What are Chinese New Year superstitions?

 

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What are Chinese New Year superstitions?

Can we eat eggs on New Year's Eve?

Why can't you clean up on New Year's Eve?

Why do you eat pork on New Year's Eve?

What do you do to be happy on New Year's Eve?

Can you wear red on New Year's Eve?

What are Chinese New Year superstitions?

 

According to Chinese superstition, haircuts should be scheduled before the start of the Chinese New Year. Housekeeping should be done before the Chinese New Year to sweep away the bad luck of the past year. No sweeping or dusting is allowed on New Year's Day, lest happiness be swept away.

 

Can we eat eggs on New Year's Eve?

 

In Chinese tradition, white is an unlucky color as it symbolizes death, so all white foods are put out for the celebration. Tofu, eggs, cottage cheese – say goodbye to them for the night. It is said that if you leave food on your plate at the end of the night, the coming year will be a year of plenty.

 

Why can't you clean up on New Year's Eve?

 

According to folklore, when you wash clothes on New Year's Day, you are washing 'for the dead' or washing a loved one - meaning someone in your household will die in the coming year. Get your laundry washed, dried, folded and put away before New Year's Eve.

 

Why do you eat pork on New Year's Eve?

 

The Pennsylvania Dutch, along with many other cultures, believe that eating pork on New Year's Day brings good luck because pigs dig with their snouts in a forward motion. (We want to move forward into the new year, not backward). So our suggestion is that if you want to be lucky in 20, eat pork and sauerkraut.

 

What do you do to be happy on New Year's Eve?

 

7 Happy New Year traditions around the world

 

Keep your money under the rug.

Burn an "old man".

Turn on the oven and put on the music.

do good. Eat well.

Say goodbye to bad luck.

Fill your house with money – and fruit rounds.

Pop some grapes and grab a suitcase.

Can you wear red on New Year's Eve?

 

Wear red for love and passion on New Year Red is one of the main colors on New Year's Eve. You can wear red to bring love and passion into your life during the year coming.

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