In addition to posting peach charms, door patches, and spring couplets, Wuxi also hangs clocks and kuisi elephants during the New Year to ward off sneaky spirits throughout the year. Legend has it that Zhong Kui is good at catching ghosts. This custom probably began in the Tang Dynasty. Many people in Wuxi still have the custom of hanging red couplets with auspicious phrases on their door lintels and hanging paper-cut door slips. In Wuxi area, it is popular to eat cakes and silk dumplings on the morning of New Year's Day, which means reunion and promotion. In addition, noodles are eaten, which means longevity and everlasting spring. It is a custom in Wuxi that when children arrive during the New Year, the host must bring tea, snacks, and candies as gifts. Relatives and friends who have children who come to pay New Year greetings will be given lucky money. When a new son-in-law goes to his mother-in-law's house to pay New Year's greetings, he usually chooses the third day of the lunar new year. The third day of the Lunar New Year is called the Xiaonian Dynasty, and you cannot sweep the floor, beg for fire, or draw water, which is the same as the New Year's Day customs. There is another custom in Wuxi that is slightly different from other places, that is, any birthday celebrations for 60th, 70th, or 80th birthdays are held during the Spring Festival instead of birthday celebrations. Many places have the custom of not sweeping the floor on New Year's Day, and this is also the case in Wuxi. It is believed that sweeping the floor will sweep away the wealth. Even if the floor is swept on the second day of the first lunar month, the garbage cannot be taken out. Instead, it is piled in the corner of the house until the first half of the first lunar month, which is called "gathering wealth." It is a custom not to ask for fire or water from others, nor to use knives or scissors, nor to dump sewage or feces. Before going to bed on New Year's Day, two or three blasts of firecrackers will be fired. People in Wuxi go to bed early on this day. If there are children who are too playful and refuse to go to bed, parents often coax their children and say: "Go to bed early and listen to the old bugs making love tonight." Wuxi's old customs attach great importance to the weather on New Year's Day, and often use the weather on this day to predict the harvest of the next year.

Special Activities

Wuxi has many festivals throughout the year and is suitable for travel, especially April to October, which is the golden season for travel. The main tourist festivals include: Taibo Temple Fair: February 4-6, Wuxi International Plum Culture Festival in Meicun Town, Xishan District: March, Plum Garden Wuxi Yangshan Peach Blossom Festival: March-April, Xigaoshan Temple Fair in Yangshan Town :April 19-21, Cherry Blossom Tour of Wu Cultural Park: April-May, Yuantouzhu Yixing Ceramic Art Festival: May, various scenic spots in Yixing City Taihu Tourism Festival: September-October, various scenic spots in Taihu Lake in Wuxi In addition There are also: Taihu Mid-Autumn Moon Appreciation, Mashan International Fishing Festival, Wudi Cricket Festival, International Croquet Invitational Tournament, and Xu Xiake Cultural Tourism Festival.

New Year in Wuxi

The Spring Festival is the most solemn traditional festival for the people of Wuxi. It is an old custom in Wuxi to open the door on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year and blast three door-opening firecrackers. Eating cakes, dumplings, and noodles for breakfast means reunion, promotion, longevity, and everlasting spring. On this day, we only eat leftovers from the next New Year's Eve, which means "surplus". When eating, one cannot pour rice with soup or eat porridge for fear of being caught in the rain when going out. It is also forbidden to beg for fire or water from your neighbors. You are warned not to curse, not to get angry, not to say unlucky words, and to pray for peace and good fortune throughout the year.

During the Spring Festival, the younger generation first pays New Year greetings to their elders, and then goes to the homes of relatives and friends to express New Year greetings. When relatives and friends meet for the first time, they say "Congratulations on the new happiness", "Congratulations on getting rich", "Congratulations" and other words to congratulate each other. The new son-in-law usually chooses to visit his parents-in-law’s house for New Year greetings on the third day of the Lunar New Year. Starting from the time when an elderly person reaches 60 years old, a banquet will be held during the Spring Festival every ten years to celebrate.