What does it mean to catch up with the New Year?

Catching the New Year is a traditional festival of Tujia nationality. Tujia people celebrate the New Year one day earlier than Han people, so it is called "catching up with the New Year".

Tujia Spring Festival is also called "Annual Meeting". Tujia people celebrate the New Year one or several days earlier than Han people. The big month is the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, and the small month is the 28th of the twelfth lunar month. Some celebrate the Spring Festival on 26th and 27th, so it is called "catching up with the Spring Festival". Tujia people are very rich in catching up with the Spring Festival. The table was filled with traditional Tujia delicacies such as bacon, sausage and Ciba, and the whole family laughed and laughed.

The origin of Tujia people catching up with the New Year

Celebrating the New Year is the most prominent custom of Tujia nationality. Celebrating the New Year means celebrating the New Year on the day before New Year's Eve. According to textual research, the reason why Tujia people celebrate the New Year one day earlier is related to the war.

During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, the Japanese invaders ran rampant in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian, and the imperial court issued a crusade to severely punish the Japanese pirates. Tujia people responded positively and went to the front to fight. At the end of the year, the toast king decided to celebrate the New Year one day earlier and then go out to kill the enemy. Later, he set up "the first meritorious service in Southeast China" and was awarded by the court. After that, Tujia people celebrated New Year's Eve to commemorate the bravery and merits of their ancestors.