What is the general idea of this passage during the Spring Festival?

The main contents of the Spring Festival in Beijing:

This paper mainly introduces that the Spring Festival in Beijing begins on the 10th day of the twelfth lunar month and ends on the 19th day of the first month. People cook Laba porridge and soak Laba garlic on Laba Festival. On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, New Year's Eve was very lively, but the scene of the first day was completely different. Lantern Festival is another climax of Spring Festival. It was not until the 19th day of the first month that the Spring Festival ended.

The general idea of this paragraph is:

The first part (section 1-7) describes the situation of Beijing citizens preparing for the Spring Festival in the twelfth lunar month.

The second part (section 8- 1 1) describes the grand occasion of Beijing residents' New Year's Eve, New Year's Day and New Year's Day.

The third part (12- 16) describes the Lantern Festival in Beijing.

The fourth part (section 17) describes the differences between the old and new societies in celebrating the Spring Festival.

theme

This article is a chronicle of folklore. The author describes a folk picture of the Spring Festival in old Beijing with plain language full of Beijing flavor, which shows the solemnity and excitement of the Spring Festival.

It shows the warmth and beauty of China's holiday customs, expresses the author's love for traditional culture, and shows the great power of changing customs in the new era through comparison. Finally, the author affirmed the new fashion and praised the new society.