Traditional knowledge of Spring Festival

It is not called "Spring Festival" before the Spring Festival.

In ancient times, the first day of the first month was not called Spring Festival, but called New Year's Day.

After the Revolution of 1911, the Gregorian calendar was used to record the year, so it was called Gregorian calendar 65438+ 10 1 as New Year's Day, and the first day of the first lunar month was the Spring Festival.

The Kuomintang tried to abolish the Spring Festival, but failed after being strongly resisted by the people of China.

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It's not a holiday before the Spring Festival.

The word "Spring Festival" in the history of China is not a festival, but refers to the "beginning of spring" in the 24 solar terms.

Yang Zhenchuan in the History of the Later Han Dynasty wrote: "It doesn't rain during the Spring Festival. Many people are worried, but they don't stop repairing. This is a sign of drought."

In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, "spring" refers to the whole spring.

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Spring Festival travel rush is divided into narrow sense and broad sense.

Now, the Spring Festival in a narrow sense generally refers to the beginning of the Lunar New Year in China, that is, the first day of the first lunar month.

In a broad sense, the Spring Festival refers to La Worship's sacrificial ceremonies on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month or on the 23rd and 24th of the twelfth lunar month until the 15th of the first lunar month.

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Time of Spring Festival (the first day of the first lunar month)

Wandering between Gregorian calendar 65438+1February 2 1 and February 2 1.

The earliest Spring Festival (such as 65438+65438+12 1 in 0966) and the latest Spring Festival (such as February 20th in 1985) are a whole month apart.

According to the calendar, if the lunar calendar is not adjusted artificially, February 2 1 and February 23 19 will usher in the "latest Spring Festival in history". Previously, the Spring Festival appeared on February 20th of Gregorian calendar at the latest, which were 1920 and 1985 respectively.

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There may be two Spring Festival holidays.

Leap Spring Festival is also called "the first month of leap". From A.D. 1645 to A.D. 2800, the first month of leap in the lunar calendar only happened six times, and its years were 165 1, 2262, 2357, 2520, 2539 and 2634 respectively.

The last time we have to wait until 2262, we have no fate.

This situation, in principle, is the first month of the Spring Festival, but it happened twice.

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New Year's Eve will also be on the 29th.

There are no 30 days in a month, which is normal in the lunar calendar. Because the current lunar calendar is arranged according to the astronomical data of the earth, the moon and the sun, you must not see any bright part of the moon on the first day of each month, that is, the new moon.

In fact, the average period of the moon from the full moon to the full moon is 29.53 days, and the number of days in the arranged month must be an integer, which leads to the appearance of the big moon and the small moon, and there will be 30 days in a month and 29 days in a month.

If this month happens to be the twelfth lunar month, then there will be no New Year's Eve in this year (lunar calendar), and New Year's Eve will be advanced to the 29th of the twelfth lunar month.

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The way to celebrate the Spring Festival is different every day.

Although the Spring Festival is a whole custom, the content celebrated every day is different. From the first day to the seventh day, there are chicken day, dog day, pig day, sheep day, cow day, horse day and human day respectively.

Legend has it that Nu Wa first spent six days building chickens, dogs, pigs, sheep, cows and horses, and accumulated experience before making people on the seventh day.

So, why do you have to go to work in the seventh day? !

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The Spring Festival is not just in China.

Besides China, there are many countries in the world that regard the Lunar New Year as a legal holiday, namely: South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Mauritius, Myanmar and Brunei.

In addition, the Japanese used to celebrate the Lunar New Year, but after the Meiji Restoration, the lunar calendar was abolished and festivals were moved directly to the solar calendar.

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Lucky money is actually not "money"

Lucky money is actually not "money", but a kind of evil spirits cast in the shape of coins.

Legend has it that in ancient times there was a small demon with black hands and white body named Chong. Every New Year's Eve comes out to harm people, and the lucky money is specially used to scare away goods.

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The word "fu" is posted backwards.

The word "Fu" on the gate cannot be pasted upside down. In the folk tradition, the word "Fu" should be pasted upside down on water tanks, trash cans and cabinets.

In order to avoid dumping the word "Fu" at home when pouring water and taking out garbage, we put the word "Fu" upside down in these two places and skillfully use "Fu Dao" to offset "Fu Dao".

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The earliest firecrackers were actually bamboo.

The earliest reliable record of firecrackers can be found in the Chronicle of Jingchu written by Zongba in the Liang Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty: "The first day of the first month, which is also the third day, is called the end of the month. When the cock crows, set off firecrackers in front of the court to avoid evil spirits. "

At that time, firecrackers were made of bamboo burning in the fire. Because bamboo will make a "crackling" sound when it burns, it is called firecrackers. The first thing to get up in the New Year is to set off firecrackers.

Later, when gunpowder appeared, people filled bamboo tubes with saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal and burned them, resulting in an "explosion war."

In the Song Dynasty, Han people began to make "firecrackers" by wrapping gunpowder in paper tubes and hemp stalks.

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No haircut for the first month

"No haircut in the first month" has certain scientific basis.

According to the theory of "Four Qi Regulating Spirit" in Huangdi Neijing, hair should be allowed to grow freely in spring and not cut off. The diagnosis of a hairy claw can break a serious illness and decide life and death, but the statement of "shaving your head to death" is sheer nonsense.