Calendar when is the Spring Festival in 2020?

Headed by Hundred Festivals, the Spring Festival is the most solemn traditional festival of the Chinese nation, which not only embodies the Chinese nation's ideological beliefs, ideals and ambitions, life, entertainment and cultural psychology, but also shows activities such as blessing, eating and entertainment in a carnival way. Influenced by China culture, some countries and regions in the world also have the custom of celebrating the Spring Festival.

Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival are also called the four traditional festivals in China. The folk custom of Spring Festival was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

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Legends about the Spring Festival

According to folklore, during the Spring Festival, a wild animal named Nian, also known as Xi, will come out in winter. Nian beast comes and goes once a year. This day is called "Lunar New Year" (the year has arrived), and the night of the Lunar New Year is called "New Year's Eve" (except at night).

Nian beast "Xi" is very fierce, walking around in the middle of the night and eating people. In order to avoid Nian beast, the ancestors of Yanhuang reunited with their families and sat around to resist Nian beast. Because the Nian beast comes once a year, the ancestors of Yanhuang have explored the tricks of struggle in countless struggles. Although the Nian beast is fierce, it is afraid of red, fire and loud noise.

Therefore, every household sticks red couplets at the door, lights bonfires and sets off firecrackers at the door. Nian Beast saw the red couplets posted on other people's doors, and there was a red fire and firecrackers roaring at the door, and they would also pay New Year greetings to their elders, so they drove Nian Beast away.

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