China's traditional cultural poems

China's traditional cultural poems are introduced as follows:

1. January Day describes the scene of getting rid of the old and welcoming the new in the Spring Festival.

2. Author: Yuan Ri by Wang Anshi, a politician in the Northern Song Dynasty.

3. The original text

The sound of firecrackers is one year old, and the spring breeze sends warmth into Tu Su.

every family always changes new peaches for old ones.

4. Translation

Amid the roar of firecrackers, the old year has passed; The warm spring breeze brought the New Year, and people drank the newly brewed Tu Su wine happily. The rising sun shines on thousands of families, who are busy taking down the old peach charms and replacing them with new ones.

5. Background

In the New Year, Wang Anshi saw that every family was busy preparing for the Spring Festival, and associated with the new atmosphere at the beginning of the political reform, he wrote this poem with feelings. The Spring Festival, that is, the Lunar New Year, is the beginning of a year, and it is also a traditional "festival". Commonly known as Spring Festival, New Year, New Year, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, etc., 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.

Extended information

Traditional folk customs of the Spring Festival

Celebrations during the Spring Festival are extremely rich and varied, including lion dancing, floating colors, dragon dancing, visiting gods, temple fairs, visiting flower streets, enjoying flower lanterns, playing gongs and drums, cursor flags, burning fireworks, praying for blessings, dancing in spring, walking on stilts, running dry boats, dancing yangko and so on.

The custom of offering sacrifices to gods (ancestors) is prevalent in the southern coastal areas, and it inherits the ancient customs. During the Spring Festival, there are many grand and grand activities such as offering sacrifices to heaven and earth and praying for the New Year, which are rich in content, lively and festive, and full of flavor of the year.

During the Spring Festival, it can be found everywhere, such as posting New Year's greetings, observing the new year's eve, having a reunion dinner, and paying New Year's greetings. However, due to different local conditions and customs, the nuances have their own characteristics. The folk customs of the Spring Festival are diverse in form and rich in content, which is a concentrated display of the essence of Chinese life and culture.

The Spring Festival is a day to get rid of the old and get rid of the new. Although it is scheduled on the first day of the first lunar month, the activities of the Spring Festival are not limited to the first day of the first lunar month. From the end of the 23rd (or 24th) lunar new year, people began to "be busy with the Year": offering sacrifices to stoves, sweeping dust, buying new year's goods, putting up New Year's greetings, washing hair and bathing, decorating with lanterns and so on. All these activities have the same theme, that is, "saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new".