Spring Festival Customs (Composition)

Spring Festival is the most grand and distinctive traditional festival in China, and also the most grand and lively ancient festival in China. Generally speaking, it refers to New Year's Eve and the first day of the first month, that is, the first day of the year, that is, the lunar calendar, commonly known as "Chinese New Year". But among the people, the traditional Spring Festival refers to the sacrificial ceremony from the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month or the 23rd or 24th of the twelfth lunar month to the 15th of the first lunar month in La Worship, with New Year's Eve and the first day of the first lunar month as the climax. During the Spring Festival, Han people and many ethnic minorities in our country will hold various activities to celebrate. The main contents of these activities are offering sacrifices to gods and buddhas, paying homage to ancestors, saying goodbye to the old year and welcoming the new year, and praying for a bumper harvest. The activities are rich and colorful, with strong national characteristics. Tianjin also has the custom of hanging Chinese knots during the Spring Festival. Before the 30th day of the Lunar New Year, Tianjin people have the custom of inviting Chinese knots to Qiao Gexiang, an ancient cultural street in Tianjin, and taking Xiang Qiao as their blessing.