When did the Spring Festival begin?

The earliest Spring Festival travel rush time: 1966 Spring Festival travel rush 65438+ 10/0/.

Latest Spring Festival travel rush time: 65438+February 20th, Spring Festival travel rush, 0985.

Spring Festival first appeared in Gregorian calendar 1, 2 1, 1966. The latest Spring Festival will appear on February 20th of the Gregorian calendar, and once appeared in 1985, with a difference of one month, but not more. "The Spring Festival regularly jumps from 65438+10.21to February 20.

In China, the Spring Festival is arranged according to the lunar calendar, which is the achievement of the working people in ancient China. It is compiled according to the law of the sun and the moon, which is very suitable for the arrangement of agricultural activities. Legend has it that it originated in the Xia Dynasty. Very scientific and practical, so it has been passed down to this day.

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The Spring Festival, the Lunar New Year, is the beginning of a year and a traditional "festival". Commonly known as Spring Festival, New Year, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve and so on. It is also known verbally as New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve and New Year's Eve.

The Spring Festival has a long history, which evolved from praying for the New Year at the beginning of the year in ancient times. Everything is based on the sky, and people are based on their ancestors. It is also the opposite to pray for the ancestors who worship the sky. The origin of the Spring Festival contains profound cultural connotations, and it carries rich historical and cultural connotations in its inheritance and development.

During the Spring Festival, various activities are held all over the country to celebrate the Spring Festival, and there is a lively and festive atmosphere. These activities are mainly to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year, worship ancestors and pray for a bumper harvest. They are rich in forms and have strong regional characteristics, which condense the essence of China traditional culture.

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 it generally doesn't end until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month (Lantern Festival).

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. ?

Headed by Hundred Festivals, the Spring Festival is the most solemn traditional festival of the Chinese nation, which not only embodies the Chinese nation's ideological beliefs, ideals and aspirations, life, entertainment, cultural psychology, but also shows activities such as blessing, eating and entertainment in a carnival way.

Influenced by China culture, some countries and regions in the world also have the custom of celebrating the Spring Festival. According to incomplete statistics, nearly 20 countries and regions have designated the Spring Festival in China as a legal holiday in all or part of the cities under their jurisdiction.

Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival are also called the four traditional festivals in China. The folk custom of Spring Festival was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia spring festival