The Origin and Meaning of Traditional Customs of Spring Festival

1, the origin of the Spring Festival: One day more than 2000 years BC, Shun became emperor and led his men to worship heaven and earth. Since then, people have regarded this day as the beginning of a year. This is the origin of the Lunar New Year, which was later called the Spring Festival. An ancient festival in China is also the most important festival in a year.

2. Customs of the Spring Festival: such as sweeping dust, posting Spring Festival couplets, paying New Year greetings, setting off firecrackers, paying New Year greetings, etc. There is a folk proverb in China that every household will set off firecrackers when the New Year comes. On the first day of the new year, people get up early, put on the most beautiful clothes, dress up neatly, go out to visit relatives and friends and wish good luck in the coming year.

3. The significance of the Spring Festival: Spring has come, Vientiane is renewed, and a new round of sowing and harvesting season is about to begin again. People have enough reasons to welcome this festival by singing and dancing. In order to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year, a new year message in red paper and yellow characters was posted at the front of the volume before the festival. The Spring Festival is a festival for the people of the whole country, which promotes the great ethnic integration and brings the people of the whole country together.

4. Time of the Spring Festival: the first day of the first lunar month.

5. The birthplace of Spring Festival: China.

Second, Christmas.

1, the origin of Christmas: In order to commemorate the birth of Jesus, later generations designated1February 25th as Christmas, and mass was held every year to commemorate the birth of Jesus.

2. Christmas customs: Christmas parties will be held, Christmas hats will be worn, Christmas trees will be made, Christmas candy will be made and Christmas cards will be made.

3. The meaning of Christmas: it is a blessing and celebration of the birthday of Jesus Christ.

4. Christmas time: 65438+ February 25th every year.

The birthplace of Christmas: Rome.