It is essential entertainment for the Chinese both at home and abroad.
thorough cleaning of houses to sweep away bad luck in the past year.
This custom shows a good wish of putting away old things to welcome a new life.
In a word, just before the Spring Festival comes every household will
After dinner,no one dared go to sleep and all the family members would sit together,chatting and emboldening each other.
Gradually the habit of staying up late on New Year’s Eve is formed. Thus in China,“ celebrating the Spring Festival” is also called "passing over the year ”.
One. Spring Festival origin
The old woman continued to persuade, but the old man smiled without a word. At midnight, “Nian" rush into village. It found that the atmosphere in the village was different from previous years. The old women's house sticked red paper and candle light inside bright. When it was near the door, there was a noise in the yard, and it was too frightened to go forward. Then the door opened and it saw the old man smiling in red.”Nian” ran away in terror.The matter spread quickly around the village,and people knew how to drive it. Since then, on New Year's eve, people put up red couplets, firecrackers.