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What is the significance of the Spring Festival?

Spring Festival is the New Year of China Lunar New Year, and it is also one of the most important and grand traditional festivals in China. Its significance is various, as follows:

1. Traditional cultural significance: The Spring Festival is one of the traditional festivals of China people, bearing the long-standing cultural traditions and folk customs of China and one of the cultural symbols of the Chinese nation.

2. Go home for the Spring Festival: During the Spring Festival, China people usually go home to reunite with their families and feel the warmth, affection and happiness of their families. This kind of emotion can strengthen the emotional bond between family members and enhance the interaction and connection between families.

3. Chinese New Year: The Spring Festival is also an important day to worship ancestors and gods. People will worship ancestors and gods, pray for ancestors to bless future generations for peace and prosperity, and express the virtue of filial piety to the elderly.

4. Pray for a bumper harvest: The Spring Festival is an important turning point in China's agricultural production season, and people will also pray for a bumper harvest, smooth and smooth agriculture in the coming year.

5. Give each other lucky money: During the Spring Festival, the elders will prepare some lucky money for the younger generation to express their love and blessings. This is also a traditional custom at home.

Generally speaking, the Spring Festival is a festival of unity, joy, sacrifice and traditional culture. It presents China's long history, culture, family ethics and family friendship to people in a unique way, and at the same time places hopes and prayers for a better future.