1、 "Night even two years old, five points two days", the New Year's eve, the family reunion together, eat the New Year's eve dinner, lit a candle or oil lamp, sitting around the fire chat, waiting for the old year and the new moment, an all-night vigil, a symbol of all evil plague disease according to run away, looking forward to the New Year good luck. This custom gradually prevailed, to the early tang dynasty, tang taizong li shimin wrote a "shousui" poem: "cold quit winter snow, warm into the spring breeze. To this day, people are used to staying up on New Year's eve to welcome the New Year.
“一夜连双岁，五更分二天”，除夕之夜，全家团聚在一起，吃过年夜饭，点起蜡烛或油灯，围坐炉旁闲聊，等着辞旧迎新的时刻，通宵守夜，象征着把一切邪瘟病疫照跑驱走，期待着新的一年吉祥如意。这种习俗后来逐渐盛行，到唐朝初期，唐太宗李世民写有“守岁”诗：“寒辞去冬雪，暖带入春风”。直到今天，人们还习惯在除夕之夜守岁迎新。
2、Chinese folk have "open the door firecracker" legend. In the New Year, every family opened the door the first thing is to set off firecrackers, firecrackers sound out of the old to welcome the new. Firecrackers also known as "firecrackers", "firecrackers", "firecrackers". It has a long history of more than two thousand years. People believe that firecrackers can create a festive atmosphere, is a holiday entertainment, it can bring people joy and good luck.
中国民间有“开门爆竹”的传说。在新的一年到来之际，家家户户开门的第一件事就是燃放爆竹，以爆竹声除旧迎新。爆竹也称“爆仗”、“炮仗”、“鞭炮”。起源很早，至今已有两千多年的历史。人们认为放爆竹可以创造一种喜庆气氛，是节日的一种娱乐活动，它可以给人们带来欢愉和吉利。