On the first day of the new year, people get up early, put on their most beautiful clothes, dress up neatly, go out to visit relatives and friends, pay New Year's greetings to each other, and wish great luck in the coming year. There are many ways to pay New Year's greetings. Some of them are family leaders leading several people to pay New Year's greetings door to door; Some colleagues invite several people to pay New Year's greetings; There are also people who get together to congratulate each other, known as' group worship '.
New year's call is a traditional custom among Chinese people. It is a way for people to leave the old and welcome the new year and express good wishes to each other. In ancient times, the original meaning of the word "New Year's greetings" was to celebrate the new year for the elderly, including kowtowing to the elderly, congratulating the happy new year, greeting life and so on. In case of relatives and friends of the same generation, we should also give gifts and congratulations. With the development of the times, the custom of paying New Year's greetings has been adding new contents and forms. In addition to following the previous New Year's greetings, etiquette telegraph New Year's greetings, telephone New Year's greetings, SMS New Year's greetings, network new year's greetings and so on have sprung up.
The time of new year's greetings is generally from the first day to the fifth day of the first lunar month. Visiting relatives and friends after the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is mostly regarded as paying homage to the early years, while visiting relatives and friends after the fifth day of the first lunar month and before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is regarded as paying homage to the later years. Early and old age are emergency or remedial to avoid regret. There is a folk proverb: it is not too late to pay a new year's call.