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The origin and customs of the Spring Festival introduced the origin and customs of the Spring Festival.

1. The origin of ancient traditional festivals is related to ancient primitive beliefs, sacrificial culture, astrology, calendars and other humanistic and natural cultural contents. According to the research results of modern anthropology and archaeology, the two most primitive beliefs of human beings are the belief in heaven and earth and the belief in ancestors. Most of the traditional festivals in ancient times were formed in the activities of the ancients choosing a day to offer sacrifices to thank the gods of heaven and earth, the grace of their ancestors and pray for evil spirits. The early festival culture embodies the ancient people's humanistic spirit of advocating nature, the unity of man and nature, cautiously pursuing the future, and firmly thinking about the source; A series of sacrificial activities contain profound cultural connotations, such as respecting morality, ritual and music civilization, etc. The formation of New Year's Day covers humanistic philosophy and natural laws.

2. The first day of the first lunar month is a traditional festival in China-Spring Festival. This is a very important day. On this day, everything is very lively.

The day before Spring Festival is called New Year's Eve. New Year's Eve is a time for family reunion. On this night, every family will have a New Year's Eve dinner. In some places, when the New Year bell strikes twelve, the whole family get together to eat jiaozi. Because in ancient times, eating jiaozi in the middle of the night meant "being older than jiaozi". On New Year's Eve, everyone stays awake except for New Year's Eve and jiaozi.

Setting off firecrackers is also one of the representative customs of Spring Festival. On the occasion of the New Year, firecrackers resounded through the sky. At this moment, people in some places have to have a "prosperous fire" in the yard to show prosperity. Spring Festival morning. As soon as the door is opened, firecrackers will be set off. This is called "opening the door".

Stick grilles is also one of the traditional customs of Spring Festival. In many places, people cut red paper into the shape of flowers and fish and stick it on the windows to show prosperity and celebration. In addition to stick grilles, pasting blessings is also a must for every family during the Spring Festival. People put the word "Fu" on doors and walls to show good luck. There is also a sense of attachment to the word "Fu", which should be attached in the opposite direction, because "Fu has fallen" has the metaphorical meaning of "Fu has arrived".