The customs of pasting red paper-cuts, wearing red dresses, hanging red lights, beating drums and gongs, and setting off firecrackers have been carried on from generation to generation.

于是相沿成习，过年的时候要贴红纸，穿红衣，挂红灯，敲锣打鼓，燃放爆竹，据说就是这个缘故。