Because the Lunar New Yearʹs Eve is "the end of the old year"(舊年尾) and the Spring Festival (known as the Lunar New Year) is "the beginning of the new year"(新年頭), both of them are the biggest festivals of the entire lunar year. On the afternoon of the Lunar New Yearʹs Eve, the ceremony of "Ci Nian" (farewell to the old year, 辭年) will be held by offering sacrifices to the Heaven, the family gods and the ancestors at the altar of the main hall, then to the Stove God in kitchen, finally to the wandering souls and the God of Groundwork at the front door.