The Significance of Spring Festival, a Traditional Festival in China

The significance of the Spring Festival is as follows:

1, Spring Festival is an important carrier of the excellent tradition of Chinese culture, which contains the wisdom and crystallization of Chinese culture and embodies the life pursuit and emotional sustenance of China people. "Going home for the New Year" is the gathering of relatives, the baptism of spirit and the renewal of ethical relations.

2. Spring Festival is the knot of China culture. In the old society, Beijingers had to eat water chestnuts during the Spring Festival. The homonym of water chestnuts is "Must be neat", which means that relatives must be complete during the Spring Festival. People gather their feelings, wishes, ethics and beliefs on this festival, so that the Spring Festival is not a simple time point, but an important force to symbolize national culture and unite national feelings.

Celebrating the Spring Festival is a review and encouragement of peace, friendship and affection, and a blessing and prayer for a better life in the future. Spring Festival culture is China culture and oriental culture with a long history. The charm of the Spring Festival is the charm of China, the charm of the East and the charm of world civilization. The Spring Festival in China is a contribution to world civilization and a gift to all mankind.

The Origin of the Spring Festival

In China, the beginning of the Lunar New Year is called the Spring Festival. It is the most solemn traditional festival of China people, and it also symbolizes unity, prosperity and new hope for the future. According to records, the people of China have celebrated the Spring Festival for more than 4,000 years, which was initiated by Yu Shun. One day more than two thousand years BC, Shun became emperor and led his men to worship heaven and earth. People regard this day as the beginning of a year. Later, the government of the Republic of China officially defined the Spring Festival as the first day of the first month. The Spring Festival used to be called New Year's Day, and the month in which it was held was called January.