《“破五”》
民俗專家解釋說，“破五”是送年的意思，過了這一天，一切就慢慢恢復到大年三十以前的狀態。
“破五”的來歷至今眾口不一。據《封神榜》所說，姜子牙封神，把背叛他的妻子封為“窮神”，令她“逢破即歸”。神話傳說中，姜子牙的妻子是很讓人討厭的背夫之婦，封了窮神以后，就更讓人討厭了。所以人們就在正月初五這一天“破”她，讓她馬上滾回去。
舊時，初一到初五民間有很多迷信禁忌，如不得用生米做飯、婦女不能動針線、不能打掃衛生、不能打碎東西等。在過了初五之后，這些禁忌即告解除，所以把這一天稱為“破五”。
臘月三十到正月初五以前，一般是不允許搞衛生的，垃圾只能先放在屋里的拐角處。特別大年初一，一掃帚也不能動，否則就會將好運氣弄掉。可到“破五”這天，卻非徹底地搞一回大掃除不可。在垃圾被掃出大門的同時，鞭炮也從屋里放到了屋外。
大年初五這天，民間通行的食俗是吃餃子，俗稱“捏小人嘴”。因為包餃子時，要用手一下挨一下地沿著餃子邊捏。據說，這樣可以規避周圍讒言。婦女們在這天還要找出幾件舊衣服來拆拆，謂之“拆小人”。據說，這樣可以免霉運。此外，有些地方餃子里還要包上錢、棗、糖等，寓意發財、好運早來、甜蜜和美。
春節習俗英文簡介Customs of the Spring Festival
The Spring Festival is a traditional Chinese festival and also the most important one of the whole year. Through the evolvement of thousands of years， a series of customs are spreading far and wide.
貼年畫 Pasting New Year Prints
The custom of pasting New Year Prints originated from the tradition of placing Door Gods on the external doors of houses. With the creation of board carvings， New Year paintings cover a wide range of subjects. The most famous ones are Door Gods， Surplus Year after Year， Three Gods of Blessing， Salary and Longevity， An Abundant Harvest of Crops， Thriving Domestic Animals and Celebrating Spring. Four producing areas of New Year Print are Tɑohuɑwu of Suzhou， Yɑngliuqing of Tianjin， Wuqiɑng of Hebei and Weifang of Shangdong. Now the tradition of pasting New Year paintings is still kept in rural China， while it is seldom followed in cities.
吃餃子 Having Jiaozi
On New Year’s Eve， the whole family will sit together to make jiaozi and celebrate the Spring Festival. The shape of jiaozi is like gold ingot from ancient China. So people eat them and wish for money and treasure. The tradition of having jiaozi is very important during the Spring Festival. You cannot have a complete Spring Festival without having jiaozi. (See page 82 for more information about "jiaozi”)
新春祝福
取真經，降妖除怪千鈞棒; 酬壯志，涉水拔山萬里程。
強國富民歌駿馬，倡廉反腐頌金猴。
羊毫書美德; 猴棒掃邪風。
年豐人壽羊得草 花好月圓猴采桃
羊尾宜拖兵燼去 猴頭須帶太平來
金猴獻禮，家家順利 玉燕嬉春，九州鋪錦 喜鵲鬧春，事事吉祥 金猴賀歲，一國呈祥
金猴獻瑞財源廣 銀樹呈祥花果碩
羊舞豐收歲 金猴方啟歲 猴吟錦繡春 綠柳又催春