The custom of celebrating the Spring Festival in every country.
Although South Korea also posts Spring Festival couplets in the Spring Festival, it is different from China's Spring Festival couplets with black characters on a red background. Generally, China posts Spring Festival couplets on the 28th and 29th of the twelfth lunar month, while South Korea posts Spring Festival couplets in beginning of spring on the same day.
Watching New Year's Eve dinner is different from the story of China scaring Nian beast with firecrackers, while South Korea is to guard against a kind of monster called luminous ghost. It is said that this monster likes to steal the shoes of residents. Once his shoes are stolen, so will his good luck in the New Year. However, luminous ghosts like to count, so they will put eye-catching items such as bamboo baskets in their yard to protect their shoes;
South Korea also pays homage to ancestors and gives lucky money during the Spring Festival, but unlike China, South Korea has colorful red envelopes, the most common of which is white.
South Korea will wear traditional hanbok, drink rice cake soup and eat spicy cabbage during the Spring Festival, symbolizing New Year reunion.
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2. Japan
Japan is used to eating buckwheat noodles on the night of 65438+February 3 1, and it must be finished before zero, which symbolizes longevity and health. I hope the new year is brave and tenacious.
The Japanese New Year's Eve party rang 108 times, the first time 107 rang before zero, and the last time rang after zero. Every time, the bell has to wait until the last bell disappears completely, symbolizing a complete farewell to the old year and a new beginning with a brand-new look.
When the bell rings on New Year's Eve, the Japanese will pay homage from home to the temple, which has also become the "first thought" to pray for a smooth and peaceful New Year.
On the first day of the new year, the Japanese will go to the seaside or the mountains to welcome the first sunrise. They think this will ensure the smooth realization of their New Year's wishes.
During the Spring Festival, there are also lucky money bags, New Year's greetings activities, and the purchase of blessing bags, that is, shopping malls put discounts on complimentary items, which means that the new year has a good start, which is a bit like buying new year's goods in China.
3. Vietnam
On the eve of the Spring Festival, Vietnam will buy couplets, firecrackers, candied fruit, candy, etc. in Hanoi's largest "Spring Market". There will also be a "flower market" that specializes in selling peach blossoms and kumquat;
On New Year's Eve, Vietnamese people will have the custom of "picking green", that is, breaking fresh branches and taking them home for display. Because green is homophonic with Lu, it means hope for a prosperous New Year.
During the Spring Festival, Vietnamese people will also pay homage to their ancestors, give red envelopes, dance lions and enjoy operas.
The main specialties of Vietnamese during the Spring Festival are Nianzongzi and glutinous rice cakes. Nian Zongzi is the same as China Zongzi, but it is square and much larger.
4. Singapore
The most famous Spring Festival in Singapore is the Spring Festival Gala held in marina bay, where there are many snacks, performances, light shows, water parades and large-scale fireworks displays. They are all very "year-old";
Like China, Singaporeans also have traditional activities such as lion dancing and red envelopes, but their special food during the Spring Festival is "colorful fish raw". Fish symbolizes more than one year, adding good omen to the new year. All kinds of auxiliary materials, such as shredded vegetables, decorate dishes with colorful colors, which means that the stars are shining high, the cakes are the most famous, and the pears are thriving, which means prosperity and prosperity.
Visiting relatives and friends in Singapore will bring oranges. When they leave, the host will exchange oranges with the guests, which means good luck and yes-men.
5. Malaysia
Besides setting off firecrackers, wrapping red envelopes and visiting relatives and friends, Malaysia also has its own special cuisine. One of the "raw fish" is the same as Singapore mentioned above, so I won't repeat it here. There are also rice cakes, mainly made of eggs, similar to egg rolls. There is also a kind of "pot dish" in Malaysia, which is packed in round pots, pays attention to family reunion and is enjoyable, and contains various ingredients, such as chicken, fish and duck.
On the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, Malaysians will go to "worship God", that is, set off firecrackers and other activities, but it will be more lively than New Year's Eve.
5. Indonesia
The Indonesian Spring Festival lasts for five days, the first four days are celebration days, and the fifth day is New Year's Day. Before the Spring Festival, women like to sit in a row and invite stars to draw various patterns on their palms according to local customs. They also set off fireworks and firecrackers, made balls of wheat, cheese and sugar, and sprinkled gold foil powder on the outside of the "sugar gourd", which was very sweet and symbolized the new.
On the fifth day of the new year, Ramayana will be staged all over the country. People compete to play the hero in the epic and fight the ape giant made of paper, and destroy it with rockets, which means that the New Year can overcome disasters and be safe and happy.
Some Indonesians also have the habit of "jumping into the fire". When a fire is lit at home, people jump above the fire, which means that bad luck will be burned out and good luck will shine in the new year.
Indonesians are forbidden to lose their temper and do bad things on the first day of the new year, otherwise it means that they will do bad things this year, which is very unlucky;
Indonesia is a vast country, and many places welcome the New Year in different ways. In some places, welcoming the New Year with pain means letting go of the painful years in the past, and in some places, welcoming the New Year with a day and a night without eating means a clean start of the new year, and so on.
On New Year's morning, people will bring beautiful bags and special lanterns. Scatter all kinds of powders and pieces of paper into the air, and spray red water or various slurries on each other, commonly known as "sprinkling red". Old people and children will smear red powder on each other's foreheads and cheeks, which means that everything goes well in the New Year.