Why did the government of the Republic of China abolish the Spring Festival?

The Spring Festival is the biggest traditional festival in China, but it was "overthrown" by the lunar calendar from 1929 to 1933. At that time, public opinion was aggressive, trying to strangle the traditional festivals in China politically and economically, and trying to dwarf and discredit the Spring Festival culturally. But the Spring Festival in China is still here today.

According to Fushun County Decree of the Republic of China, in June of 19, the Executive Yuan of the National Government ordered "changing the old calendar festival into the national calendar". It stipulates: "All festivals in the old calendar are calculated on the day of the month of the national calendar, that is, January 1st is New Year's Day, 15th is Shangyuan, March 3rd is Luo Chen, May 5th is Chongwu, July 15th is the Central Plains, September 9th is Chongjiu, and December 8th is Laba.

Mid-Autumn Festival is to look forward to the recent autumnal equinox. All the folk customs in the old calendar, such as watching lanterns, repairing temples, running races, offering sacrifices, enjoying the moon and climbing mountains, can be held at any time according to the national calendar, so that the people can adjust themselves to overwork. "At that time, it was close to the Spring Festival, and the government refused to celebrate the New Year. People took to the streets to demonstrate against the absurd decision of the government. There are also two factions in the government. Supporters and opponents disagree on whether to cancel or keep the Spring Festival. They changed from quarreling to throwing shoes, notebooks and ink bottles, and finally got into a big fight, making smoke billow.

Obviously, the stubborn farce of the Kuomintang is just a mantis in people's deep-rooted traditional customs. No one celebrated the New Year promoted by the Kuomintang, but in the old calendar year, that is, the traditional Chinese New Year, firecrackers were set off all night. At that time, there was a wonderful couplet describing it: "Men and women have equal rights, and women are justified;" In the lunar calendar, you celebrate the year of our country and I celebrate the year of our country. "

In this confrontation between the government and the people, the former finally gave up, and China people resumed the tradition of celebrating the New Year.

"Scrape off the old calendar and use the new one" is just a dead letter. February 9 1929 "Today is the Lunar New Year, and Beijing Zhongxian wants to spend more years in Shanghai". Chiang Kai-shek stayed in Nanjing for the New Year and said to himself, "If there is any change in Beijing and few people are responsible, I will not go to Shanghai to do my duty. I need to hear about my family. He also answered a few words, saying: Today is New Year's Eve, and today is except.

The troubles of a lifetime will come to an end. Homesick, my heart is my mother's heart. I felt this indifference, and I was very sad at night. "Jiang's mother, Wang Caiyu, died more than ten years ago. Wang Yisheng suffered a lot. He/kloc-lost his father at the age of 0/9 and his son after marriage. After he remarried, he had a son, Zhi Qing (Chiang Kai-shek). When his son succeeded in his career, his grave was dug into an arch.

Jiang and his mother have deep feelings. Later, in Emei, You Jiang, there was a saying that "I miss my mother every time I go to a temple, and I hope my son will be lonely." Inherent in the traditional Chinese New Year's title is that on holidays, two people want to kiss each other, and on New Year's Eve, they think about their relatives first and worship first. Chiang Kai-shek's longing for his mother's kindness on New Year's Eve is not only a true expression of his longing for his mother, but also a vivid explanation of the importance of the Spring Festival.

At that time, the national government relied on administrative means to "ban the old year", which could not really change the customs and habits of the people for thousands of years. Under the strict orders of the national government, strange phenomena also appeared. Although the national government can effectively restrain government agencies and school groups to celebrate New Year's Day. However, the national government is beyond its reach, and people still celebrate the Lunar New Year.

In the face of powerful traditional customs and folk culture, the national government finally realized that the compulsory abolition of the Spring Festival had lost its position in the hearts of ordinary people. By the Spring Festival of 1934, the government indicated that it would no longer interfere with folk customs.