The origin of the Chinese Spring Festival is about a tale. There was a monster called “Nian” in the ancient times of China. “Nian” had tentacles and extremely ferocity. “Nian” lived in deep-sea in the most time except New Year’s Eve. Therefore, people in the village got away from the village to the remote mountain in order to escape “Nian” in New Year’s Eve.

Meanwhile, there was an old beggar told the villager that he can drive “Nian”, and the villagers only gave him some food in return. When “Nian” came into the village he found there was a different atmosphere compared to former years. There were many red papers pasted on the doors and ablaze with lights in the house. “Nian” walked close to the door, suddenly the courtyard came a noise that sounded like firecrackers. “Nian” was greatly frightened and escaped from the village immediately. It turned out that “Nian” scared red, flam, and the noise of firecrackers. Villagers were knowing about the method of driving “Nian” after what the old beggar did.

This is why Chinese people like to paste red couplet and set off the firecrackers, and someplace in China have a custom that people are staying all night in New Year’s Eve, this is called “vigil”.

Several main customs at the Chinese Spring Festival

1. Sacrifice to the Kitchen God. It is a custom that has huge influence and extensive spread in civil.

2. Sweep dust. The meaning of this custom is that sweep all the unlucky out of the house. It is depended on the new wish for the new year.
3. Take a bath. You should take a bath before the new year’s coming, in case of swill out the bad luck in the last year.
4. Paste couplet and Have a reunion dinner. The purpose of this custom is to get family together after the busy year.
5. Give new year money. Elder people in the family should give the new year money to the children.
6. Paste the God of Door. It was an inscribed peach wood made in human shape. Then it turned into drawing a picture pasted on the door.

7.Set off the firecracker. When the new year’s coming the first thing people will do is set off the firecracker. This custom can make the atmosphere more alive.

If you leaf through our web-page of the exhibition, you will find a product called “Chinese Knot Custom Patches“. There is also a traditional custom in Chinese Spring Festival-hang the Chinese knot.

Chinese knot is interwoven with Chinese history from its name. The wisdom, temperament, and interest of Chinese knot is a culture of ancient Chinese civilization. It has the curve of complex shape, but it can restore the most simple 2-D lines; It has the lingering charm of elegant and refined, and it grew out of a basic tool from the beginning of human life.

Chinese knot is also regarding as a kind of conjuration to communicate with spirits. It can achieve the efficacy of frightening evil spirits, such as a propitious knot, panchang knot. This kind of Chinese knot as an amulet condensed the mystery religions’ concept. Therefore, Chinese knot is used extensively in folk and formed an inherent mechanism.

Chinese knot is interwoven with Chinese history from its name. The wisdom, temperament, and interest of Chinese knot is a culture of ancient Chinese civilization. It has the curve of complex shape, but it can restore the most simple 2-D lines; It has the lingering charm of elegant and refined, and it grew out of a basic tool from the beginning of human life.

Chinese knot is also regarding as a kind of conjuration to communicate with spirits. It can achieve the efficacy of frightening evil spirits, such as a propitious knot, panchang knot. This kind of Chinese knot as an amulet condensed the mystery religions’ concept. Therefore, Chinese knot is used extensively in folk and formed an inherent mechanism.

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