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<\/p>\nMany Chinese New Year customs are widely observed for thousands of years and passed on from generations to generations from parents to children. From the family reunion dinner, eating dumplings, and setting off fireworks, here is a list of must-do customs for Chinese New Year.
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To ensure you have an auspicious start to the lunar new year, make sure every speck of dust is banished from your home. Chinese families usually do a Marie-Kondo by de-cluttering and throwing out unwanted, unused and unsightly material things. This is a time for organizing and keeping spaces clean and tidy.<\/p>\n
A follow up to the spring cleaning process is the replacement of anything that looks old with a newer model, design or simply new things like furniture or appliance. Purchasing new items symbolizes welcoming new things and getting ready for a new start. Chinese New Year shopping also includes buying fresh food for the lunar new year period and goodies to feed and entertain visiting guests.<\/p>\n
Couplets are typically pasted on doorways as a part of the festival’s decoration.<\/p>\n
These decorations carries people’s good wishes and auspicious sayings to usher in positive energies into the homes.<\/p>\n
These knots are purely decorative in nature. They are usually used as hanging ornaments to create a festive air at home.<\/p>\n
This is a dying tradition as it was commonly practiced by the grandmothers of our parents’ generation. These days we see very few of these pictures. The Gods of the Door are a common Taoism and ancient folk custom.They are usually images of the deified generals of the Tang Dynasty (618 -907) \u2013 Qin Qiong and Yuchi Gong and display as a pair on the doors to drive away the evil spirits, keep the house safe, and encourage the good fortune.
\nLater, New Year pictures with themes like women and babies, opera performance, and zodiac animal signs are included in the pictures.
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On the eve of Chinese New Year, no matter where they reside, immediate family members return home to have the reunion dinner. Traditional CNY dishes are prepared and served with auspicious connotations to the family.<\/p>\n
If you live in a country where there is a dominant Chinese television station, there will likely be a broadcast of the New Year’s Gala to the Chinese population.<\/p>\n
The shapes of the dumplings resembles the monetary ingots used in ancient times.\u00a0 It is a custom to eat dumplings on the New Year\u2019s Eve, the 1st and the 5th day of the New Year.<\/p>\n
are eaten only on the Lantern Festival when family members gather together and appreciate the first full moon of the Lunar Year.<\/p>\n
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