The custom of New Year's Day in China

China's New Year customs include yangko dancing, walking on stilts, ancestor worship, dragon and lion dancing, bonfire parties and lantern viewing.

Yangko is a representative dance of the Han nationality in northern China, and it is one of the first projects in China to enter the national intangible cultural heritage list. Walking on stilts is one of the traditional folk activities of the Han nationality. Walking on stilts is commonly known as binding firewood feet, also known as "stilts", "walking on stilts", "binding high feet" and "walking high legs"

Ancestor worship is a traditional custom. Due to different local customs and habits, the forms of ancestor worship are also different. Dragon and lion dancing is a traditional folk custom in China. Dragon dance is also called dragon lantern play and dragon lantern dance. Bonfire dance, also known as circle dance, is a dance for Ewenki people to entertain themselves in mountainous areas. Generally, seven to twenty people form a circle hand in hand, and both men and women can participate.

New year introduction

New Year's Day is 1 on the Gregorian calendar, and most countries in the world commonly call it "Chinese New Year". Yuan means "beginning", and the beginning of each number is called "Yuan", which actually means "day", and "New Year's Day" means "the first day". "New Year's Day" usually refers to the first day of the first month in the calendar.

In China, the word "Chinese New Year" has existed since ancient times, and it was first seen in the Book of Jin in literary works. The "New Year's Day" in the history of China refers to the "first day of the first month". The calculation method of the "first month" before the period of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty was very inconsistent, and the dates of New Year's Day (the first day of the first month) in previous dynasties were also inconsistent.

According to statistics, the first year of the Republic of China adopted the Gregorian calendar (actually 19 12), and the Gregorian calendar 65438+ 10/was designated as "New Year's Day", but it was not called "New Year's Day". 1949, People's Republic of China (PRC) took 65438+ 10 1 as New Year's Day, so New Year's Day is also called "solar year", "new calendar year" or "Gregorian year" in China.

Baidu Encyclopedia-New Year's Day