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Material content of Spring Festival handwritten newspaper
Spring Festival Manuscripts —— The Origin of Spring Festival
In modern folk customs, celebrating the Spring Festival is also called Chinese New Year. In fact, the origin of Chinese New Year and Spring Festival is very different.
So how did the year come from? There are mainly two kinds of folk sayings: one is that there was a fierce monster called Nian in ancient times, which went door to door on the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month, foraging for human flesh and killing creatures. On the night of the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month, Nian came to a village. It happened that two cowboys were fighting for a whip. Nian suddenly heard the sound of whipping in mid-air and ran away in fear. It fled to another village and saw a bright red dress drying in front of the door. It didn't know what it was, so it turned around and ran away. Later, he came to a village, looked into the door of a family, and saw that the lights were brightly lit and dizzy, so he had to slip away again, with his tail between his legs. From this, people realized that Nian has the weakness of being afraid of noise, red and light, so they thought of many ways to resist it and gradually evolved into the custom of celebrating the New Year today.
Another way of saying this is that ancient calligraphy books in China put the word "Nian" in the Ministry of Grain, which means good weather and good harvest. Because cereal crops are usually harvested once a year. "Year" is extended to the name of the year.
Although there was a custom of Spring Festival in ancient China, it was not called Spring Festival at that time. Because the Spring Festival referred to at that time refers to the "beginning of spring" among the 24 solar terms.
The Northern and Southern Dynasties generally referred to the Spring Festival as the whole spring. It is said that the Lunar New Year was officially named Spring Festival after the Revolution of 1911. Because the solar calendar was used at that time, the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar had to be renamed the Spring Festival in order to distinguish between farmers and farmers.
What are the customs during the Spring Festival?
1, paste couplets
Spring Festival couplets are also called door couplets, spring stickers, couplets, couplets and peach symbols. They depict the background of the times and express good wishes with neat, dual, concise and delicate words, which are unique literary forms in China. During the Spring Festival, every household will put up couplets to celebrate the arrival of the New Year. This custom began in the Song Dynasty and was popular in the Ming Dynasty. By the Qing Dynasty, the ideological and artistic quality of Spring Festival couplets had been greatly improved. Liang Zhangju's Spring Festival couplets book The Story of Threshold Couplets discusses the origin of couplets and the characteristics of various works.
Step 2 clean the dust
"On the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, dust sweeps the house". According to Lv Chunqiu, China had the custom of sweeping dust during the Spring Festival in the Yao and Shun era. The meaning of sweeping dust is to sweep away all bad luck and bad luck, and hope that life will be better in the coming year.
4. Happy New Year
On the first day of the new year, people get up early, put on the most beautiful clothes, dress neatly, go out to visit relatives and friends, and wish each other good luck in the coming year. When paying New Year greetings during the Spring Festival, the younger generation should first pay New Year greetings to their elders and wish them health and longevity. The elders can distribute the lucky money prepared in advance to the younger generation. It is said that lucky money can kill evil spirits, because "old" and "special" are homophonic, and the younger generation can spend a year safely with lucky money.
5, shou sui
In our country, people have the habit of observing the New Year's Eve, commonly known as "forbearing the Year". Watching the new year begins with eating New Year's Eve dinner. This New Year's Eve dinner should be eaten slowly, starting with lighting lanterns, and some families have to eat it until late at night. According to Zonggu's records of Jingchu's age, there was a custom of New Year's Eve dinner at least in the Northern and Southern Dynasties. The custom of observing the old age not only includes the feeling of farewell and nostalgia for the fleeting time, but also expresses the good hope for the coming New Year.
6. Eat New Year's Eve dinner
Eating New Year's Eve is the most lively and enjoyable time for every household in the Spring Festival. On New Year's Eve, a table of rich Chinese New Year's dishes, family reunion, sitting around the table and having a reunion dinner, I really can't tell you the sense of fulfillment in my heart.
7. Give lucky money
Give lucky money, which is given by the elders to the younger generation. In some families, everyone is not allowed to leave the table after eating. When everyone has finished eating, the elders will give it to the younger generation to encourage their children and grandchildren to learn and improve in the new year.
8. ancestor worship
In ancient times, ancestor worship was very popular Due to different local customs and habits, the forms of ancestor worship are also different. Some go to the wild to sweep graves, and some go to the ancestral temple to worship their ancestors. Most of them put their ancestral tablets in the main hall in turn at home to show their worship, and then worshippers worship them in order of age.
9. set off firecrackers
Firecrackers, there is a folk saying in China called "Open the door and set off firecrackers". That is, when the new year comes, the first thing for every household to open the door is to set off firecrackers to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. Firecracker is a specialty of China, also known as "Firecracker", "Firecracker" and "Firecracker". Its origin is very early, and it has a history of more than two thousand years. Setting off firecrackers can create a festive and lively atmosphere, which is a kind of entertainment in festivals and can bring happiness and good luck to people. Wang Anshi wrote in his poem "January Day": "With firecrackers, the spring breeze warms Tu Su. Thousands of families always change new peaches for old ones every day. " It depicts the grand festival scene of China people celebrating the Spring Festival.
Spring Festival poems
1, a year has passed. -Mao Kun's "Yu Lou Chun Ji Mao Yuanri"
I called back to the north last night and set out from the east today. -Meng Haoran's "Tian Jia Yuan Day"
3 ... Night gives way to the ocean of the sun, and the old year melts in freshness. -Wang Wan's berth at the foot of Beibao Mountain.
It's only seven days in spring, and I've been away from home for two years. -Xue Daoheng's "Homecoming"
5, wax goose candle is like silver. -Li Ciming's New Year's Works of Guiwei in Linjiang County
6. It's really adding to the sorrow. Wan Li has been lovesick all night. -To Siniperca chuatsi "Except Night"
7. Besides firecrackers, the spring breeze also brings warmth to Tu Su. -Wang Anshi's January Day
8. Que Yin and Yan Yin tell about the New Year, but so far it is Ma Town and Longqiu. -Huang Furan's Spring Thoughts
9. Everything comes to spring to send residual wax, and at the end of the year. -Dai Fugu's "Except Night"
10, Ba Shen was ordered to adjust Jinding, rejuvenating the country in one breath. -Qu You's Tu Su wine.
1 1. Make a pot of fire with bamboo and listen to the praise of pepper at the end of the year. -Dai Fugu's "Except Night"
12, eye disease, lack of sleep, not keeping the old age, loving the old, and spring. -Bai Juyi's "Except Night"
13, I don't want to meet, but I want to talk. The famous articles are all people. -Wen Zhiming's "Happy New Year"
14, thousands of families always change new peaches into old ones. -Wang Anshi's January Day
15, the hometown is a thousand miles away tonight, and it is another year of the Ming Dynasty. -Gao Shi "Night Shift"
16. this year's lantern festival, the moon and lights are still the same. -Ouyang Xiu's Life Inspector Yuan Xi
17, Tu Su's half lamp hasn't been lifted yet, and the peach blossom symbol is written on the grass in front of it. -Lu You's Snow Removal at Night
18, Xiao Shu's white hair is not full of ups and downs, and the old-age stove is actually sleepless. -Kong's New Year's Day in Wu Jia
19, one bottle of wine a year old, except in court, and the clothes are used to comfort the screen. -Money "Ding Mao Yuan Ri"
20. On New Year's Eve, people don't sleep and are tired of being depressed to welcome the New Year. -Fan Chengda's "Selling Dementia"
2 1, I came to Fang Jie. When I got up from the sofa, I was very happy. -Li Bai's Spring Tour of Shangzhou and Pei Shijun
22. Every night, I groan, and my children snicker frequently in front of the lamp. -Huang Jingren's New Year's Eve
23. The Jade Rabbit will come to the door and bless you everywhere. Firecrackers laugh every day, and happy events are heard early. -Loulis "Happy New Year"
24. Happy New Year. Fireworks can be set off for nine days. Jin Longteng Yuyu, six fertile fields. -Jiangnan Firefly "New Year"
25. At the beginning of the Spring Festival, the dew was adjusted and jade was practiced. -anonymous "Jiao Miao Qu". Five suburban sports. Shuhe "
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