What festival is January 1st?

January 1st refers to the first day of the first lunar month, which is the traditional Spring Festival in China.

On this day, there are many traditional folk activities in China, including posting Spring Festival couplets and door gods and setting off firecrackers on New Year's Eve. See Shu Shun Dian: "The moon is on the right day, and Shunge is in Wen Zu."

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The Spring Festival, that is, the Lunar New Year, is the beginning of a year and the traditional "festival of the year". There are many nicknames for the Spring Festival, including Spring Festival, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve and so on. It is also called "New Year's Eve", "New Year's Eve" and "New Year's Eve" verbally. The Spring Festival has a long history, which evolved from the sacrificial activities at the beginning of ancient times.

As an important part of the long history and culture of the Chinese nation, the Spring Festival reflects the rich social and cultural life of the ancient people and has accumulated profound historical and cultural connotations.

In ancient times, people had a "busy year" from La Worship or sacrificial stoves on the 23rd or 24th of the twelfth lunar month until the 19th of the first month. In modern times, people set the Spring Festival on the first day of the first lunar month, but it generally doesn't end until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month (Lantern Festival).

The Spring Festival is a joyful and peaceful festival, a day for family and friends to get together, and a bond for people to deepen their feelings. At the same time, it is also an important carrier to release people's emotions and satisfy people's psychological demands, and it is the annual carnival and eternal spiritual pillar of the Chinese nation. Before the Spring Festival, people who stay indoors try to go home to reunite with their loved ones and enjoy family happiness.

The Spring Festival is the most solemn traditional festival of the Chinese nation. During the Spring Festival, all kinds of activities to celebrate the Spring Festival will be held all over the country, with a lively and festive atmosphere. These activities are mainly to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, welcome the new year and receive the blessings, worship the gods and ancestors, and pray for a bumper harvest. They are rich in forms and have strong national characteristics.

Influenced by China culture, some countries and nationalities belonging to the Chinese character cultural circle also have the custom of 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.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Spring Festival