post-Spring Festival feast custom; treating guests after New Year
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1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
custom of hosting a feast for relatives and neighbors after the Spring Festival; post-New Year entertainment
archaicRefers to a traditional folk custom, particularly common in rural areas in the past, where families would invite relatives, friends, and neighbors to a banquet after the Spring Festival (usually between the 2nd and 15th day of the first lunar month) to celebrate the new year, exchange greetings, and strengthen community bonds. This custom has gradually declined in modern urban life.
Guò过
qù去
zài在
nóng农
cūn村
，
qǐng请
chūn春
kè客
shì是
guò过
nián年
qī期
jiān间
de的
zhòng重
yào要
xí习
sú俗
。
In the past in rural areas, hosting post-New Year feasts was an important custom during the holiday period.
Dà大
nián年
chū初
wǔ五
，
tā他
men们
jiā家
kāi开
shǐ始
qǐng请
chūn春
kè客
，
bǎi摆
le了
wǔ五
zhuō桌
jiǔ酒
xí席
。
On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, their family began entertaining guests, setting up five tables of banquet food.
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Zhè这
zhǒng种
qǐng请
chūn春
kè客
de的
xí习
sú俗
xiàn现
zài在
yǐ已
bù不
duō多
jiàn见
le了
。
This custom of post-New Year feasting is rarely seen nowadays.