The origin of the New Year can be traced back to the Shang Dynasty in China, when people held sacrificial ceremonies at the beginning of the lunar calendar to pray for a bumper harvest and peace in the coming year. With the passage of time, this ceremony gradually evolved into the modern Spring Festival.

During the Spring Festival, people will carry out a series of traditional activities, such as posting Spring Festival couplets, setting off firecrackers, paying New Year greetings and having a reunion dinner. Among them, posting Spring Festival couplets and setting off firecrackers are the most representative activities. Spring Festival couplets are a traditional literary form, usually written in red paper, with words of blessing and auspicious patterns written on them, meaning blessing and auspiciousness. Firecrackers are a noisy form of entertainment. People set off firecrackers to drive away evil spirits and plagues and pray for peace and success.

In addition, there is an important custom during the Spring Festival, which is to pay New Year greetings. People will go to relatives and friends' homes to pay New Year greetings and send blessings and red envelopes. This is also a way to strengthen family relations and friendship. During the Spring Festival, families will get together and spend the holidays together, which is also the meaning of the Spring Festival.

Besides China, many countries and regions in the world also have their own New Year. For example, New Year's Day in the West, Lantern Festival in India and Eid al-Fitr in the Middle East. Although these festivals have different forms, they are all set up by people to pray for happiness and good luck.

New Year custom

1. Posting Spring Festival couplets: This is one of the most traditional customs during the New Year in China. Spring Festival couplets are a unique literary form, which usually consists of two antithetical poems, meaning blessing and auspiciousness. People stick Spring Festival couplets on doors, walls and lintels to express their expectations for a happy life and their wishes for a bright future.

2. Happy New Year: Happy New Year is one of the important ceremonies in China during the New Year. People will go to relatives and friends' homes to pay New Year greetings and send blessings and red envelopes. There are many ways to pay New Year greetings, such as bowing, crossing hands, bowing and kowtowing. At the same time, the elders will also send red envelopes to the younger generation to show their blessings and good luck.

3. Have a reunion dinner: Eating a reunion dinner is also a very important activity in China's traditional New Year customs. Reunion dinner is a rich family dinner, usually held on New Year's Eve or the first day of the first month. Families will get together and enjoy a delicious reunion dinner, which means reunion and happiness.