What are the origins and customs of Chinese New Year?

The New Year in China is the Spring Festival, which evolved from praying for the New Year at the beginning of the year. In ancient times, people held sacrificial activities at the beginning of the new year when spring returned to the earth and Vientiane was renewed, in order to repay the kindness of the gods and ancestors of heaven and earth, ward off evil spirits and pray for good luck at the end of the year.

Customs:

1, do new year's goods

Preparing new year's goods and giving new year's gifts are "necessary for the New Year" in all parts of the country. Buying new year's goods includes food, clothing, clothing, use and so on. The process of buying new year's goods is called "buying new year's goods"

Step 2 sacrifice the stove

The folk sacrificial furnace originated from the ancient custom of worshipping fire. Kitchen God's duty is to take charge of the kitchen fire and manage the diet. Later, it was expanded to investigate human good and evil to reduce good and evil. Sacrificing to the Kitchen God has a history of thousands of years in China, and the belief in the Kitchen God is a reflection of China people's dream of "adequate food and clothing".

Step 3 clean the dust

In the folk, there is a custom of "sweeping the house on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month" on New Year's Eve. The folk proverb says "Twenty-four, sweep the house". Folk call it "Dust Day". Dust removal means year-end cleaning. Every household should clean the environment, clean all kinds of electrical appliances, and tear down and wash bedding curtains.

Extended data:

At the turn of the New Year's Day, various activities to celebrate the New Year, such as firecrackers, fireworks, saying goodbye to the old year and welcoming the new year, reached a climax. On the morning of New Year's Day, families burn incense to worship the heavens and the earth, worship their ancestors, and then pay New Year greetings to their elders in turn, and then congratulate each other with relatives and friends. After January, a variety of colorful entertainment activities have been launched, adding a rich festive atmosphere to the Spring Festival.

The warm atmosphere of the festival permeates not only every household, but also the streets and alleys around the country. During this period, the city was full of lanterns and the streets were full of tourists. It was very lively and unprecedented, and the Spring Festival didn't really end until after the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Spring Festival

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Chinese New Year