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The content of traditional Chinese culture Spring Festival handwritten newspaper

Traditional culture Spring Festival handwritten newspaper content is as follows:

1, the origin of the Spring Festival

Once upon a time, there was a beast named Nian. On the last day of every year, Nian will come to a village to eat people. Once, an old man happened to come to this village The old man said don't worry about being eaten by Nian.

So, the old man asked people to post Spring Festival couplets on the door and light candles in the house. When Nian came, they set off firecrackers to scare Nian away and the old man disappeared. This is the origin of the Spring Festival.

2, the custom of the Spring Festival

There are many customs in the Spring Festival, such as posting Spring Red, observing the New Year, having a family reunion dinner, greeting the New Year and offering sacrifices to ancestors. On New Year's Eve, the whole family get together to have a "reunion dinner". The elders give the children "lucky money" and then "watch the New Year" to welcome the arrival of the New Year. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, people get up early, put on the most beautiful clothes, dress up neatly and go out to wish good luck in the New Year.

From the first day of the first month, people will hold lion dances, set off firecrackers, pay New Year greetings and other activities. During the Spring Festival, friends and relatives will also visit each other to pay New Year greetings to express their best wishes for the new year. On the15th day of the first month of each year, there are also celebrations such as Lantern Festival, solve riddles on the lanterns and Lantern Festival.

The Spring Festival is the first year of the lunar calendar. Another name of the Spring Festival is China New Year, which is the biggest, most lively and most important ancient traditional festival in China, and it is also a unique festival for China people. It is the most concentrated embodiment of Chinese civilization. Since the Western Han Dynasty, the custom of the Spring Festival has continued to this day.