What does the Spring Festival symbolize

The Spring Festival symbolizes the hilarious celebration of the old and the new.

The origin of the Spring Festival contains profound cultural connotations and carries a rich historical and cultural heritage in its development. During the Spring Festival, all over the country are held a variety of activities to celebrate the Spring Festival, lively and festive atmosphere;

These activities to get rid of the old cloth new, welcome the Jubilee to receive the blessing, worship the gods and ancestors, praying for a good year as the main content, the form of colorful and colorful, with a strong regional characteristics, cohesion of the essence of the traditional Chinese culture.

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The origin of the Spring Festival:

The origin of the Spring Festival is based on the legend that in ancient China, there was a monster called the "Nian" (年), which had a long tentacled head and was very fierce. The "year" long years of living deep under the sea, every New Year's Eve only climbed ashore, devouring livestock and harming human life. Therefore, every New Year's Eve, the people of villages and hamlets fled to the mountains to avoid the harm of the beast.

One New Year's Eve, a begging old man came from outside the village and told people the way to drive away the "New Year" beast. It turned out that the New Year was afraid of the color red, fire and explosions. From then on, every year on New Year's Eve, families stick red couplets, firecrackers;

Household candlelight, watch the night. Early in the morning on the first day, but also to go to friends and relatives to say goodbye. This custom has become more and more widespread, and has become the grandest traditional festival in Chinese folklore.

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