The Origin and Customs of Spring Festival, a Traditional Festival in China

The Spring Festival has a long history. There are different opinions about the origin of the Spring Festival, but it is generally believed that it originated from the activities of offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors in the late Yin and Shang Dynasties.

The customs of the Spring Festival

1, dust removal

"Cleaning the house on the 24th of the last month" is a custom, which depends on people's desire to break new ground and their begging to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. Every Spring Festival comes, every household should clean up the situation, clean all kinds of utensils, remove bedding curtains, clean the willow green patio, dust off the cobwebs of dust collectors, and dredge open channels and sewers.

2, paste couplets

Couplets are also called door couplets, Spring Festival couplets, couplets and peach symbols. Every Spring Festival, no matter in urban or rural areas, every household should choose a pair of red couplets and stick them on the door to add festive atmosphere to the festival.

3. stick grilles and the word "Fu" are pasted backwards.

In the folk, people also like to stick various paper-cuts on the windows-window grilles. Window grilles not only set off the festive atmosphere, but also integrate decoration, appreciation and applicability. Paper-cutting is a very popular folk art in China, which has been deeply loved by people for thousands of years. Sticking the word "Fu" during the Spring Festival is a long-standing fashion in China. In order to fully express this infatuation and congratulations, some people put the word "Fu" upside down, meaning "Fu is here" and "Fu is here"