". The custom of "sweeping the new year" reflects the working people's clean and hygienic tradition.

每临春节，家家户户都要清洗家具，拆洗被褥，开展一次卫生大扫除，干干净净迎新春。它起源于古代人民驱除病疫的一种宗教仪式，从腊月二十四开始，到年终，均为“扫年”时间。“扫年”之风俗，反映了我国劳动人民爱清洁、讲卫生的传统。

05Gaste New Year's red (Spring Festival couplets)贴年红（春联）

On the 28th, 29th or 30th of the year, every household pastes "Nian Hong", which is also called Spring Festival couplets. According to Yu Zhu Bao Dian, Yan Jing Sui Shi Ji and other works, the original form of Spring Festival couplets is what people call "Taofu".

在年二十八、二十九或三十日家家户户贴“年红”，年红亦称春联。根据《玉烛宝典》、《燕京岁时记》等著作记载，春联的原始形式就是人们所说的“桃符”。

Spring couplets are also called door couplets, spring couplets, couplets, couplets, Taofu and so on. They describe the background of the times and express good wishes in neat, dual, concise and exquisite words. They are a unique literary form in China.

贴春联也叫贴门对、春贴、对联、对子、桃符等，它以工整、对偶、简洁、精巧的文字描绘时代背景，抒发美好愿望，是中国特有的文学形式。

Every Spring Festival, whether in urban or rural areas, every household should select a red couplet and paste it on the door to increase the festive atmosphere. It is said that this custom began to prevail in the Ming Dynasty. By the Qing Dynasty, the ideological and artistic quality of Spring Festival couplets had been greatly improved.

每逢春节，无论城市还是农村，家家户户都要精选一幅大红春联贴于门上，为节日增加喜庆气氛。据说这一习俗在明代开始盛行，到了清代，春联的思想性和艺术性都有了很大的提高。

06Setting off firecrackers放鞭炮

It is said that in ancient times, there was a ferocious monster called Nian, which was in the deep sea all the year round. But at the turn of the new year and the old year, it came out to trample on the crops, hurt people and animals, and made the people cry bitterly. Once it went to the village to do evil again, and was scared away by the red clothes hanging at the door of a family. At another place, he was scared by the light.

相传在远古时代，有一种凶猛的怪兽叫“年”，一年四季都在深海里，但逢新旧岁之交，便出来糟踏壮稼，伤害人畜，百姓叫苦连天。有一次它又跑到村庄里为非作歹，被一家门口晾的大红衣服吓跑了。到了另一处，又被灯光吓得抱头鼠窜。

As a result, people have mastered the weakness of Nian, which is afraid of sound, red and fire. At the end of each year, people stick red couplets, set off firecrackers, hang red lights at the door of their homes, burn firewood in the yard, gather the fire, chop vegetables and meat with a kitchen knife, and make a sound. So we all have to set off firecrackers during the new year.

于是人们掌握了“年”怕声音、怕红色、怕火光的弱点。每至年末岁首，人们就在家门口贴红联、放鞭炮、挂红灯，院子里烧柴禾、拢旺火，用菜刀剁菜肉，发出声音。所以过年大家都要放鞭炮。

Setting off firecrackers to celebrate the Spring Festival has a history of more than 2000 years in China. The ancients burned the sound of firecrackers, which was called "firecrackers". The original intention of firecrackers was to frighten and expel evil spirits.

放爆竹庆贺春节，在我国已有两千多年的历史了。古人焚竹发声，名曰“爆竹”，爆竹的原意在于惊惮和驱逐恶鬼。