The origin of a year

The origin of a year. There is a folklore that in ancient times, there was a young man named Wannian. When he saw that the festivals were chaotic, he had a plan to make them accurate. But he couldn't find a way to calculate the time. One day, he was tired of chopping wood up the mountain and sat in the shade to rest. The movement of the shadow inspired him.

He designed a sundial to measure the time of day. Later, inspired by the dripping spring water on the cliff, he began to make a five-story clepsydra to calculate the time. Over time, he found that every 360 days, the four seasons would cycle once, and the length of the weather would be repeated.

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Family reunion dinner on New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve is also called New Year's Eve, reunion dinner, reunion dinner and so on. , especially the New Year's Eve. The New Year's Eve dinner originated from the ancient year-end ceremony. The annual New Year's Eve dinner is extremely important to China people. The whole family respected and loved each other, and sat around the dining table happily. People attach great importance to the "reunion dinner" on New Year's Eve. In addition to family reunion and family happiness, they also pray for the safety of the whole family, and all those who work outside will come back for the New Year. The reunion dinner is the highlight of the Spring Festival, which is not only colorful, but also very meaningful. Before the reunion dinner, you should worship your ancestors and burn incense before the meal. Generally, there are chicken (planned), fish (more than one year), oyster sauce (good market), lettuce (rich) and yuba (rich) for good luck. [

stay up late or all night on New Year's Eve

Keeping the Lunar New Year's Eve is one of the most important activities, and the custom of keeping the Lunar New Year's Eve has a long history. The folk custom of keeping New Year's Eve is to turn on the lights all night. Keeping New Year's Eve is called "the year of lighting", that is, all houses are lit with lights and candles on New Year's Eve, and candles are specially lit at the bottom of the bed, which is called "waste". It is said that after this pass, the family's wealth will be enriched in the coming year. In ancient times, the north and the south had different customs. In ancient northern China, the custom of keeping old age was mainly to endure New Year's Eve. For example, in the "Local Customs" written at the beginning of the Jin Dynasty, it is said that on New Year's Eve, everyone gives gifts to each other, which is called "giving the old"; Young and old get together and wish a complete song called "age division"; Sleeping all the year round, waiting for dawn, is called "guarding the age". In some places, on New Year's Eve, the whole family get together, eat New Year's Eve, light candles or oil lamps, sit around the stove and chat, wait for the time to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year, and keep vigil all night, which symbolizes driving away all evil diseases and epidemics and looking forward to good luck in the new year.

lucky money

Lucky money is one of the customs of the Spring Festival. After dinner in 2008, the elders should distribute the lucky money prepared in advance to the younger generation. It is said that lucky money can kill evil spirits, and the younger generation can spend the first year safely when they get lucky money. Lucky money has the meaning of exorcising evil spirits and keeping peace in folk culture. The original intention of lucky money is to suppress evil and drive away evil. Because people think that children are easy to be invisible, they use lucky money to suppress evil spirits.