When did the Spring Festival begin?

The Spring Festival is from the first year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. 104. It has been 1900 years. After the establishment of the Republic of China in the Revolution of 1911, it was changed to the solar calendar, that is, the year of the AD, and the first day of the first lunar month was designated as the Spring Festival.

The history of China people celebrating the Spring Festival can be traced back to the Yao and Shun era, but the Spring Festival was not in the first month. By the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, it was determined that the first day of the first lunar month, that is, "Year", was the Spring Festival, which has been used ever since. After the Spring Festival, China began to adopt the Gregorian calendar, which was called "New Year's Day" and "January Day" in ancient times. Renamed "Spring Festival travel rush".

The Spring Festival embodies the alternation of the old and the new in natural time and space, and has a beautiful meaning of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, praying for blessings, being grateful and having a family reunion. In fact, no matter how customs change, the Spring Festival is always a reunion festival that China people attach importance to.