What month is New Year's Eve?

As we all know, in our country, dates are divided into lunar and solar calendars, and the dates of lunar and solar calendars are generally different on the same day. New Year's Eve is the most important festival in the hearts of our people every year, which is of great significance. So when is New Year's Eve? Let's get to know each other.

New Year's Eve refers to the last day of the Lunar New Year, which falls on December 30th (or 29th) of the lunar calendar and is the most important traditional festival in China. Because the number of days of the twelfth lunar month in China is uncertain, some years are 29 days, and some years are 30 days, so there is no twelfth lunar month in some years, and the twenty-ninth twelfth lunar month is New Year's Eve.

New Year's Eve, also known as New Year's Day, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve and New Year's Eve, is one of the most important traditional festivals of the Han nationality. New Year's Eve is also a festival to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, and to renew everything. Tomb-Sweeping Day, Mid-Autumn Festival and Double Ninth Festival are traditional festivals for ancestor worship in China, as well as traditional cultural festivals popular in various countries in the cultural circle of Chinese characters.

What is the meaning of New Year's Eve?

The original meaning of the word "except" in "New Year's Eve" is "go", which is extended to "easy", that is, alternating. The original meaning of the word "evening" is when the sun goes down, which means the last night of the year, so "New Year's Eve" means "except the old year here, tomorrow is the new year".

-Stay old on New Year's Eve

In ancient times, observing the age had two meanings. Old people regard old age as "quitting the old", which means cherishing time. Young people keep their age in order to prolong the life of their parents. Since the Han Dynasty, the time for the alternation of the old and new years is generally at midnight. The "longevity" of observing the old year means nostalgia for the past old year and hope for the coming new year.

-New Year's dinner

The New Year's Eve dinner comes from the year-end sacrificial ceremony. In order to thank the gods for their gifts in the past year, the form of gratitude is the year-end sacrifice, and the sacrifice is naturally the harvest object. This most abundant sacrifice can only be enjoyed by people after the gods and ancestors have used it. Therefore, before eating the New Year's Eve, candles, incense and firecrackers should be lit first, and the head of the family should take the lead in making three obeisances to the gods of heaven, earth, monarch, relatives and teachers in the shrine, sincerely praying for the gods of heaven, earth, monarch, relatives and teachers to bless the whole family, and then offering the best New Year's Eve to the gods to show filial piety and thank them for their protection of the whole family. The longer the reunion dinner, the better, symbolizing "continuous financial resources", and some of them eat until the early morning of the next day, which is a metaphor for "bright future". There are three kinds of dishes in the custom of New Year's Eve: first, fish with complete head and tail, which symbolizes more than one year; Second, all kinds of meatballs, commonly known as mariko, symbolize round and round; The third is green leafy vegetables, which symbolizes cleanliness.

The above is Bian Xiao's introduction about New Year's Eve. Is there any understanding?