Here are some English translations of traditional customs during the Chinese New Year and Chuxi (Chinese New Year's Eve):
### Chinese New Year (Lunar New Year) Customs:
1. **Familial Reunion**: Families gather to celebrate together.
2. **Spring Festival Dinner**: A special meal with a variety of dishes symbolizing good fortune and prosperity.
3. **Red Decorations**: Red lanterns, couplets, and paper cuttings are hung to bring good luck.
4. **Fireworks and Firecrackers**: They are set off to ward off evil spirits and bring good fortune.
5. **Gift-giving**: Red envelopes filled with money are given to children and the elderly.
6. **Nian Gao**: A sticky rice cake eaten to symbolize a high year.
7. **Paying Respect to Ancestors**: Offering food and incense at graves or ancestral altars.
8. **Dress in New Clothes**: Wearing new clothes to symbolize a fresh start.
9. **Lucky Charms**: Wearing red strings (Chongxiang) or red underwear for good luck.
10. **Dragon and Lion Dances**: Traditional performances to bring good fortune and驱邪 (ward off evil).
### Chuxi (Chinese New Year's Eve) Customs:
1. **Spring Cleaning**: Cleaning the house to sweep away bad luck and make way for good fortune.
2. **Cooking Traditional Dishes**: Preparing special foods for the New Year's Eve dinner.
3. **Family Reunion Dinner**: The main meal of the year where family members gather.
4. **Sending Off the Kitchen God**: A ritual to bid farewell to the Kitchen God before the New Year.
5. **Setting Up the Altar**: An altar is set up for ancestors and gods to offer incense and food.
6. **Staying Up All Night**: The tradition of not going to bed on New Year's Eve to welcome the new year.
7. **Paying Respect to the Gods**: Offering incense and food to gods and ancestors.
These customs vary slightly by region and family, but they generally embody the spirit of celebration, togetherness, and the hope for a prosperous new year.
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