Why is the Spring Festival called Chinese New Year?

Also called "Chinese New Year". In the pre-Qin period, it was called "going to Japan", "January Day", "changing the year" and "offering the year". In the Han Dynasty, it was also called "Three Dynasties", "Sui Dan", "Zheng Dan" and "Zhengri". During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, they were called "Chen Yuan", "Yuan Ri" and "Fuehrer". "Year of Korea" and so on. In the Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties, it was called "New Year's Day" and "Yuan?" , "Year", "New Revision" and "Singapore Dollar"; In the Qing Dynasty, it was always called "New Year's Day" or "Yuan Day".

Spring Festival is the most grand and distinctive traditional festival in China, and also the most grand and lively ancient festival in China. Generally speaking, it refers to New Year's Eve and the first day of the first month, that is, the first day of the year, that is, the lunar calendar, commonly known as "Chinese New Year". But among the people, the traditional Spring Festival refers to the sacrificial ceremony from the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month or the 23rd or 24th of the twelfth lunar month to the 15th of the first lunar month in La Worship, with New Year's Eve and the first day of the first lunar month as the climax.

During the Spring Festival, Han people and many ethnic minorities in our country will hold various activities to celebrate. The main contents of these activities are offering sacrifices to gods and buddhas, paying homage to ancestors, saying goodbye to the old year and welcoming the new year, and praying for a bumper harvest. The activities are rich and colorful, with strong national characteristics.

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Origin of the Spring Festival

The first day of the first lunar month is called Shangri-La, Yuanri, Gengnian, Three Dynasties, Zhengri, Chenyuan, Nianri, Xinzheng, New Coin and New Year's Day. However, the concept of "Spring Festival" on the first day of the first lunar month did not exist in ancient times, but was created by the government of the Republic of China.

19111231The Hubei military government of the Republic of China issued the Notice of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on the Conversion of the Republic of China to the Gregorian Calendar, clearly calling the annual festival "Spring Festival".

1On September 27th, 949, the first plenary session of China People's Political Consultative Conference further clarified that the first day of the first lunar month was called "Spring Festival", and the name of "Spring Festival" was officially included in China's holiday code.

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