Origin of New Year’s Eve
New Year’s Eve, also known as New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Eve, and Suichu, is the last night of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar (December) every year, that is, the last day of the year. New Year’s Eve is often on the 29th or 30th day of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, so it is also called the 30th day of the year, and is one of the most important traditional festivals of the Han nationality. Chu means to remove; Xi means night. New Year’s Eve is also a festival to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, to start a new year, and to renew everything. Together with Qingming Festival, Zhongyuan Festival, and Chongyang Festival, it is a traditional Chinese festival for ancestor worship, and it is also a traditional cultural festival popular in the countries of the Chinese character cultural circle. According to the “Lüshi Chunqiu·Jidongji”, the ancients used drums to drive away the “epidemic ghost” on the day before the New Year, which is the origin of the “New Year’s Eve” festival.
Customs of New Year’s Eve
The last day of the lunar year is called “Suichu”, and that night is called “New Year’s Eve”. Since ancient times, there have been customs on New Year’s Eve such as staying up all night, watching the year end, putting up door gods, spring couplets, New Year pictures, and hanging lanterns. These customs have been passed down to this day and have continued.