Detailed Introduction
Lunar New Year is Taiwan's most important traditional holiday with customs spanning weeks.
**Reunion Dinner**: Families gather on New Year's Eve for a feast featuring auspicious dishes: long-leaf mustard greens (longevity), fish (abundance), radish (good fortune), and rice cake (prosperity).
**Red Envelopes**: Elders give money in red envelopes to children, symbolizing blessings and warding off evil. Married adults also give to their parents.
**Spring Couplets**: Red paper scrolls with auspicious phrases adorn doorways. The character for 'spring' or 'fortune' is often hung upside-down, as the word for 'upside-down' sounds like 'arrived.'
**Daily Customs**: Day 1 - visit temples and wear new clothes. Day 2 - married daughters visit parents. Day 3 - stay home. Day 4 - welcome gods back to earth. Day 5 - businesses reopen and welcome the God of Wealth.