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The Origin of Chinese New Year English Version

About the Origin of Chinese New Year English Version

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About the Origin of Spring Festival English Version

Spring Festival is the most distinctive traditional festival in China. It marks the end of the old It marks the end of the old year of the lunar calendar.

The New Year has begun. People will say goodbye to the cold and monotonous winter and welcome the spring. original name of the Spring Festival was "New Year's day", and in the five candles of the five candles, sui dai qing said, "the first month is the month of the month, the first day is the first day of the month month, the first day is the first day, and the cloud is heading towards the moon. The first day of the spring, the first day of the first lunar month, is called "three yuan". the "three yuan". Because this day is still the year of the old, the moon, the day, so called "three dynasties"; And because it was the first day, so called "yushuo". Song wu explained in "dream liang", "the first lunar month, the New Year's day". The interpretation of the word "Dan" in the text is "from the point of view, one, the earth." The sun just rises above the horizon, meaning morning. because it represents the first morning of the year. The sun just rises above the horizon, meaning morning. Because it represents the first morning of the year, the first morning of the first month, so called "New Year's day" and "zhengdan".

In addition to the above titles, the Spring Festival is also known as "open year", "open year", "fang" and "hua". In many titles, the term "New Year's day" is the most common and the longest time.

Because each dynasty calendar is different, New Year's day is the season also is different. Ancient Chinese calendar is through the Yin and Yang, needs to consider the position of the sun and the moon at the same time, therefore, to determine when the New Year is over. Therefore, to determine when the New Year's day, must first determine it in one season, and then selected and close better this season as the New Year's day. Since the first year is not equal to 12 lunar calendars, the difference is about 11 days. Therefore, a leap month is needed every three years to adjust the season. The ancient Chinese astronomers had come up with a simple way to determine the relationship between the lunar sequence and the season, which is to refer to the lunar sequence in the late lunar calendar. refer to the lunar sequence in the late afternoon, which is called December. From north to east, could be divided into 12 ground bearing, bucket handle refers to position at the time of the evening, is the month, the month on its month, ugly month, Yin month respectively is equivalent to eleven, twelve, in The first month.

China is an ancient multi-ethnic country. Different ethnic groups in different historical periods have established their own New Year's day according to their own cultural and religious beliefs. Different ethnic groups in different historical periods have established their own New Year's day according to their own cultural traditions and customs. Both zhuanxu and xia dynasty were all in the first month of mengchun, namely the xia Both zhuanxu and xia dynasty were all in the first month of mengchun, namely the xia calendar, which was built on the first month of the first lunar month. The shang dynasty used Yin li, Yin li jian, the lunar New Year's day; Zhou li used the zhou li, which was built on the first lunar month. The shang dynasty used Yin li, Yin li jian, the lunar New Year's day; Zhou li used the zhou li, which was built by zhou li, on the first day of the first lunar month. The qin dynasty used the qin dynasty, the qin dynasty jian hai, the first day of The qin dynasty used the qin dynasty, the qin dynasty jian hai, the first day of the lunar New Year's day; The early stage of the western han dynasty still use Qin Li, of the first year of emperor too early (AD 104) to switch to sima qian, los Hong created under the beginning of the calendar, again using the built him a summer, in first lunar month as New Year's day. In the future, apart from wang mang and wei mingdi, they used to build an ugly Yin calendar, and after tang wu and su zong, they changed to jian zi's calendar, and all dynasties used xia li to The term "Spring Festival" has different historical periods. In the han dynasty, people called the first Spring Festival of the 24 solar terms "Spring Festival". In the han dynasty, people called the first Spring Festival of the 24 solar terms "Spring Festival". During the southern and northern dynasties, people called the whole spring "Spring Festival".

After the victory of revolution, nanjing interim government in order to "shun farming" and "facilitate statistics", use a summer in folk, the government organs, factories, schools and other institutions. government organs, factories, schools and organizations in the Gregorian calendar, to the Gregorian calendar on January 1st as New Year's day. But it is said that the first day of the Gregorian calendar on January 1st as New Year's day. said that the first day of the Gregorian calendar is "the year of the Gregorian calendar year", and the first day of the first lunar month is called "New Year' s day".

On September 27, 1949, the first plenary session of the Chinese people's political consultative conference adopted the common calendar era in the world, and designated the Gregorian calendar as "the year of the Gregorian calendar year". the world, and designated the Gregorian calendar as New Year's day, the first day of the Gregorian calendar. Because the first day of the lunar New Year is usually around spring, the first lunar month is the first day of the lunar calendar. Because the first day of the lunar New Year is usually around spring, the first lunar month is celebrated as "Spring Festival".

Spring Festival usually refers to the New Year's eve and the first month of the first month. But in the folk, the traditional Chinese Spring Festival means the festival from the eighth day of the New Year to the first month of the New Year. Festival means the festival from the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month of the twelfth lunar month, or the twelfth lunar month of the twelfth lunar month, until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month of the twelfth lunar month. until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, which culminates with the New Year's eve and the first month of the first month.

During the traditional festival of Spring Festival, the huayin (Chinese traditional festival) is celebrated in the hometown of Hualien. Traditional festival of Spring Festival, the han nationality and most ethnic minorities in China have various activities to celebrate. activities are to offer sacrifices to the Buddha, ancestor worship, to remove old cloth, to welcome blessings, to pray for a good year for the main content. The activity is rich and colorful with strong national characteristics.

Origin of the Spring Festival in Chinese

The Spring Festival is the most characteristic traditional festival in China. It marks the end of the old year in the lunar calendar.

A new year has begun. People will say goodbye to the cold and monotonous winter and welcome the vibrant spring.

The original name of the Spring Festival was "New Year's Day", and in the Sui Dynasty, Du Daiqing said in "Five Candles": "The first month of the first month is the end of the month, and its first day is the first day of the first day of the first month of the first month of the first month of the first month of the first month of the first month of the first month of the first month of the first month of the first month of the first month of the first year. The original meaning of "Yuan" is "head", which is later extended to "beginning", because this day is the first day of the year, the first day of spring and the first day of the first month, so it is called Because it is the first day of the year, the first day of spring and the first day of the first month, it is called "Sanyuan"; because it is the first day of the year, the first day of the month and the first day of the year, it is also called "Sanchao"; because it is the first day of the first solstice, it is also called "Yanshuo". Song Wu Zimu in the "Meng Liang Lu" explains: "the first month of the first day, called the new year's day". The Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Characters) explains the word "dan" as "from the sun to see a top, one, the ground." It means that the sun has just risen from the horizon, which means morning. Because it represents the first morning of the year, the first morning of the first month, so called "New Year's Day" and "New Year's Day".

In addition to the above title, the Spring Festival is also known as "the beginning of the year", "the beginning of the year", "Fang year", "Hua year" and so on. "and so on, in a number of titles to say" New Year's Day "the most common, the longest period of time.

Because of the different calendars of the dynasties, the season where the New Year's Day is also different. Ancient Chinese calendar is the yin and yang calendar, need to take into account both the position of the sun and the moon, so to determine the new year's day, need to first determine that it is in a certain season, and then selected and the season is similar to the first month as the new year's day. Because a year and 12 lunar parallel is not equal, the difference is about 11 days, so every three years need to set a leap month to adjust the season. Ancient Chinese astronomers came up with an easy way to determine the relationship between the moon sequence and the seasons, which is to set the moon sequence by the pointing of the handle of the dipper in the evening, which is called the twelfth month of the year. From the north to the east, the ground is divided into 12 directions, the evening handle pointed to the direction, is the month of the month, the son of the month, the month of the ugly, the month of the Yin are equivalent to the eleventh, twelfth, the first month.

China is an ancient multi-ethnic country. Different historical periods of different ethnic groups have been based on their own cultural traditions and customs to determine their own New Year's Day, that is, changed to the "first day of the month", the first day of the first month of the time. Zhuanxu Emperor and the Xia Dynasty to the first month of Bengchun for the yuan, that is, the use of the summer calendar Jianyin, the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar for the New Year's Day; the Shang Dynasty to use the Yin Calendar, the Yin Calendar Jianshou, the first day of December of the lunar calendar for the New Year's Day; the Zhou Dynasty to use the Zhou Calendar, the Zhou Calendar into the son of the first day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar as the New Year's Day; the Qin Dynasty to use the Qin Calendar, the Qin Calendar Jianhai, the first day of the lunar calendar for the New Year's Day; the pre-Xihan period still uses the Qin Calendar, the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the first year of the first year of the first year of the first year of the first month of the first month of the first month of the Han Emperor Tai Chou (104 years AD) In the early Western Han Dynasty, the Qin Calendar was still used, but in the first year of the first lunar month (104 AD), Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, he switched to the Taichu Calendar created by Sima Qian and Luo Xia-tei, and then reused the Xia Calendar, which was built in Yin, with the first day of the first month of the Lunar Calendar as the New Year Day. Later, except for Wang Mang and Wei Mingdi once changed to the `Yin calendar of Jianshou, and then changed to the Zhou calendar of Jianzi at the time of Tang Wu Hou and Su Zong, all dynasties used the summer calendar until the end of the Qing Dynasty.

The term "Spring Festival", in different historical periods, there are different special references. During the Han Dynasty, people called the first of the 24 solar terms "Spring Festival". During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, people called the whole spring "Spring Festival".

After the victory of the 1911 Revolution, the Nanjing Provisional Government, in order to "follow the farming season" and "easy to count", the provisions of the civilian use of the summer calendar, government agencies, factories, mines, schools and organizations in the implementation of the Gregorian calendar to the Gregorian calendar, the first day of the first month for New Year's Day. However, the general public called the first day of the first month of the Gregorian calendar for the "solar year", still the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar called "New Year's Day".

September 27, 1949, the first plenary session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference adopted the use of the world's common calendar calendar, the calendar that is the first day of the first month of the solar calendar as New Year's Day, for the New Year; because the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar are usually in the spring before and after the start of the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar is designated as "Spring Festival".

The Spring Festival generally refers to New Year's Eve and the first day of the first month. But in folklore, the Spring Festival is traditionally celebrated from the Lunar New Year's Day festival or the Lunar New Year's Day festival until the 15th day of the first month of the Lunar New Year, with New Year's Eve and the first day of the first month of the Lunar New Year as the climax.

During the Spring Festival, the Han Chinese and most of the ethnic minorities in China hold a variety of activities to celebrate. These activities are to worship God and Buddha, ancestors, in addition to the old cloth new, welcome Jubilee to receive blessings, pray for a good year as the main content. The activities are colorful, with strong national characteristics.

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