What Will Chinese People Do To Celebrate Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year is closing in! Chinese New Year, also known as the Lunar New Year or the Chinese Spring Festival, is the most important of all Chinese festivals and holidays. It lasts for the primary fifteen days of the Chinese calendar. The festivities include decorations, parades, folk traditions, and wonderful feasts. If you want to take part in the celebration, you can follow this guide to participate in the celebration and pay tribute to Chinese traditions.

Dress for the Occasion

If you have Chinese traditional clothing, now it's time to wear it. Associated with happiness, good fortune and wealth, red clothes will ensure that you are fully involved in the spirit of the celebration. Gold is another good color. Try to combine these two colors to make you look more festive. 

Visit a Chinese Temple

Chinese people will head to temples to pray for good luck during the New Year Celebrations. They burn incense sticks and have their fortunes told to know in advance their luck for the year ahead ( just for peace of mind). You can find a tube of lucky stickers at the entrance to the temple. To ask a question, shake the bobbin until the numbered wand falls out. A fortune-teller can explain it for you.

Set off Firecrackers

Set off firecrackers at nighttime once the New Year begins. The sound of firecrackers used in China is deafening, and firecrackers are mostly set off on the ground or hanging from branches. This is believed that the noise can scare bad spirits away in case they bring bad luck. 

                                                           Give Red Envelopes as a Gift

Adults will give lucky money in a red envelope to children and elders, meaning to express the blessings and good luck of the New Year to them. The amount of lucky money varies from tens to hundreds. 

Worship Their Ancestors

Worshipping ancestors is one of the important customs of the New Year. On New Year's Eve, people will put on dishes, pour wine, and hold a grand ritual to express their memory for their ancestors and pray for the blessing of their ancestors. This tradition has been passed down always.

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