After New Year's Eve dinner, the adults play mahjongg or roll dice, while the children wave sparklers and set off bottle rockets--they're having a great time, doing things they're normally not allowed to. Traditionally, Chinese opera companies put on a year-end performance, where the normal roles are all mixed up.
年夜飯後，大人打麻將、擲骰子，小孩放沖天砲、仙女棒，平時不能做的，今晚百無禁忌地放縱起來。傳統戲班子還有所謂的封箱戲，旦角演三花，小生串武旦，顛倒起日常生活秩序。