On primary school birthdays, thousands of families always exchange new peaches for old ones. What traditional festival is this?

"Every family exchanges new peaches for old ones every day" describes the traditional Spring Festival. This poem is about the folk custom of the Yuan Dynasty, which means setting off firecrackers, drinking Tu Su and sticking peach symbols.

Original poem:

The roar of firecrackers, the old year has passed; The warm spring breeze ushered in the New Year, and people happily drank the newly brewed Tu Su wine.

The rising sun sheds light on doors of each household, New peachwood charm is put up to replace the old.

Translation:

In the sound of firecrackers, the old year passed; The warm spring breeze ushered in the New Year, and people happily drank the newly brewed Tu Su wine. The rising sun shines on thousands of families, who are busy taking off the old peach charms and replacing them with new ones.

Source: Yuan Ri by Wang Anshi in Southern Song Dynasty

The profound connotation of yuanri

The poet's thoughts and feelings are very natural, and the fourth sentence pushes his thoughts and feelings to the peak. Fu Tao is another name for Spring Festival couplets. Sticking Spring Festival couplets to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year seems to be a true description of holiday customs.

Actually, there is a deeper meaning. Old things will always be replaced by new things, which is the inevitable law of the development of things. History should develop, the times should advance, and the replacement of the old and the new is indispensable. "New peaches for old symbols" is a symbol of this change. The word "always" embodies the poet's confidence and determination to change.