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Do you have any information about the Spring Festival? There is information about the Spring Festival.

1, Spring Festival is also called Lunar New Year, Lunar New Year, Lunar New Year, Lunar New Year, commonly known as "Chinese New Year, Chinese New Year, Chinese New Year". 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. In ancient times, the Spring Festival once referred to beginning of spring in the 24 solar terms, and later it was changed to the first day of the first lunar month (that is, the first day of the first lunar month), which was regarded as the beginning of the lunar year, that is, the beginning of a year. According to the China lunar calendar, the first day of the first month is called Yuanri, Chen Yuan, Jacky, Yuanshuo and New Year's Day, commonly known as the first day of the first month. This is the biggest and most lively traditional festival in China. In the traditional sense, the Spring Festival, from the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in La Worship, or the 23rd and 24th of the twelfth lunar month, to the end of the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, and even in some places, the whole first lunar month reaches its climax on New Year's Eve and the first day of the first lunar month.

2. Spring Festival is the most important traditional festival of Han nationality. During the traditional festival Spring Festival, people will hold various celebrations, most of which are to offer sacrifices to gods and buddhas, ancestors, bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, and pray for a bumper harvest. Yao, Zhuang, Bai, Gaoshan, Hezhe, Hani, Daur, Dong, Li, Manchu, Mongolian, etc. There was also the custom of Spring Festival, but it was only a festival. These forms have their own national characteristics.

3. Origin: There are different opinions about the origin of the Spring Festival, among which several are representative, such as the Spring Festival originated in La Worship, the Spring Festival originated from witchcraft ceremony, and the Spring Festival originated from Ghost Festival. But it is generally believed that the Spring Festival began in that period. One day more than 2000 BC, Shun became emperor and led his men to worship heaven and earth. Since then, people have regarded this day as the beginning of a year. It is said that this is the origin of the Spring Festival, which was later called the Spring Festival.

4. Offering sacrifices to stoves on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month: The Spring Festival in China generally begins with offering sacrifices to stoves. Sacrificing a stove is a kind of custom with great influence and wide spread among the people in our country. In the past, almost every kitchen had a kitchen god.

5. Sweep the dust on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month: "Sweep the dust and sweep the house on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month". According to Lu Chunqiu, China had the custom of sweeping dust during the Spring Festival in the Yao and Shun era. According to the folk saying: Because of the homonym of "dust" and "Chen", sweeping dust in the Spring Festival means "getting rid of the old and not being new", and its original intention is to sweep away all bad luck and bad luck. This custom entrusts people with the desire to break the old and create new ones.