The high tide after the New Year's Eve dinner is the gift money given to children by the seniors （In Chinese the money is called Yasuiqian. Then Spring festival couplets and door god images are pasted on the doors. Then people close their doors and sit up throughout the night until the next morning when they open the door to usher in the 'God of Wealth'. The light is on all night on New Year's Eve, so it is referred to as 'bright year'.

The customs on News on New Year's Eve in various places are much the same, but some regions have their local features, for instance, in Suzhou, Beijing, Taiwan, etc.