The contents of the Spring Festival handbook

The meaning of the Spring Festival:

The Spring Festival is the first day of the year, the Lunar New Year, traditionally known as the "New Year's Day". The traditional names are New Year, New Year, New Jubilee, New Year, and so on, and verbally also known as the year of the year, the New Year. The Spring Festival has a long history, evolved from the ancient times of the first year of sacrificial activities, its origin contains a rich and profound human and natural cultural connotations.

As an important part of the long history and culture of the Chinese nation, the New Year Festival reflects the rich social and cultural life of the ancient people. In ancient times, people began to be "busy with the New Year" from the Lunar New Year's festival or the sacrifice of the stove on the 23rd or 24th day of the Lunar New Year until the 19th day of the first month of the lunar calendar. In modern times, the New Year's period is generally from the first day of the first month to the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar (the Lantern Festival).

Customs of the Spring Festival:

The celebrations during the Spring Festival are extremely rich and varied, including lion dances, floating colors, dragon juggling, god tours, boat races, New Year's celebrations, fireworks burning, and stilt walkers, boat races, rice-planting songs, and so on. During the Spring Festival, the Spring Festival couplets, the New Year's Eve, eat the New Year's Eve dinner, pay respects to the New Year and so on, but because of the different customs and local conditions, the nuances and each has its own characteristics.

Sacrifices to the gods, ancestor worship custom prevalent in the southern coastal areas, inherited from the ancient customs, the Spring Festival held in many places, such as the grand tour of the gods activities. Festivals and folk culture is an important carrier of the heritage of the Chinese culture. Traditional festivals as an important part of the long history and culture of the Chinese nation, reflecting the rich social and cultural life of the ancient people, but also the accumulation of profound historical and cultural connotations.

The Spring Festival folklore:

In the evolution of historical development, after the Qin and Han Dynasties, most of the traditional festivals have been attached to a number of legends to replace their true origins. The Spring Festival is no exception, also was attached to the "evil beast to avoid the New Year" and other stories and legends as its origin. In fact, the Spring Festival was not formed because of stories and legends such as "avoiding the evil beast", but these absurd legends were constructed by later generations. Traditional festivals emphasize beliefs and rituals, and spirituality is the core of traditional festivals. The formation of the Spring Festival contains deep and rich cultural connotations.