What activities are there for the Spring Festival?

Beginning of spring's solar festival activities include welcoming spring and offering sacrifices to ancestors and Ju Mang gods.

Spring Festival is an important activity that begins in spring, and it must be prepared and rehearsed in advance, commonly known as spring performance. The Spring Festival was held the day before beginning of spring, with the aim of bringing back spring and Ju Mang. In Dianshizhai Pictorial in the late Qing Dynasty, "Turtles report spring" and "bronze drums drive away epidemics" were important activities that began in the Spring Festival at that time.

In many areas, beginning of spring offered sacrifices to his ancestors. For example, Guangdong's "Xin 'an County Records" says: "People are related to ancestral temples. "When I was in beginning of spring, the food dedicated to my ancestors was also very special. Linying County records that beginning of spring's sacrifice is called biting spring.

Ju Mang is the god of spring, that is, the god of plants and life. Ju Mang's image is a bird with a face. He abides by the rules and is in charge of spring affairs. During the Zhou Dynasty, the East Hall was set up to welcome the Spring Festival, which shows that there is a long history of offering sacrifices to Ju Mang.

Historical origin of solar terms in beginning of spring;

Beginning of spring solar terms are the product of ancient farming civilization, which plays an extremely important role in the traditional farming society in China. Before the Qin and Han Dynasties, the customs and cultures of the north and the south were different. In some places, the first day of the lunar calendar is not the first day of the lunar calendar, but beginning of spring and beginning of spring have 24 solar terms.

For the traditional farming society, beginning of spring is the beginning of a year. Beginning of spring is one of the four stands, reflecting the change of winter and spring, with spring growing in summer and autumn harvesting in winter. Beginning of spring marks the end of winter when everything is hidden, and begins to enter the spring when everything is warm and sunny.