Materials about the traditional culture of the Spring Festival

Materials about the traditional culture of the Spring Festival: the origin, legends and customs of the Spring Festival.

1, the origin of the Spring Festival

The Spring Festival originated from the primitive belief and worship of nature of early human beings, and evolved from the sacrifice of praying for the New Year at the beginning of 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.

2. Legend of the Spring Festival

Once upon a time, there was a monster named Nian. It has horns on its head, which is very powerful. Nian beast usually hides at the bottom of the sea, and the Spring Festival is coming soon. Nian beast will climb out of the sea and eat cows, sheep, chickens, pigs and even people.

On one occasion, the people knew that Nian beast was coming, and they all took animals into the mountains to escape. At this moment, a white-bearded grandfather came. An old woman advised Grandpa White Beard to hide quickly. Grandpa with white beard said, I live here, and I'm not afraid of Nian beast. Only Nian beast is afraid of me.

It turns out that Nian beast is most afraid of red, noise and fire. From then on, everyone knew a good way to dare to walk the Nian beast. As the Spring Festival approaches, people will put up red couplets at the door, put up red blessings, put up red window grilles on the windows, set off firecrackers and set off fireworks.

3, the custom of the Spring Festival

Chinese New Year has a long history, and some relatively fixed customs have been formed in the process of inheritance and development. Many of them have been passed down to this day, such as buying new year's goods, sweeping dust, posting New Year greetings, eating New Year's Eve, celebrating New Year's Eve, dancing dragons and lions, worshipping ancestors, praying for disaster relief, worshiping gods, racing boats, temple fairs, playing gongs and drums, holding cursor flags and offering lanterns and wine.