A short story about the custom of Spring Festival in China (English version)

1, "One night is two years old, five minutes and two days". On New Year's Eve, the whole family get together, eat New Year's Eve, light candles or oil lamps, sit around the fire and chat, wait for the moment to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, and stay up all night, which symbolizes that all evil plagues and diseases are their own, and look forward to good luck in the New Year. This custom gradually became popular. In the early Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin of Emperor Taizong wrote a poem "Keeping the Year": "The cold retreats from the winter snow and the warm enters the spring breeze. Until today, people are used to staying up late on New Year's Eve to welcome the New Year.

On New Year's Eve, the whole family get together, eat New Year's Eve, light candles or oil lamps, sit around the stove and chat, wait for the time to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year, and keep vigil all night, which symbolizes driving away all evil diseases and epidemics and expecting good luck in the new year. This custom gradually became popular. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong, wrote a poem "Shou Sui": "Cold words and winter snow, warm with spring breeze". To this day, people are used to celebrating the New Year's Eve.

2. There is a folk legend of "opening firecrackers" in China. In the new year, the first thing for every household to open the door is to set off firecrackers, which sound like firecrackers to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. Firecrackers are also called firecrackers, firecrackers and firecrackers. It has a long history of more than two thousand years. People believe that firecrackers can create a festive atmosphere, which is a kind of holiday entertainment, and it can bring happiness and good luck to people.

There is a legend of "setting off firecrackers" among the people in China. When the new year comes, the first thing for every household to open the door is to set off firecrackers to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year. Firecrackers are also called firecrackers, firecrackers and firecrackers. It originated very early and has a history of more than two thousand years. People think that setting off firecrackers can create a festive atmosphere, is a kind of entertainment in festivals, and can bring happiness and good luck to people.