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Why do you stay up for the new year? What time do you have to keep it? The meaning of keeping the ye

In China, new year's Eve is already the Spring Festival, because on New Year's Eve, the family should sit around, have a reunion dinner, watch the Spring Festival Gala and celebrate the arrival of the Spring Festival. One of the most important Customs on New Year's Eve is to watch the new year. Over the years, we have been used to the habit of watching the new year's Eve, but do you know what it means? Why do you stay up for the new year? What time should we keep watch? This article will tell you the answers to these questions about new year's Eve vigil.

Shou Sui

ShouSui is one of the traditional customs of the Han people on New Year's Eve. It is also said to waste time, stay up for the new year, stay up late and so on. ShouSui means that a family gets together on New Year's Eve and stays up late to welcome the arrival of the lunar new year.

Since the Han Dynasty, the time of alternation between the new year and the old year is generally midnight. In ancient times, there were two meanings of keeping the year old. One is to keep the year old for the elderly, which means to cherish time; In order to keep time with their parents and elders and prolong their life. Therefore, Shou Sui means nostalgia for the passing old year and full of hope for the coming new year.

Why do you stay up for the new year

Keeping watch on New Year's Eve is one of the most important customs. On New Year's Eve, we pay attention to the reunion at first sight, and the new year's Eve starts from eating the new year's Eve dinner. The whole family sits together. Some families can sometimes eat the new year's Eve dinner overnight. But most families will fill the table with tea and fruits after new year's Eve, and the whole family will talk around the table.

There are three different legends about ShouSui. One is to welcome grandma Zao Wang. It is said that the youngest daughter of the jade emperor has become the 'grandmother of the kitchen King'. She is well aware of the sufferings of the people. She often brings something to eat, drink, wear and use from heaven in the name of returning to her mother's house to visit her relatives. From the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, 'grandma Zaowang' began to collect the things needed for the new year's Eve dinner and didn't collect them until the new year's Eve. In order to make people have a good new year, they rushed back to the world all night. People kept vigil to meet her.

There is also a legend for 'staying up for years'. This is also a legend most often heard by people, that is, for the annual beast, every new year's Eve, people boil the night of 'Nian' as a gateway. In order to kill time, family reunion and conversation have the meaning of praying for a safe night. After a long time, the custom of staying up for the new year's Eve has been formed.

There is also the saying of keeping the year old to drive away evil plagues. It is said that evil spirits and plague viruses are afraid of light and fire. Therefore, people have bright lights and set off firecrackers on New Year's Eve in order to drive away evil plagues that are unfavorable to people.

What time do you have to watch the new year

The traditional Shou Sui is to stay up all night until dawn the next day. Now generally speaking, you can go to bed after 12 o'clock. ShouSui is a kind of reluctance to give up the old year and good expectations for the coming year. The time to keep ShouSui should also be determined according to their own physical condition. If they are in poor health or are tired during the day, it is recommended to go to sleep according to the normal rest time, so as to meet the arrival of the new year with full mental state.