The origin and customs of the Spring Festival

One of the origins of the Spring Festival:

The Spring Festival has a long history, evolved from the ancient times of the first year of the year prayers and sacrifices. All things are based on the sky, people are based on the ancestors, praying for the New Year's Eve sacrifice, honoring the ancestors, the report of the beginning of the beginning of the opposite also. The origin of the Spring Festival contains profound cultural connotations and carries a rich historical and cultural heritage in its development.

Two, the Spring Festival customs:

1, to do the New Year's goods

Chinese New Year's culture has a long history, derived from a variety of New Year's Eve customs across the country, the North and South are very different, each with its own characteristics. Although customs vary from place to place, but the preparation of New Year's goods, New Year's gift is almost the whole country's "New Year's Eve must". To purchase New Year's goods, including food, wear, wear, use, stickers (New Year's red), send (New Year's) gifts, etc., collectively known as the "New Year's goods", and the process of purchasing New Year's goods is called "to do New Year's goods". The process of purchasing Lunar New Year goods is an important activity of the Chinese people during the Spring Festival.

2, sacrificial stove

The lunar calendar, December 23rd / 24th sacrificial stove. The folk festival of Zaos originated from the ancient custom of fire worship. The Interpretation of Names: "Zao. Create also, create food also." The duty of the god of the stove is to control the stove fire and manage the food, which was later expanded to examine the good and evil on earth in order to bring down blessings and disasters. Zao worship has a history of thousands of years in Chinese folklore, and the belief in Zao Shen is a reflection of the Chinese people's pursuit of the dream of having more than enough food and clothing.

Seasonal food

Dumplings, the ancient name of the "horn", the northern New Year's Eve dinner has a tradition of eating dumplings, but the custom of eating dumplings is not the same, some places to eat dumplings on New Year's Eve, and some places to eat dumplings on the first day of the year. Thirty night northern people do not eat dumplings, will feel no New Year's atmosphere. Some mountainous areas in the north also have the custom of eating dumplings every morning from the first day to the fifth day.

Eating dumplings is a unique way of expressing people's desire to pray for good luck and good fortune as they leave the old and welcome the new. The period between 11 p.m. and 1 a.m. is called Zi Shi (子时), which means the time when the New Year meets the Old Year. Dumplings mean a new year, and eating dumplings in the Spring Festival is considered to be a great luck.