守岁,是年节各项活动中的最末一个节日了。腊八和送灶都是祀祖祭神的事,守岁则是自己的事。“一夜连双岁,五更分两年”。这一夜是时间的门槛,年序将进入新的一轮,人的年纪将增加一岁;生命,不论是走向盛旺,还是趋向衰亡,古人都异常关注此新旧交接的一刻。大家围炉而坐,彻夜不眠;为了来年好运,他们一边喝着屠苏酒,一边念诵《椒花颂》(古人新年祝 Keeping old age is the last festival of the year. Laba and send stoves are all sacrificial ancestors worship God, keep their own age is their own business. “Even double-night, five more in two years.” This night is the threshold of time, the sequence will enter a new round, the age of one year will increase; life, whether it is to the prosperous, or the trend of decline, the ancients are exceptionally concerned about this moment old and new hand-over. We all sat around the furnace and stayed awake all night; for the good luck of the coming year, they sang the “Song of Songs”