The Spring Festival is the first day of the first lunar month, also known as the Lunar New Year.

It is the first day of the first lunar month, also known as the Lunar New Year, commonly known as "Chinese New Year". This is the biggest and most lively traditional festival in China. The Spring Festival has a long history, which originated from the activities of offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors in the beginning and end of the Shang Dynasty. According to the China lunar calendar, the first day of the first month is called Yuanri, Chen Yuan, Jacky, Yuanshuo and New Year's Day. Commonly known as the first day of the first month. It was changed to Gregorian calendar in the Republic of China. The first day of the Gregorian calendar is called New Year's Day, and the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar is called Spring Festival.

Another name for the Spring Festival is China New Year. In the past legend, "Nian" is a fictional animal, which will bring bad luck to people. New Year's Eve. When the tree is dead, the grass will not grow; After the New Year, everything grows and flowers are everywhere. How to spend a year? Firecrackers are needed, so there is the custom of setting off firecrackers, which is actually another way to set off a lively scene.

In ancient times, people began a "busy year" on the 23rd or 24th of a year, and the New Year didn't end until January19th. In modern times, people set the Spring Festival on the first day of the first lunar month, but generally it doesn't end until at least the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. The Spring Festival is a happy and peaceful festival for friends and relatives to get together, and it is a bond for people to deepen their feelings. Holiday greetings convey family ethics between relatives and villages, which is of great significance to maintain the development of the Spring Festival.

The origin of ancient traditional festivals is related to ancient primitive beliefs, sacrificial culture, astronomical phenomena, calendars and other humanistic and natural cultural contents. According to the research results of modern anthropology and archaeology, the two most primitive beliefs of human beings are the belief in heaven and earth and the belief in ancestors.

As for the origin of the Spring Festival, in the old society, due to the lack of ancient documents (Qin Shihuang burned books, or other reasons), it is impossible to directly verify its origin, so many legends have emerged in the process of inheritance and development. Among them, there are several popular sayings, such as the theory that the Spring Festival originated from ancient La Worship, witchcraft rituals, ghost festivals, ancient harvest sacrifices, the leader of Shunji tribal alliance, the perpetual calendar, and the legend of avoiding the "Year" beast.