About the origin, customs, legends and ancient poems of the New Year

Spring Festival is a traditional festival in China with a long history and far-reaching influence.

The origin of the three

There are many theories about the origin of the Spring Festival, such as the Spring Festival originated in La Worship, the Spring Festival originated in witchcraft ceremony, the Spring Festival originated in Ghost Festival and so on. But it is generally believed that the Spring Festival rose during the Yu Shun period.

One day more than 2000 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. It is said that this is the origin of the Lunar New Year, which was later called the Spring Festival.

Ersa custom

Keeping the Lunar New Year's Eve is one of the most important activities, and the custom of keeping the Lunar New Year's Eve has a long history. The earliest record can be found in the Local Records of the Western Jin Dynasty: on New Year's Eve, all parties give gifts to each other, which is called "the year of giving back"; Wine and food are invited, which is called "not old"; Young and old get together to drink and wish a complete song called "age division"; Everyone stays up all night, waiting for dawn. This is the so-called "shou sui".

In the Song Dynasty, New Year greeting cards were a special way of greeting the New Year, which was used between the families and relatives of royal noble literati and was called "name thorn" or "name sticker". It is to cut plum blossom stationery into cards about two inches wide and three inches long, and write your name and address on them.

A red paper bag called "door book" is attached to each door, with the owner's name written on it to receive the name thorn (name sticker). The worshippers wrote their names on the register, which means to pay a New Year call.

It began in the post-Shu period about 1000 years ago, which is proved by history. Spring Festival couplets are also called door couplets, spring stickers, couplets, couplets and peach symbols. They depict the background of the times and express good wishes with neat, dual, concise and delicate words, which are unique literary forms in China.

Every Spring Festival, no matter in urban or rural areas, every household should choose a pair of red Spring Festival couplets and stick them on the door to add festive atmosphere to the festival. This custom originated in the Song Dynasty and was popular in the Ming Dynasty.

Three legends

In ancient times, there was a fierce monster scattered in the mountains. People call them nian. Its appearance is ferocious, its nature is ferocious, and it specializes in eating birds, animals and insects. It changes its taste every day, from kowtowing insects to living people, which makes people talk about "Nian".

Later, people gradually mastered the activity law of "Nian", that is, every 365 days, people go to places where people live in concentrated communities to taste fresh food. The haunting time is after dark, and when the rooster crows at dawn, they return to the mountains.

Four ancient poems

The first day of the lunar month

Except for the one-year-old in firecrackers,

The spring breeze brought warmth to Tusu,

Thousands of families are dying,

Always trade new peaches for old ones.

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The Spring Festival, the Lunar New Year, is the beginning of a year and a traditional "festival". Commonly known as Spring Festival, New Year, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve and so on. 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. Everything is based on the sky, and people are based on their ancestors. It is also the opposite to pray for the ancestors who worship the sky. The origin of the Spring Festival contains profound cultural connotations, and it carries rich historical and cultural connotations in its inheritance and development.

During the Spring Festival, all kinds of activities to celebrate the Spring Festival will be held all over the country, with a lively and festive atmosphere. These activities are mainly to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year, worship ancestors and pray for a bumper harvest. They are rich in forms and have strong regional characteristics, which embodies the cultural essence of Chinese civilization. ?

In ancient times, people started a "busy year" in La Worship on the 23rd or 24th of the twelfth lunar month or on the sacrificial stove, and the New Year didn't end until January 19. In modern times, people set the Spring Festival on the first day of the first lunar month, but it generally doesn't end until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month (Lantern Festival).

The Spring Festival is a joyful and peaceful festival, a day for family and friends to get together, and a bond for people to deepen their feelings. Holiday greetings convey family ethics between relatives and villages, which is of great significance for the survival and development of the Spring Festival.

Headed by Hundred Festivals, the Spring Festival is the most solemn traditional festival of the Chinese nation, which not only embodies the Chinese nation's ideological beliefs, ideals and aspirations, life, entertainment, cultural psychology, but also shows activities such as blessing, eating and entertainment in a carnival way.

Influenced by China culture, some countries and nationalities belonging to the Chinese character cultural circle also have the custom of Spring Festival. Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival are also called the four traditional festivals in China. The folk custom of Spring Festival was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

Extended source: Baidu Encyclopedia-Spring Festival