Chinese Luna New Year has many customs and traditions such as wearing red, having a big feast on New Year's Eve, performing dragon dances, and lighting firecrackers to scare away evil spirits and bring in good luck. Some taboos during this time include cleaning the house before midnight, married women meeting their in-laws, children crying, and washing one's hair on New Year's Day as these are believed to bring bad luck.

1. Chinese Luna New Year:
Customs, Traditions and Taboos
Made by :
Eric Lam
Henry Fong
Candice Zheng

2. Customs and traditions such as:
• Wearing Red
• Big Feast new year’s eve
• Dragon Dance
• Firecrackers

3. Wearing Red
Red represents good luck
and happiness for the
new year.

4. Big Feast
A big feast is eaten new year’s eve to show
love and compassion.

5. Dragon Dance
A dragon dance is
performed to chase away
evil spirits

6. Firecrackers
Firecrackers are lit in the
streets to scare away evil
spirits, bringing in good luck

7. Taboos:
• Cleaning the house
• Married house wives
• Children crying
• Washing hair

8. Cleaning the House
The house must be
cleaned before the
new year and when
sweeping, it must not
be out toward the door
because it’s bad luck.

9. Married House Wives
Married house
wives cannot meet
their in-laws on new
year’s day because
it foretells a troublesome
relationship to your
husband/wife and
to your in-laws.

10. Children Crying
The tears of
children is
believed to be
bad luck for all
of the family so
parents are not
allowed to spank
or discipline children
on new year’s day.

11. Washing Hair
Washing hair on new year’s
day is not prohibited
because you are washing
away all the good fortune
from the new year.