Introduction to the origin of the Spring Festival

1. There are many stories about the origin of the Spring Festival, but one of them, which is generally accepted by the public, is that the Spring Festival was initiated by Yu Shun. On a day more than 2,000 years B.C., Shun, the son of Heaven, led his ministers and worshipped heaven and earth. Since then, people have taken this day as the first day of the year. This is said to be the origin of the Lunar New Year, which was later called the Spring Festival. The Spring Festival used to be called New Year's Day. The month of January in which the Spring Festival falls is called New Year's Day.

2, the Spring Festival is China's folk most solemn and most characteristic of the traditional festivals, generally refers to the New Year's Eve and the first day of the first month, also known as the lunar year, commonly known as "New Year". But in folklore, the traditional meaning of the Spring Festival refers to the Lunar New Year's Eve or Lunar New Year's 23rd or 24th of the sacrifice of the stove, until the first month of the 15th, which New Year's Eve and the first day of the first month for the climax.

3. During the Spring Festival, the Han Chinese and many ethnic minorities in China hold a variety of activities to celebrate. These activities are to worship gods and buddhas, pay tribute to ancestors, get rid of the old cloth new, welcome jubilee to receive blessings, pray for a good year as the main content. The activities are colorful and have a strong folk color.

4, the Spring Festival is the most important festival of the Han Chinese, but Manchu, Mongolia, Yao, Zhuang, white, mountain, Hezhe, Hani, Daur, Dong, Li and a dozen other ethnic minorities also have the custom of the Spring Festival, but the form of the festival is more of their own national characteristics, more flavorful. The state attaches great importance to the protection of intangible cultural heritage, May 20, 2006, "Spring Festival" folk approved by the State Council included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.