The origin of the Spring Festival is very simple in English.

The origin of the Spring Festival is short in English:

The Spring Festival is the beginning of the lunar calendar, and it is also our ancient traditional festival. In ancient times, Nian was celebrated not on the 29th or 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, but on the twelfth lunar month, which later became Laba. After the Northern and Southern Dynasties, this year's "wax festival" came to an end. ?

It was not until the Republic of China that the Gregorian calendar was changed, and it was considered that the lunar year was called "Spring Festival" because the Spring Festival was generally around "Spring".

Introduction to Spring Festival:

Spring Festival is the biggest traditional folk festival in China. It is a folk festival integrating blessing, entertainment and food. The Spring Festival has a long history, which evolved from the sacrificial rites of praying for the New Year at the beginning of ancient times, and bears rich historical and cultural connotations in its inheritance and development. New Year's greeting activities are centered on offering wishes and praying for blessings, and are carried out in the form of eliminating the old, worshipping ancestors, exorcising evil spirits and praying for a bumper harvest. The content is rich and colorful, lively and festive, and the annual flavor is rich, which embodies the essence of traditional culture of Chinese civilization.

Chinese New Year has a long history. In the process of inheritance and development, some relatively fixed customs have been formed, many of which have been passed down to this day, such as buying new year's goods, sweeping dust, posting couplets, eating New Year's Eve, celebrating New Year's Eve, dancing dragons and lions, worshiping ancestors, praying and worshiping gods, holding dragon boat races, holding temple fairs, beating gongs and drums, setting off lanterns and placing wine, and enjoying lanterns. Traditional festival ceremonies and related custom activities are important contents of festival elements, bearing rich and colorful festival cultural connotations.