The Origin, Customs and Significance of the Spring Festival

Spring Festival has a long history, also known as China New Year, China New Year Festival, China New Year's Eve and so on. , originated from the activities of offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors in the late Yin and Shang Dynasties. The significance of the Spring Festival is mainly reflected in conveying the concept of harmony, harmony and harmony.

In ancient times, "Nian" was a tool for harvest and sacrifice, and the word "Nian" indicated the maturity of crops (the earliest writing of the word "Nian" was the image of a person carrying mature crops). People celebrate the harvest in various forms, worship the heavens and ancestors, and drive away ghosts and gods, which gradually formed the custom of the New Year. The Spring Festival is a festival for family reunion, and it is a gathering of affection, friendship and human feelings. People express their concern and yearning for family and friends through family reunion dinners, New Year greetings and gifts.

Spring Festival is an important part of chinese heritage and an important window to show Chinese charm and oriental culture, which is of great significance to China people. During the Spring Festival, various activities will be held all over the country to celebrate the Spring Festival, which has strong local characteristics.

Traditional customs of the Spring Festival

During the Spring Festival, various New Year celebrations will be held all over the country. Due to different regional cultures, there are differences in the content or details of customs, which have strong regional characteristics. During the Spring Festival, there are many kinds of celebrations, such as lion dancing, floating colors, dragon dancing, worshipping gods, temple fairs, visiting flower streets, enjoying lanterns, beating gongs and drums, flying flags, lighting fireworks, praying for blessings, dancing spring dance, walking on stilts, running dry boats, dancing yangko and so on.

During the Spring Festival, you can find it everywhere, such as posting New Year's greetings, observing New Year's Eve, having a reunion dinner and paying New Year's greetings. However, due to different local customs, the nuances have their own characteristics. The folk customs of the Spring Festival are diverse and rich in content, which is a concentrated display of the essence of China people's life and culture. In various folk ceremonies during the Spring Festival, you can often see the contents of offering sacrifices to gods.

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