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The Origin of Chinese New Year's Day

In the pre-Qin period, New Year's Day customs were in their infancy. At this time, the celebration was mainly held at the end of the year's agricultural work, in order to repay the gods for the gift of the "wax festival.

The New Year's custom was finalized in the Han Dynasty. After the warring states and the social upheaval of the last years of the Qin Dynasty, the early Western Han Dynasty implemented the policy of "rest and recuperation", social production was restored and developed, the social order was relatively stable, people's interest in life rose, a series of festivals and customs were formed.

The Spring Festival, one of the four traditional Chinese festivals, is traditionally the Lunar New Year. The Spring Festival is commonly known as the "New Year's Day", the traditional name for the New Year, the big year, the day of wax, the new year, orally also known as the year of the year, celebrate the new year, the New Year.