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Short phrases about the Spring Festival

The Spring Festival refers to the traditional Lunar New Year in the cultural circle of Chinese characters, commonly known as the "Chinese New Year Festival". Traditional names are New Year, New Year and New Year, but they are also called New Year verbally to celebrate New Year and New Year. People in China have celebrated the Spring Festival for more than 4,000 years. In modern times, people set the Spring Festival on the first day of the first lunar month, but it generally doesn't end until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month (Shangyuan Festival). In the folk, the traditional Spring Festival refers to the sacrificial stove from La Worship or the 23rd or 24th of the twelfth lunar month to the 19th of the first month.

During the Spring Festival, the Han nationality and some ethnic minorities in China will hold various celebrations. These activities are mainly to offer sacrifices to ancestors, pay homage to ancestors, bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, and pray for the new, with rich and colorful forms and strong national characteristics. Influenced by China culture, some countries and nationalities belonging to the Chinese character cultural circle also have the custom of Spring Festival. During the Spring Festival, people try to go home and reunite with their loved ones, expressing their ardent expectations for the coming year and their best wishes for life in the new year.

The Spring Festival is the most solemn traditional festival of the Chinese nation, and it is also an important carrier for China people to release their emotions and satisfy their psychological demands. It is also the annual carnival and eternal spiritual pillar of the Chinese nation. Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival are also called the four traditional festivals in China. [2]

Chinese name

the Spring Festival; Chinese New Year

English name

the Spring Festival; Chinese New Year

Another name

new spring

Festival time

The first day of the first lunar month.

Festival type

traditional festival

affected area

China, East Asia, Southeast Asia and other overseas Chinese gathering places.

The origin of festivals

Shun became emperor and led his men to worship heaven and earth.

Festival activities

Sweep the dust, celebrate the New Year, put up Spring Festival couplets, set off firecrackers, and distribute lucky money.

Holiday food

Laba porridge, rice cake, jiaozi, spring rolls, Yuanxiao.

Festival significance

The beginning of the Lunar New Year

Set the position

China

Specified time

China Yu Shun period

period

More than 4000 years.

Stereotype period

Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-25 AD)