How old is the Spring Festival in China?

The Spring Festival began to spread during the Yao and Shun period, and it has a history of more than 4,000 years.

The Spring Festival is the biggest traditional folk festival in China, with a long history. It evolved from praying for the New Year at the beginning of the year in ancient times, bearing rich historical and cultural connotations in its inheritance and development.

Customs 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 which have been passed down to this day, such as buying new year's goods, sweeping dust, posting New Year greetings, celebrating New Year's Eve, giving lucky money, paying New Year's greetings, dancing dragons and lions, offering sacrifices to ancestors, praying for disaster relief, setting off firecrackers, setting off fireworks, wandering around, gambling boats, temple fairs, beating gongs and drums, etc.