What days does the Spring Festival refer to?

Spring Festival refers to the first day of the first lunar month. 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 folk festival that combines offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors, praying for evil spirits, family reunion, celebration, entertainment and food.

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, etc. Verbally, it is also called Chinese New Year and Chinese New Year. 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.

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From the Qin Dynasty to the Han and Wei Dynasties, the originally chaotic solar terms were unified with the establishment of a unified country. In the process of change, some old customs and habits have been eliminated, and of course some new seasonal festivals have been formed. By the age of 20, the festival system has been gradually established and stabilized in a stable society, and the Spring Festival and its customs have been accepted and passed down by the country and people as an important festival.

During the Han and Wei Dynasties, the Spring Festival had many names, such as Zheng Dan, Zhengri and Three Dynasties. China is a farming society, and people pay attention to solar terms to facilitate agricultural production. As early as the pre-Qin period, people began to pay attention to the beginning of the year, and the promulgation of the "Tai Chu Ling" in the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty finally established the date of the Spring Festival. So far, the Spring Festival has been handed down as an important festival in China.