What day does January 1st refer to?

January 1st refers to the Spring Festival in China, also known as the Lunar New Year.

Spring Festival is one of the most important festivals in China traditional culture. It is usually held on the first day of the first lunar month, that is, the first day of the first month every year. The Spring Festival is a festival of reunion, celebration and blessing. People will carry out a series of traditional activities, such as putting up Spring Festival couplets, stick grilles, setting off firecrackers, eating New Year's Eve and paying New Year's greetings.

In China culture, the Spring Festival marks the beginning of a new year, and it is also a time to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. People will carry out some special ceremonies at this time, such as cleaning the house, buying new clothes, worshipping ancestors and so on. At the same time, people will also pay New Year greetings to each other and give each other red envelopes, wishing each other good health and all the best.

In addition to China, the cultural influence of the Spring Festival has spread to all parts of the world. Now, more and more countries and regions are celebrating the Spring Festival, especially those places where a large number of China people live. During the Spring Festival, people will carry out various activities, such as dragon and lion dancing, setting off firecrackers and making traditional food. In addition, the Spring Festival has also become an international festival to promote cultural exchanges and tourism.

The customs of the Spring Festival

1. Post Spring Festival couplets: Spring Festival couplets are a traditional literary form, usually written on red paper and used to decorate doorframes or walls. The contents of Spring Festival couplets are usually neat and auspicious poems, which express people's expectations for happiness, health and prosperity. During the Spring Festival, people will post Spring Festival couplets at their doorsteps to pray for good luck and happiness.

2. Happy New Year: Happy New Year refers to visiting relatives and friends, sending blessings and red envelopes. This is one of the most important traditions during the Spring Festival, and it is also an opportunity for people to communicate with each other and enhance their feelings. When visiting the New Year, people will bow and kowtow to their elders, relatives and friends, and send the most sincere wishes and red envelopes. Red envelopes usually contain some money, which means good luck and wealth.

3. Eat New Year's Eve: New Year's Eve is one of the most important family dinners during the Spring Festival, usually held on New Year's Eve. This meal is the most abundant one in a year. People will prepare various traditional foods, such as fish, jiaozi and rice cakes, to pray for reunion, happiness and harvest. At the New Year's Eve, family members will raise glasses together to wish each other good health and smooth career.