Spring Festival is a traditional festival with a long history in our country. It's the most important day of the year. Every new year, no matter where you are, you have to go home to celebrate the new year. It's the happiest thing to get together with your family. So which countries are going to celebrate the Spring Festival? National Spring Festival Customs inventory.
What are the customs of Spring Festival in different countries
1, South Korea
Korean Spring Festival is a festival based on ancestor worship and filial piety. It is a day to pray for family safety. There are many traditional customs of Spring Festival in Korea, such as making up for the year, painting for the year, Hedgerow for blessing, chasing the night light ghost and so on. So far, the customs passed down include ancestor worship, year-old worship, de Tan, "throwing wood four" and springboard. Korean eat rice cake soup in Spring Festival.
2, Japan
The biggest festival in Japan is the Spring Festival. On New Year's Eve, all the families of Japan gather by the fire. At midnight, 108 bells will ring in the temple. The second family begins to pay homage to each other. In Japan, there is a kind of commodity called "Fubao" in the new year. The so-called blessing bag is an opaque bag containing goods. There are many kinds of lucky bags, cosmetics, clothing, living things, electrical appliances, all in all can be put into the bag. The price ranges from 1000 yen to tens of thousands of yen. Because of its popularity, bags are often pre sold years ago.
3, Vietnam
Vietnamese regard the Spring Festival as a day to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new. They usually start to prepare new year's goods in December of the lunar calendar. The most important spring festival in Vietnam is probably flowers, rice dumplings, spring couplets and firecrackers. Vietnamese also have the habit of pasting couplets during the Spring Festival. In the past, spring couplets were written in Chinese characters. After Pinyin, most spring couplets now use Pinyin characters. Each Pinyin character is a square with its own style.
4. Singapore
Singapore, which has a large population in China, is undoubtedly the most important festival of the year. Before the Spring Festival, the streets and commercial areas were decorated with traditional Chinese spring festival costumes, with lanterns and lanterns hanging high, and New Year pictures were pasted out. There are a large number of people buying new year's products in the traditional Chinese shops of niuche water, and the streets are playing traditional New Year's songs!
5. Malaysia
Because there are a large number of Chinese in Malaysia, the custom of celebrating the Spring Festival is roughly the same as that in Asian countries. Because most of the local Chinese are from Fujian, influenced by the culture of Southern Fujian, people must buy pineapples (pineapples) for the Spring Festival. And the homophony of "pineapples" and "Wanglai" in the southern Fujian language makes pineapples the auspicious fruit of the Spring Festival. During the festival, people like to take some oranges with them to give to the host. Oranges are homophonic with "auspicious" and symbolize good fortune.
6. Indonesia
When Indonesian Chinese celebrate the Spring Festival, young people like to stay in hotels and restaurants, while old people like to call their children and grandchildren to their side, have a new year's Eve dinner at home, talk about their family routine, hair red envelopes, and have fun. At the same time, we can enjoy traditional dragon dance, lion dance, martial arts and folk song and dance performances during the Spring Festival in restaurants and star hotels.
Different customs of Chinese new year around the world
Canada: 'polar bear jump'
Canadians have always regarded pure snow as a symbol of auspiciousness. When the new year comes, people will sweep the snow beside the road or in the yard around their houses and build a snow wall. They believe that this can prevent the invasion of evil spirits and bring happiness for the new year.
Interestingly, on the first day of the new year, Canadians will also jump into the sea and swim together in winter. They call this activity "polar bear jump". Think about the feeling of jumping into the sea in the ice and snow. Canadians, you are so good at playing!!!
Lake Baikal area: scuba diving
A more vigorous new year's celebration than Canadians' winter swimming, it appears in the area of Baikal Lake, the deepest lake and the largest freshwater lake in the world, where people perform a strange and dangerous sport, scuba diving, during the new year.
America: Empire State building lights
During the Spring Festival, 1327 colored lights on the Empire State Building, a landmark building in New York, will change the red, white and blue colors of the American Star Spangled Banner in the past, and light up the red and gold colors loved by Chinese Americans to express congratulations on the Chinese Lunar New Year.
Empire State building lights
New York City also specially arranged the time and place for Chinese to set off firecrackers during the new year, and the lively spring festival parade has become an important tourist project in New York.
Australia: the longest dragon in the world
It's summer when Australia welcomes the new year. The cool dragon boat race will be the finale of the new year's celebration. The huge dragon boat race will attract hundreds of thousands of spectators every year.
In addition, Melbourne has the longest dragon in the world, 150 meters long and more than 100 years old. At the beginning of the new year, more than 200 healthy Aussies and Chinese people are carrying the dragon through the streets, which is extremely festive.
Germany: watching comedy
The New Year custom in Germany is very similar to that in China. At midnight on December 31, brilliant fireworks lit up the night sky, just like the Chinese New Year's Eve. Even the origin of the tradition of fireworks is the same as the story of the Chinese year. Some Germans not only eat fish, but also put a piece of scales into their wallets on New Year's Eve. The folk saying is that it can bring good luck and money in the new year. Germany also has a new year tradition that has lasted for more than 50 years, that is, watching the British comedy short film "dinner for one". This year is no exception. Every time Germans watch this movie, they will laugh. Some Chinese friends will be more curious every time they watch it: every year, every year, where is the point of laughter?
Comedies
Italy: jumping the river to welcome the new year
The unique custom of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new in Rome, Italy, has a history of more than 60 years. The outdoor temperature close to zero degrees Celsius and the gusts of cold wind make people admire the feat of jumping into the cold river without arms. People who can take part in New Year's River jumping activities for many years in a row will also be awarded the title of "Mr. OK".
UK: drilling water
One day before the new year, every family must have wine in the bottle and meat in the cupboard. The British believe that if there is no wine and meat left, they will be poor next year. In addition, the British also popular new year's' well water 'custom, people strive for the first to draw water, think that the first person to draw water for happiness, the water is auspicious. In the late night of new year's Eve, Englishmen often bring cakes and wine to visit. Without knocking, they go straight to their relatives and friends' houses. According to the British custom, after new year's Eve, the man who strides towards the first foot of the house indicates the luck of the new year. On New Year's Eve, those who visit their relatives and friends' houses should first play with the fire in the fireplace before talking to each other, and wish the host "a good time to open the door". In some parts of central England, when they go out on New Year's morning, they will send each other copper money no matter they are familiar with each other or unfamiliar with each other. They think that by doing so, they will not only make each other rich, but also bring them luck.
Spain: 12 grapes
Shortly after arriving in Spain, at midnight on December 31 every year, many Spaniards will gather in the sol square of Madrid and wait for the new year. They have a very interesting new year greeting custom, that is, when the New Year bell rings, they start to eat grapes. Every time they knock, they eat one grape. There are 12 knocks and 12 grapes in total. It is said that in the new year, this will bring good luck to people. This custom has lasted for hundreds of years.
Eat 12 grapes
Denmark: throwing plates
If you're going through the Danish new year for the first time, be careful, the Danes will throw plates at their neighbors on New Year's Eve. However, Danes believe that the more broken plates in front of your house, the luckier you will be next year. Because it means you have many loyal friends.
Ecuador: burning puppets to sweep away bad luck
It's their New Year custom to burn paper scarecrows in Ecuador, because they represent all the pain and misfortune of the year. So they think that beating and burning the scarecrow can get rid of the bad luck of the previous year. In addition, they burned the pictures of the previous year in the hope of a new atmosphere.
Chile: welcome to the cemetery for the new year
The location of the welcome ceremony in Talca, a small town in central Chile, is a bit unexpected. At 11 o'clock in the evening before the new year, the mayor of the town will open the gate of the local cemetery, and thousands of local people will flock here to welcome the new year with their deceased relatives in classical music and candlelight.
It is said that this custom was first initiated by a family. They broke into the cemetery on the last night of the year, hoping to be closer to their dead father.
South Africa: throwing things out of the window
Throwing things out of windows is a new year's greeting in many countries around the world, but it seems to be more popular in Hillsborough, Johannesburg, South Africa. In the middle of the new year's Eve, local residents will throw everything from the window, from the microwave oven to the whole bed, some even from the high-rise buildings. This custom is a real headache for the local police.
Venezuela: Yellow underwear can attract money
At the end of every year, Venezuelan people are keen to buy yellow underwear. They think that as long as they wear yellow clothes close to their bodies, they can 'recruit money and treasure' in the next year. Many Venezuelans also like to put large bills in their wallets or shoes on their right feet to show that they have mastered wealth.