The Spring Festival is the beginning of the lunar calendar. Another name of the Spring Festival is Chinese New Year. It is the most grand, lively and important ancient traditional festival in China
Day is also a unique festival for Chinese people. It is the most concentrated expression of Chinese civilization. Since the Western Han Dynasty, the custom of Spring Festival has continued to this day.
Spring Festival generally refers to New Year's Eve and the first day of the first month. But in the folk, the traditional Spring Festival refers to the festival on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month or the 23rd or 20th day of the twelfth lunar month
The sacrificial kitchen of the Fourth lunar month lasted until the 15th day of the first lunar month, with New Year's Eve and the first day of the first lunar month as the climax. How to celebrate this festival
During the exhibition, some relatively fixed customs and habits were formed, many of which are still handed down today. During the traditional Spring Festival, the Han people and
Most ethnic minorities have to hold various celebration activities, most of which are connected with the worship of God Buddha, the memorial of ancestors, the removal of the old and the new, and the celebration of the jubilee
Blessing and praying for a bumper year are the main contents. The activities are rich and colorful, with strong national characteristics. May 20, 2006, "Spring Festival"
It was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage.
There is a legend about the origin of the Spring Festival. In ancient China, there was a monster called "Nian", which had long tentacles and was extremely fierce. "Years" are long and deep
He lives at the bottom of the sea and only climbs ashore on New Year's Eve, swallowing livestock and injuring people. Therefore, on New Year's Eve, people in every village escape with their young and old
Deep in the mountain to avoid being hurt by the beast Nian. One New Year's Eve, an old beggar came from outside the village. The villagers were in a panic
An old woman in the east of the village gave the old man some food and advised him to go up the mountain to avoid the Nian beast. The old man stroked his beard and smiled: "If the old woman let me stay in the
If I stay at home all night, I will drive Nian away. "The old lady still continued to persuade the old beggar to laugh without saying anything. At midnight, the" Nian "beast
Break into the village. It found that the atmosphere in the village was different from that in previous years: the wife's wife's home in the east of the village, with big red paper on the door and bright candles in the house. "Nian" beast is all over
Shake and make a strange cry. As he approached the door, there was a sudden explosion sound of "Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang" in the yard. Nian shuddered and dared not move forward
Yes. It turned out that Nian was most afraid of red, fire and explosion. At this time, the door of my mother-in-law's house was wide open, and I saw an old man in a red robe in the hospital
Ha, laugh. "Nian" was shocked and ran away. The next day was the first day of the first lunar month. The people who came back from the refuge were very surprised to see that the village was safe and sound
Odd. At this time, the wife suddenly realized that she had told the villagers about the promise of the old beggar. This matter soon spread in the surrounding villages
People know how to drive out Nian beast. (Hakka legend) Every New Year's Eve since then, every family has pasted red couplets and set off firecrackers:
The candles are bright and bright, and you can wait for the year to come. In the early morning of the first day of the lunar new year, I will go to visit friends to say hello. This custom has become the most weightless among Chinese people
Traditional festivals.
