Allusions to traditional festivals

Everyone knows the idioms and allusions, right? What's the allusion to that idiom? The following is the content of the traditional holiday allusions I brought, hoping to help everyone.

Traditional festival allusions 1 ◆ The origin of the Spring Festival.

The first day of the first lunar month is the Spring Festival, also known as the lunar calendar (lunar year), commonly known as? Chinese New Year? . This is the biggest and most lively ancient traditional festival among the people of China.

The Spring Festival is the most important festival of the Han nationality. However, China is a multi-ethnic country. Besides the Han nationality, there are more than a dozen ethnic minorities such as Manchu, Mongolian, Yao, Zhuang, Bai, Gaoshan, Hezhe, Hani, Daur, Dong and Li who also celebrate the Spring Festival.

The Spring Festival has a long history, which originated from the activities of offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors in the beginning and end of the Shang Dynasty. There are also many legends about this year. What was the name of the ancient Spring Festival? Yuanri? 、? New year's day? 、? New year? . After the Revolution of 1911, the first day of the first lunar month was officially named Spring Festival.

The long historical years have made the content of the annual custom activities extremely colorful. Among them, the superstitious contents of offering sacrifices to heaven and gods are gradually eliminated, while posting Spring Festival couplets, New Year pictures, stickers and other contents full of life interest? Fu? Chinese characters, cut window grilles, steamed rice cakes, wrapped jiaozi, set off firecrackers, vigil on New Year's Eve and New Year's greetings are still very popular.

The earliest Spring Festival couplets in China were written on mahogany boards by Meng Chang in the Five Dynasties. New Year's Day in Qing Yu, Cargeno. Changchun? .

Writing Spring Festival couplets on red paper began in the Ming Dynasty. New Year pictures originated from the door gods in the Tang Dynasty. Like burning firecrackers, they were used to ward off evil spirits in ancient times, but now they have become a custom aimed at increasing the festive atmosphere. Post? Fu? Chinese characters existed before the Song Dynasty, and people wrote them on red paper? Fu? Words, deliberately posted on doors, windows, furniture, take it? Blessed (healthy)? Meaning.

Keeping old age is the most important custom except New Year's Eve, which was recorded in Wei and Jin Dynasties. On New Year's Eve, the descendants of China people still attach great importance to staying up late with their families, getting together for drinking and enjoying family happiness, which is a custom. After the first cock crow, the new year began. Men, women and children wear holiday clothes. First, they celebrate the New Year for their elders, and then they visit relatives and friends and congratulate each other. At this time, the land of China is shining everywhere. From the first day to the fifteenth day, people are immersed in a festive atmosphere of joy, peace and civilization.

◆ The origin of New Year's Eve

Common name? Take a year off? 30 (29 in some years) is the last day of the lunar year. In the afternoon, every household cleaned the courtyard, tidied up the indoor and outdoor environment, and then posted Spring Festival couplets, door gods, half curtains, hung yellow money, burned incense to worship their ancestors and set off firecrackers to show farewell to the old and welcome the new. In the evening, everyone eats green powder stew. What is it called? Loading warehouse? , said the family reunion, long life. After a family has had a full meal, they have to leave some factories. A rich life, more than a year? . That night, the whole family couldn't sleep at all. What was it called? Endure for a year? Or? Shounian? . The younger generation kowtows to the elder and resigns, and the elder will send it to the younger generation? Fu Qian? , also called what? Lucky money? .

◆ The origin of Lantern Festival

Lantern Festival (also known as Lantern Festival) is on 15 this month. According to Zhang Shaomei's "Fourteen Cattle in Qianlong", "Five Pure Hearts Try to Treat Liu Deji Quan Zhi? Wuwei county annals:? On the Lantern Festival, four cities erect squares, hang lanterns, dress up as flower drums, walk on stilts and perform hundreds of plays. ? In the old days, there was a Yellow River Lantern Festival in Jinta Temple and other places, and the scene was spectacular. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Lantern Festival passed better than before. Before the festival, employees of enterprises and institutions tied colored doors and hung lanterns. There are lanterns, animal lanterns, eight immortals crossing the sea lanterns, and journey to the west story lanterns, which are colorful. Some fans install a micro-motor in the lamp, which is better than a lantern. The most striking thing is the 10 meter long golden dragon lantern. At night, residents of the city and suburbs flock to the city, and the crowd is crowded. Wuwei custom, when watching lanterns, you must get under the dragon lantern and pray for family peace and happiness. He also said that the dragon is a mascot, and when the dragon lantern is drilled, the population is prosperous.

The Lantern Festival in rural areas has a unique flavor. Lanterns are simple and elegant, with a strong local flavor. There are torches made of corncob, lanterns made of yam eggs and radish heads. On the wall, under the stable, there are lights everywhere, brightly lit. According to historical records, the grand occasion of Wuwei Lantern Festival has existed since the Tang Dynasty and is very famous in Chang 'an. Therefore, it is said that Ye Fashan, a Taoist priest and Xuanzong in the Tang Dynasty, lingered at the Liangzhou Lantern Festival at night.

Wuwei Lantern Festival, whether new or old, lasts for 3 days, that is, the 14th, 15th and 16th of the first month.

◆ The origin of Tomb-Sweeping Day

Qingming is one of the 24 solar terms in the lunar calendar. It's the day to pay homage to ancestors. What is it called? Spring Festival? . Wuwei urban and rural customs, whoever has a grave, must go to the grave one or two days before Qingming Festival to pay homage, burn paper money and add soil; Those who have no graves burned paper money in the suburbs or in front of their homes or in the streets and lanes the night before in Tomb-Sweeping Day. It is forbidden to burn paper on graves in Tomb-Sweeping Day that day. Legend has it that the paper money burned that day became iron money, and the deceased could not use it.

Traditional Festival Allusions 2 ◆ The Origin of Dragon Boat Festival

The fifth day of the fifth lunar month is the Dragon Boat Festival, also called Duanyang Festival. It was early in the morning, and willow branches were planted at the door of every household, which meant to summon Qu Yuan's soul and avoid the plague. Children tie colored cotton or silk ropes on their wrists, sachets and wallets, and coat their mouths, noses and ears with realgar wine. It is said that this can avoid the five poisons (snake, scorpion, gecko, toad and centipede). Is there a Dragon Boat Festival in May in Wuwei? It is said that boys and girls are wearing fashionable summer clothes and having a good time. Young women pay attention to embroidered vanilla wallets, decorate them with tassels and give them to relatives and friends. In the past, unmarried girls put their wallets in skirts or braids to lure them away. If they don't take it off, they will feel ashamed and ugly. On that day, every household ate zongzi or oil cakes and burritos, and relatives and friends fed each other. In the afternoon, urban and rural residents went to visit old temples and Haizi in droves. Now that the seas are dry and the rocks are rotten, and the temples have been destroyed by the earthquake, I will visit the Confucius Temple, the ancient bell tower, Leitai, the sea burial park and Xijiao Park. Children climb trees and break branches in the wild and weave wicker hats to prevent heatstroke.

◆ The origin of June 6th.

The sixth day of the sixth lunar month, also known as? Solar insect festival? , is it? June 6, drying silk? Folk proverbs. Dry the silk, silk, leather, wool and other clothes that you often don't wear at noon this day to prevent insects from eating. What else is there? Looking through the scriptures? Hanging robe party? Wait a minute, there is also the activity of fishing for river lanterns and pumping wine in Shaanxi, which is still held in some areas? June field? During the activity, young men and women look for love objects by singing, grabbing watches and throwing flower bags. June 6th is also an important festival for Buyi and Yao people.

◆ July 7? The origin of begging festival

What day is the seventh day of the seventh lunar month? Begging Festival? . Legend has it that the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet at the Magpie Bridge. In the old days, on this night, girls and young daughters-in-law sat under the moon and put on needles to see who was wearing fast, much and skillfully. It is said that this can make people with clumsy hands practice dexterity. This custom no longer exists. Only the troupe in the city performs the drama "Tianhe Match" as usual every year. Residents from four townships flocked to the venue and the performance stopped in late July.

◆ The origin of Mid-Autumn Festival

August 15th of the lunar calendar? Mid-Autumn Festival? . On this day, every household in urban and rural areas steamed moon cakes to show family reunion. Wuwei people's moon cakes are steamed with steamed noodles. For example, there are many kinds of inverted washbasins, such as layered moon cakes, twisted moon cakes, divided moon cakes and Gui Xiang, all of which are delicious. what's up Will it be available on August 15th? As the saying goes, the autumn harvest has come to August and there is plenty of food. Relatives and friends give mooncakes to each other, which means keeping up with the joneses. On the evening of August 15, the bright moon Ran Ran rises, and every family is in the yard, setting up incense tables, offering sacrifices such as moon cakes, melons and fruits, lighting candles and incense, and the whole family is sitting around to enjoy the moon. A little, housewives cut moon cakes and watermelons; The family is eating melon and moon cakes, talking and laughing, which is quite interesting. According to legend, the watermelon dedicated to the goddess of the moon must be cut into two serrated petals. If there are pregnant women at home, you can predict men and women by counting the number of melon teeth.

◆ The origin of the winter solstice festival

One of the 24 solar terms. What is winter like on solstice? Pay nine? From this day on, the days are getting longer and the nights are getting shorter and shorter. Every family should eat winter solstice meals. Some people eat noodle soup; Some people use diced meat, diced noodles, tofu and vermicelli: rice? ; Someone else eats? Apricot skin altar Tatar? , also called what? Ears? ; There is also the custom that people who eat mutton, fragrant rice or minced meat have a fire and set fire to wheat straw.

◆ The origin of off-year

December 23 (call? Off-year) send the kitchen god. Someone else? On the 23 rd of the twelfth lunar month, jujube went to heaven? Folk songs. At about 8 pm, families prepare recipes in advance.

◆ The origin of New Year's Day