When is the New Year in China?

Lunar New Year refers to the first day of the first month to the fifteenth day of the first month.

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 heaven, and people are based on ancestors, praying for the elderly, respecting the ancestors of heaven, and returning to the original.

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, various activities will be held all over the country to celebrate the Spring Festival, which has strong regional characteristics.

These activities are rich and colorful, which have condensed the essence of China traditional culture, mainly to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, exorcise evil spirits and disturb disasters, offer sacrifices to gods and ancestors, and pray for the New Year.

Time evolution:

China's astrology culture has a long history and is profound. The ancients began to explore the mysteries of the universe very early, and thus deduced a complete and profound star-watching culture. The rotation of the Big Dipper is closely related to the change of seasons.

The Big Dipper is an important horoscope in the northern hemisphere (China is located in the northern hemisphere). The natural rhythm of the corresponding area around Huangchi Jiao Jiao in the northern hemisphere also changes gradually when the stars shift, so it becomes the basis for people to judge the seasonal changes.

Bucket handle Yin Hui returns to the earth in spring, and Vientiane is renewed, and the New Year opens. In the historical development and evolution, due to the changes of dynasties and calendars, the date of the beginning of a year (New Year) is also different.