On the Chinese New Year's Eve, there are various traditional customs and activities. Here they are in English:
1. Spring Cleaning: Families clean their homes thoroughly to sweep away bad luck and make way for good fortune in the new year.
2. Reunion Dinner: Families gather for a large feast that often includes a variety of dishes symbolizing wealth, prosperity, and happiness.
3. Setting Off Fireworks and Firecrackers: This is believed to ward off evil spirits and attract good luck.
4. Decorating the Home: Homes are adorned with red lanterns, couplets (red couplets with New Year greetings), paper cuttings, and other decorations to bring in good luck and happiness.
5. Wearing New Clothes: It's customary to wear new clothes for the New Year to symbolize new beginnings.
6. Giving Red Envelopes: Older family members give red envelopes (hongbao) containing money to younger ones as a symbol of good wishes and luck.
7. Eating Yuanxiao or Dumplings: These round-shaped foods symbolize unity and completeness, as they represent the full moon that will appear on the first day of the lunar new year.
8. Watching the Spring Festival Gala: A TV program that features singing, dancing, comedy, and other performances, it's one of the most watched programs on New Year's Eve.
9. Making and Eating Sweet Rice Balls (Nian Gao): These sticky rice balls are a symbol of prosperity, and it's customary to have them during the New Year celebrations.
10. Paying Respect to Ancestors: Many people visit their ancestors' graves to clean the tombs and offer food, incense, and joss sticks as a way to honor their ancestors.
These activities vary slightly depending on the region, but they are generally associated with Chinese New Year's Eve.
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