How to celebrate New Year's Day in foreign countries? What are the customs of Chinese New Year abroad?

In fact, New Year's Day is a very important holiday, and China will have a holiday at this time. Although it is not as grand as New Year's Eve, it is also a very lively day. But I've always known about domestic festivals. Do you want to know about foreign festivals?

Although New Year's Day in Britain is not as grand as Christmas, British people still carry out various activities according to local customs. The British believe that those who take the first step on the first day of the new year will herald good luck in the new year. For example, if the first guest is a happy black-haired man, then the owner of the house will always be the lucky one in the coming year. But if the first guest is a poor and unfortunate person, then the owner of the house will be unlucky in the next year. Another custom in Britain is to go out to visit with cakes and wine at midnight before the New Year. They don't knock at the door, they go directly to their relatives and friends' houses, light a fire in the fireplace, and then talk. This is not impolite, but a blessing, wishing relatives and friends to "open the door."

All kinds of celebrations in Britain are held on the night before the New Year. Perhaps the most interesting thing is the "welcome banquet". There will be some wine and telecommunications at the banquet, and everyone can play here for one night.

Germany Germany celebrates the New Year for a week. In the meantime, every family will put a fir tree with silk flower tied to it. Before the new year comes, I will climb into the chair. When the bell rings, I will jump down. I will throw a parabolic object behind the chair, which means throwing away evil and jumping into the new year.

In Germany, the New Year is still very emotional. For example, children will form a band and play on the street with harmonica or accordion, while adults will cheer and sing with colorful flags in the back. In short, the atmosphere is full.

Italian New Year is more important than other festivals. The day before New Year's Day is their carnival night. After nightfall, everyone will set off firecrackers and fireworks in the street, and everyone will go dancing. It's really lively.

Another local factor is to throw the broken pots and pans, flowerpots and bathtubs that can be broken at home out of the window, which means to get rid of bad luck. On the first day of the lunar new year, a local fire will be lit, which is basically the case in every household.

France and France are more interesting. They will take the weather on New Year's Day as the year of New Year. If there is a south wind, it means good weather. The west wind is the harvest of fishing and milking; Dongfeng means high fruit yield; The moral of the north wind is not very good. Isn't it interesting that the French will drink the last glass of wine at home before the arrival of the new year?

The residents of the central area of Penzel, Switzerland, celebrated on June 5th+10/October 30th, 6438, and only men could participate. A few weeks before the celebration, women mainly made clothes and headdresses for men. Men attending the event will dress up as women, symbolizing wealth and kindness.

Portugal Portuguese are mostly Catholics, so when the bell of 12 rings in the New Year, they will swallow the grapes of 12 with the rhythm of the bell, which means good luck in the coming year. It is said that one year the bell was three seconds faster than before, and many people choked to death.

Japan attaches great importance to the New Year, so there are national holidays every year from 65438+February 29th to 65438+1October 3rd. On the night before the New Year, temples are usually filled with cigarettes and bells. The Japanese believe that every time a bell rings, it can take away bad luck and get rid of troubles. On New Year's morning, they will drink Tu Su wine and taste herring roe, black beans and dried fish cooked in slightly sweet soy sauce. They will think that these foods will bring prosperity and health to their children and grandchildren. In addition to these, they will also choose to get together with their families on New Year's Eve and tell their dreams, which is convenient for measuring good or bad luck.

North Korea posted New Year pictures and couplets at this time of the meeting, praying for God's blessing, and there are still some similarities with China. However, there is also a "ghost sending" activity in North Korea, that is, at the dawn of New Year's Day, North Koreans will put money in the scarecrow tied in front of the railway tracks and then throw it at the crossroads to ward off evil spirits. In the Korean New Year, there are also activities about women. They will put on a hemp hat and have a swing competition, aiming at a local tree flower. Whoever mentions it first, who bites it, wins. Others turn tree flowers into two bells.

Thailand Thailand's New Year is the Songkran Festival, which is not on New Year's Day, but generally from April 13 to June 16 on the Gregorian calendar. This is the Songkran Festival, and many friends can attend it at this time. Besides these, Thai people will hold elephant competitions, mainly including tug-of-war of elephants, elephants jumping up to pick up things, elephants crossing people, elephant football matches, and ancient elephant array performances.

In the early morning of New Year's Day in India, I began to pay New Year greetings when I went out. After meeting and congratulating each other, put red powder on your forehead. Young friends can just shoot their relatives and friends with a red ink water gun. This is a way to congratulate the New Year.

But what's more special is that on the morning of New Year's Day, every family will cry. They will welcome the New Year in this way, and some places will choose a day of fasting on the waybill to welcome the New Year.

It is also very coincidental that the National Day of Cuba, Brunei and Sudan falls on New Year's Day. It is said that New Year's Day and National Day are together, so holidays are two in one. In a word, the above is about the way of Chinese New Year abroad. Do you like it very much?