The Spring Festival is the most solemn and lively traditional festival among the Chinese people. It is the first day of the first lunar month every year, also known as the lunar year; it is also a traditional annual festival.
The Spring Festival, also known as the Lunar New Year, is the beginning of the year and the most solemn traditional festival of the Chinese nation.
New Year's Eve, the last night at the end of the year. The last day at the end of the year is called "Sui Chu", which means to remove the old year and replace it with a new one. So do you know the origin and customs of the Spring Festival? Next, let's go and see together!
Regarding the origin of the Spring Festival, due to the lack of ancient documents, it is impossible to directly verify its origin, but in the historical development and evolution, many stories and legends have been left as its origin.
Pray for good wishes: The word "Nian" in Chinese New Year means a good year and a good harvest. For thousands of years, people have always called a good harvest in the lunar calendar "a good year", and the first day of the first lunar month the "day of the year". First of all, starting one year, it has become one of the grandest traditional festivals of the Chinese nation and even the Chinese in the world.
On September 27, 1949, New China was established. At the first plenary session of the Political Consultative Conference of the Chinese People's Government, the first day of the first lunar month in the Gregorian calendar was designated as New Year's Day, commonly known as the Gregorian calendar year; Therefore, the first month of the lunar calendar must be "Spring Festival", commonly known as the Gregorian calendar year.
Traditions custom
1. Worshiping ancestors
Due to the different customs in various places, the forms of ancestor worship are also different. Some go to the wild to visit the ancestral tomb, some go to the ancestral hall to worship the ancestors, and most of them place the ancestral tablets in the main hall in turn at home, display the offerings, and then the worshipers press the long The younger ones offer incense and kneel down to worship.
2. Post-Spring Festival couplets
While pasting Spring Festival couplets, some families have to paste the character "Fu" on the house door, on the walls, and on the lintel. The word "Fu" refers to blessing and good luck, and it expresses people's yearning for a happy life and wishes for a better future. In order to more fully reflect this yearning and wishes.
3. Set off firecrackers
There is a saying in Chinese folk that "open the door and firecrackers". Promptly when the new year arrives, the first thing that every household opens the door to is exactly to set off firecrackers, to get rid of the old and usher in the new with the sound of firecrackers that beep, beep, beep. Firecrackers are a Chinese specialty, also known as "firecrackers" and "firecrackers". Its origin is very early, and it has a history of more than two thousand years.
4. Eat New Year's Eve dinner
Eating New Year's Eve dinner is the most lively and happy time for every family during the Spring Festival. The New Year's dishes are all prepared a few days ago, and the New Year's Eve dinner must always be prepared by the chef on New Year's Eve. The New Year's Eve dinner is the "longest" meal that Chinese people eat throughout the year, and it is also the most important family banquet for Chinese people.
We have finished the Spring Festival holiday and have devoted ourselves to the intense work of 2023. We sincerely welcome overseas friends to come to China to experience the most solemn traditional festival in China - the Spring Festival!
