Santa Claus has just bid farewell to the New Year's bell has sounded. No matter which country is the world's people, all of the new year full of hope, beautiful. In this welcome addition to the old days, people all around the world for its ingenuity and a distinctive way to welcome the New Year's arrival.
Germany: wallet put scales climb pray for good luck
German people's New Year's Day very seriously, they believe is directly related to New Year's Day gone well with good luck next year. In the New Year's Eve night, people lit lamps, sensational fireworks to "Town demon slayer," New Year. New Year before the bell rang, many Germans climb up on the chair, until the bell came, they jumped out to go behind the chair in order to show rejection to the disaster. In Germany rural areas, spread a kind of custom --- tree-climbing competitions, the better luck is said to climb higher each year will climb the highest known as "New Year's Hero" by other people's envy.
German New Year's Day there is the custom of wearing new clothes, they think the New Year for new clothes, everything is wishful; New Year chaos dressing, the year does not go smoothly. In addition, they will also put a few slices of fish scale wallet inside, because scales are New Year's mascot, indicating that rolling financial resources; a lot of people also horseshoe nails on the wall, used to "drive off evil demon."
English: fighting over who gets to play well water to greet friends and relatives at night
In the UK, up until the time comes at midnight, people began the great tradition of New Year's activities, each family regarded the door open, took out black bread already prepared entertain guests. The first visitor is generally considered a symbol of luck the new year, if the first guest was a black-haired man, or a happy, happy and affluent people, the owner will be lucky to go good luck throughout the year; if the first guest is a light yellow hair, woman, or a sad, poor, unfortunate people, the owner will be in the new year has been bad luck, will encounter difficulties and disasters.
New Year's playing well water is a popular village in central England has long been the custom, said to the first one who hit well water is a new year blessed person, call the water is auspicious water, so New Year's Day early in the morning, people vying to carrying a bucket to the well, embarked.
France: drinking speech the old year's harvest wind Bu
France's New Year's Day was originally April 1 each year, until 1564, King Charles IX only then it is converted to January 1. New Year's Eve, the French the family reunion, and sit around tables and swig champagne, according to tradition, every family in the night should drink wine all the possession in order to avoid that there would be movement; all people should be drunk, so a new one years before there is a new beginning. January 1 early in the morning, parents give their children issued a "New Year's money" to show love and care for their children.
French people think that New Year's day, the weather of the year for that year indicates. New Year's Day morning to see them on the streets of divining the direction of the wind: blowing southerly harbinger of good weather, this year will be safe and hot; blowing westerly winds, there is a fishing harvest; blowing wind, fruit will yield; blowing northerly, then is the lean years.
Brazil: Climbing find happiness to meet the ear pulling
New Year's bell sounded, the Brazilian holding torches, swarming mountain climbing, they are scrambling to find a symbol of happiness Jinhua fruit, this activity is called "find happiness." It is said that only the bull by the horns of the people, to find this rare fruit. In rural areas, there is a unique New Year customs --- pulling each ear, one in the New Year's Day meeting, we will energetically grabbed each other's ears, of blessings.
Belgium: People to livestock Happy New Year
In Belgium, people on New Year's morning the first thing to do is to give livestock last few years, the Belgians will come to cattle, sheep, and their own pet dogs and cats around, all apparent seriousness, to their greeting: "Happy New Year!"
Italy, people believe that the sound reaching the sky can be evil on New Year's Eve, New Year's wishful obtained, so people kept the night of fireworks and firecrackers, but also all those who can willfully break the broken things, small dishes, large cylinder altar, and put fragments were all thrown on the street. New Year's Day, each household must be in the house fired a furnace stir, and the whole day can not be extinguished. Italy, people believe that the fire from the sun, broken New Year's Day fire in the coming year will not see the light, would bring bad luck.
Mexico: not allowed to laugh before the coming New Year's
Mexico's New Year's customs a bit strange that people in the New Year's Day comes is prohibited laugh. Mexicans are divided into 18 months of the year, about 20 days a month, according to traditional customs, good luck if you want to get a year within the last five days is not funny.
The history of this nation of immigrants did not last long, so folk New Year's Day celebrations and other countries, is relatively flat compared with, in addition to carnival, and eat and drink, most people stay home and watch TV or up late. But California has other features to celebrate New Year's Day, New Year is approaching, the streets everywhere arrayed roses, dozens of cars carrying flowers decorate the floats of young girl wearing a dress slowly by. People will then be elected during the festive season and the Rose Princess Rose Queen, in the appreciation of beauty is greeting the New Year.
Spain: everyone scramble for grapes
In Spain, when the New Year's Eve 12:00 First Sound of the bell started knocking, people are fighting over who gets grapes, if they can eat according to the bell 12, it symbolizes the New Year safely wishful every month, and each grape stars There are different meanings, such as the first one, "pray for peace," the fifth stars "harmony", the sixth her "refuge", the seventh her "illnesses" ... ...
New Year's day, the Spanish parents, in particular, "Mercy," they will meet all the demands of their children because, according to local customs, the children curse, fight and cry all bad omens. At the same time, the majority of Spaniards who will bring a gold coin or coins to show their good luck.
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