The origin and customs of the Spring Festival
The Spring Festival, the Chinese Lunar New Year (Chinese New Year), commonly known as "New Year", is a folk festival integrating the old cloth, worship gods, pray for evil spirits, reunion with relatives and friends, celebrating and entertainment and eating.
The Spring Festival has a long history, originated from the original belief and nature worship of early humans, and evolved from the sacrifice of ancient times. All things in heaven, people on the ancestors, worship, worship heaven, the beginning of the newspaper. The origin of the Spring Festival contains profound cultural connotation, and carries rich historical and cultural deposits in the inheritance and development. During the Spring Festival, there are a variety of celebration activities held across the country, with strong local characteristics.
In the early era of observation, according to the time, "handle hui Yin" was the first of the year."Fight handle back Yin" spring back to the earth, the beginning, everything renewal, a new cycle began. In the traditional farming society, the beginning of the spring is of great significance, and has derived from a large number of common culture related to it. In the historical development, although the use of the calendar is different and the first date of the festival is different, but its festival framework and many folk customs along the bearing down. In modern times, people set the Spring Festival on the first day of the first lunar month, but usually not until the 15th day of the first lunar month.
The Spring Festival is the most solemn traditional festival of the Chinese nation. Influenced by the Chinese culture, some countries and regions in the world also have the custom of celebrating the Spring Festival. According to incomplete statistics, nearly 20 countries and regions have designated the Chinese New Year as a legal holiday for the whole or some cities under their jurisdiction. The Spring Festival, Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and known as the four traditional Chinese festivals.