From which dynasty did the traditional Chinese Spring Festival customs begin to be passed down?

As the date approaches, we are about to usher in the most important traditional festival of the year? the Spring Festival.

The Spring Festival, also known as the New Year, is the most solemn traditional festival of our Chinese nation.

In the traditional calendar, it is New Year's Day, which is the first day of the first lunar month.

There are fifty-six ethnic groups in my country, and many ethnic groups will celebrate the arrival of the New Year, such as Han, Mongolian, Zhuang, Buyi, Korean, Manchu, Dong, Yao, etc.

From the Xiaonian (the 23rd day of the lunar calendar in the northern region) to the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, they all fall within the scope of the New Year.

The origin of the New Year is said to originate from the original Du Hui's wax festival. It is recorded in "Zuo Zhuan? The Fifth Year of Xi Gong": "Yu Bula is gone." Du's prenote in the Western Jin Dynasty: "La is the year-end sacrifice.

In the name of the gods, "after a year's hard work of farming is done, sacrifices are held to repay God's gifts, and the New Year is a festive day to celebrate the harvest.

"Gu Liang Zhuan" records: "When all the grains are ripe, it means there is a year." In ancient times, all time nodes were dominated by agriculture. The grain harvest was the most harvest season of the year. Although it was cold, it was the most harvest season.

Returned with a full load.

In the process of development and change of writing, the word "year" in oracle bone inscriptions and bronze inscriptions represents the image of full ears of grain and bent branches.

It is also said that the custom of celebrating the New Year existed during the Yao and Shun periods, but the names were different.

It is recorded in "Erya Shitian": "Xia said Sui, Shang said Si, Zhou said Nian, Tang Yu said Zai." In ancient times, the time at the beginning of the year was also different.

The beginning of the Xia Dynasty was on the same date as today's Spring Festival in the lunar calendar. The hour pointed by the Big Dipper moved from Zi to Hai by one hour every month, so the first day of the first lunar month of the lunar calendar was set to celebrate the new year.

The Shang Dynasty regarded the Winter Sacrifice as a New Year festival among the Four Seasons Sacrifice. At that time, there were records of New Year predictions in oracle bone inscriptions.

The Legend of the Nian Beast There is also a vivid mythological story circulating among the people about the New Year.

According to legend, "Nian" is the name of a kind of monster. It looks terrible, runs very fast, and makes a scary sound.

"Nian" often comes out to harm the people and livestock of farmers, so God locked it in the mountains and only allowed it to come out of the mountains once a year.

Since people don’t know when it will come out, they are always on tenterhooks and take precautions every day.

Time passed day by day, and "Nian" had not yet come out. But in December, "Nian" suddenly appeared, causing harm to people and animals.

From then on, every twelfth month of the lunar calendar, people were ready to fight against the "year".

Especially on the night of the 30th night of the twelfth lunar month, every house is closed to prevent "Nian" from harming people, because it is said that "Nian" will go door to door to eat people on the 30th night of the twelfth lunar month. Later, people found that "Nian" is afraid of fire and the color red.

, were afraid of the noise, so they lit torches, set off firecrackers, and beat gongs and drums on the 30th night. When they heard the noise and saw the light, they ran away in order to celebrate the year.

Victory, people celebrate each other. The custom of celebrating the New Year has been since ancient times. There are many colorful folk activities during the New Year, including sacrifices, gatherings, banquets, divination, welcoming gods, New Year greetings, appreciation and other activities. The activities during the New Year are very diverse and different.

Different places and ethnic groups also have different customs. The Han people regard the Spring Festival as the most important festival of the year. Before the Spring Festival, people actively buy New Year goods, post Spring Festival couplets, hang New Year pictures, and have reunion dinners together, especially during the Spring Festival.

New Year's Eve is particularly lively, and people start the day's preparations early. New Year pictures originated from door-god paintings. Door-god paintings appeared in the Han Dynasty, whether it was door-god Zhong Kui or the more lively and lovely zodiac paintings today.

If you want to ward off evil spirits and pray for good luck in the coming year, another preparation is to post Spring Festival couplets. Spring couplets originated from ancient peach charms. Wang Anshi once wrote: "Thousands of households always replace old peach charms with new ones.

"It symbolizes warding off evil spirits and praying for blessings. What's more important is to paste the word "福" on the square-shaped red paper using seal script, regular script and other fonts. Then stick it to doors, windows and other places, sometimes even "福"

Pasting the word "福" upside down means "luck has arrived". According to records, the custom of sticking the word "福" on New Year's Eve may have originated from the Qing Dynasty emperors writing "福" to ministers in various names.

There are more and more festivals, and many people will say that "the flavor of the New Year has faded." Maybe it's because we no longer need to improve our food and wear new clothes once a year, or maybe we have more ways to entertain ourselves, but we still celebrate the New Year.

One of the most important traditional festivals.