On the first day on Chinese New Year, everybody will wear the new cloth and the most happiness is children because they will get red packet or “Ang Pao” from adult and parent. Those who are married will give the red packet to children or those who not yet marry. After that family will go house by house to greeting. Start from relative then after go neighbours house.
In the first day, some of the family will call lion dance to their house to perform. From the history, lion is the king of animal and lion dance performance is to get away from others bad beast because when lion dance perform, it will have drum and gong sound then the beast will scared and lion dance bring good luck to the place and for all family.
In the first day have many taboo in Chinese New Year. The first is we cannot use scissors and wash our hair it is because we will cut and wash away our fortune. The second is we cannot sweep floor, and the rubbish cannot be throw away and should keep it and wait until fifth day just throw it. It is because people believe that our good fortune will be swept away. All broom, brushes, duster and other cleaning equipment should keep it. Next is we cannot greet those who are still sleep, we should wait until they awake just greet if not believe that they will sick whole year. Those women are married cannot back their own parent house at first day to prevent their parent become poor whole year. First day we also cannot wash our cloth because of the rain god.
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