How does Russia celebrate the Spring Festival?

Like China, Russian has an ancient folk calendar besides Gregorian calendar. According to the Orthodox calendar, Christmas and New Year are two weeks later than European festivals. In other words, 65438+10.7 is Christmas in Russia; 65438+1October 14 is the Russian new year.

Russia has a long history of celebrating the Gregorian New Year. At first, in fact, the Russian New Year is in March 1 day in early spring every year. Because Russia is close to the North Pole, spring comes later than other regions. At that time, every year on March 1 day, a grand ceremony was held to celebrate the day. 1 At the end of the 5th century, influenced by Byzantium, Russia changed the New Year to 1 every year until 1699. Peter the Great changed it to1today according to the traditional habits of western European countries.

Russian New Year is the biggest and most traditional festival in Russia. Every June 5438+1early October is a carnival day for Russians. New year and Christmas are gathered here for three weeks. In addition to spending money at the dinner table, Russians have long been accustomed to buying New Year gifts, adding joyful decorations, holding family gatherings or traveling abroad. Until the baptism day of 1. 19, people were still in high spirits, continuing to cook delicious dishes and visiting relatives and friends.