Information about traditional festivals in China

the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month

(The 15th day of the eighth lunar month, which falls in the middle of autumn, is called the Mid-Autumn Festival. In the evening, the full moon in Gui Xiang is regarded as a symbol of happy reunion by the old customs. This is a festival to prepare all kinds of fruits and cooked food to enjoy the moon. Eat moon cakes on Mid-Autumn Festival. Legend has it that at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, in order to overthrow the brutal rule of the Yuan Dynasty, the broad masses of the people wrote the date of the uprising on a piece of paper, put it in the stuffing of moon cakes, and secretly passed it on to each other, calling on everyone to revolt on August 15. Finally, a nationwide peasant uprising broke out on this day and overthrew the decadent Yuan Dynasty. Since then, the custom of eating moon cakes on Mid-Autumn Festival has spread more widely. )

On August 15, he was accepted by Du Fu of Tang Dynasty.

The full moon flies in the mirror and returns to the heart to fold the sword.

Turn the tent and travel far, climb the laurel and ascend to heaven.

The waterway is suspected of frost and snow, and the forest is covered with feathers.

At this time, I look forward to the white rabbit, and I want to count the autumnal equinox.

Liu Tang Yuxi "Playing the Moon in Taoyuan on August 15th"

Seeing the moon in the dust is also idle, and love is between the fairy houses in the clear autumn.

Long and cold, standing on the highest mountain at this time.

Blue is nothing but Feng Yun, and Songshan grows in the water.

A group of people are moving leisurely, and Gogoing is thousands of miles away.

Shao Jun led me to the jade altar and invited the real fairy officer to come from afar.

Clouds want to move under the starry sky, and the sky is cold with joy.

Jin Xin gradually moved eastward, and the shadow of the wheel still rose.

It is difficult to get back together when it is absolutely beautiful, and he should be disappointed on this day.

Tang Bai Juyi's "Looking at the Moon on the Pavilion on the 15th of August"

On the evening of August 15 last year, next to the apricot garden by Qujiang Pool.

On the night of August 15 this year, in front of Songpu Shatou Water Hall.

Where is the hometown in the northwest and the full moon in the southeast.

Yesterday, the wind blew and no one would meet. Tonight, the light is as clear as usual.

Don Pi Rixiu's Guizi on the 15th night of August in Tianzhu Temple.

Yu Xing got off the moon wheel and picked up the dew in front of the temple.

So far, the sky doesn't exist, but Chang 'e should be thrown to people.

Song Su Shi's Mid-Autumn Moon and Ziyou

The bright moon is not higher than the mountain, and the red light is thousands of feet.

A cup of silver is not full, and the clouds are scattered.

Those who wash God's eyes should welcome the water from Fermin River.

Then I will be indifferent to people in the world, just like I am sorry for Zhan Ran.

Mars in the southwest is like a projectile. Its horns and tail are bright and pale.

Not tonight, but even fireflies are fighting for the cold.

Who was rowing yesterday? This is a thousand days and nights.

The twists and turns have no intention of chasing the waves, and they bow their heads to sacrifice with the song board.

Will the waves and the wind return to the office before the green fluorescence disappears and turns to the mountains?

The bright moon is easy to fall and disperse, and it is even more important to see it when you come back.

The clearer the moonlight in front of the hall, the better, and the grass dew in the cold throat.

Shutters push doors silently, while windows are silent and old.

Du Nan is engaged in shame and poverty, and there are several people who write moon poems.

In the Ming dynasty, the personnel were in the same position as the morning glow, and suddenly I dreamed of Yao and Taiwan.

Fei's Mid-Autumn Festival "Looking at the Moon"

Like Huaihai's eyes, the long sea is as white as silver, and millions of rainbow-like lights are pregnant with pearl oysters.

If there is no help in the sky, Gui Zhi will support the West Wheel.

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Double Ninth Festival

September of the lunar calendar

The ninth day of the ninth lunar month is the traditional Double Ninth Festival. The Double Ninth Festival is also called "Double Ninth Festival" and "Old People's Festival" because the ancient Yijing defined "Six" as "Double Ninth Festival".

Yin number, taking "nine" as yang number, on September 9, the sun and the moon are the same as yang, and 29 is the most important, so it is called Chongyang, also known as Double Ninth Festival. The ancients thought it was an auspicious day to celebrate, and they began to celebrate it from a very young age. The activities to celebrate the Double Ninth Festival are colorful and romantic, which generally include traveling to enjoy the scenery, climbing high into the distance, watching chrysanthemums, planting dogwood everywhere, eating the Double Ninth Festival cake, drinking chrysanthemum wine and other activities. Double Ninth Festival, because it is homophonic with "long", and nine is the largest number in the number, which means long life. Moreover, autumn is also the golden season of harvest in a year, and the Double Ninth Festival has far-reaching influence. People have always had special feelings for this festival. There are many excellent poems in Tang poetry and Song poetry to congratulate the Double Ninth Festival and chant chrysanthemums.

According to legend, during the Eastern Han Dynasty, Runan people went to the cinema. Fei Changfang told him that there would be a disaster in Runan on September 9, so he quickly asked his family to sew a small bag, put Cornus officinalis in it, tied it to his arm, and climbed the mountain to drink chrysanthemum wine to take refuge. On this day, the whole family climbed the mountain and went home at night. Sure enough, all the chickens, dogs and sheep in the family are dead. Since then, people make dogwood bags, drink chrysanthemum wine, hold temple fairs, climb mountains and other customs on the Double Ninth Festival. Because "Gao" and "Gao" are homonyms, there is a custom of eating "Chongyang cake" on the Double Ninth Festival. Wang Weiyou, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote a poem "Thinking of Shandong Brothers in the Mountain Festival": "When people are in a foreign land, they miss their relatives more than ever. I know from a distance where my brother climbed, and there is one person missing from the dogwood. " Recorded the customs at that time. Because of sincere feelings, this poem has become a household name.

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Winter solstice

Lunar calendar 1 1 22nd.

In ancient China, people attached great importance to the winter solstice and thought it was a grand festival. There is a saying that the winter solstice is as big as a year, and there is a custom to celebrate it. "Han Shu" said: "The sun shines on the winter solstice, and you are long, so congratulations." People think that after the winter solstice, the days become longer and longer and the sun rises. This is the beginning of a solar cycle and an auspicious day, which should be celebrated. The Book of Jin records: "On the winter solstice of Wei and Jin Dynasties, people from all over the world celebrated ... its appearance was not as good as that of Zheng Dan." Explain the ancient emphasis on the winter solstice.

Now, some places still celebrate the winter solstice as a festival. The northern region has the custom of slaughtering sheep and eating jiaozi and wonton from winter solstice, while the southern region has the custom of eating glutinous rice balls and long noodles from winter solstice on this day. There is also the custom of offering sacrifices to heaven and ancestors in winter solstice in various regions. )

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Laba Festival

The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month

In ancient times, the sacrifice to "gods" in December was called the twelfth lunar month, so the twelfth lunar month was called the twelfth lunar month. On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the old custom is to drink Laba porridge. Legend has it that Sakyamuni became a Buddha on this day. In order to celebrate the merits of Sakyamuni, a grand Buddhist ceremony will be held in the temple to commemorate it, burning incense and ringing bells and drums together to cook porridge for the Buddha. Laba Festival is the coldest day in the north. People cook Laba porridge with whole grains and dried fruits and eat it in the morning of the festival. There are at least eight raw materials for cooking Laba porridge. Materials vary from place to place, generally including rice, millet, glutinous rice, barley, wheat, coix seed, red bean, mung bean, kidney bean, lotus seed, ginkgo, peanut kernel, longan, almond, melon seeds, raisins, red dates, chestnuts and preserved fruits. In addition, there are a variety of raw materials such as salty Laba porridge and meat Laba porridge. On this day, people in the north not only drink Laba porridge, but also offer sacrifices to their ancestors, hoping for a bumper harvest next year. During the Laba Festival, in order to welcome the arrival of the Spring Festival, people began to prepare New Year's food, such as Laba vinegar, pickled Laba garlic, preserved meat, preserved duck, preserved fish and so on. Since then, people have followed suit, until today.

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The night before the Lunar New Year

Kitchen Festival, Kitchen Day, commonly known as "off-year", also known as off-year, off-year, off-year festival and so on.

On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, people call it "off-year", which means that the year is coming to an end.

In the past, there were "three officials, three people, four places and five monks", that is to say, anyone with a reputation of being a scholar or above had a lunar new year of 23, ordinary people had a lunar new year of 24, and Taoists and monks had a lunar new year of 25. Now most areas in the north spend their off-year holidays on the 23rd.

The main folk activity in off-year is "giving stoves", that is, "king of people". The Kitchen God is also called "Kitchen King", and the folks call it "Kitchen King".

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Traditional festival dining table

Unless otherwise specified, the following festivals are calculated according to the lunar calendar (also known as summer calendar and lunar calendar):

1, Spring Festival on the first day of the first month, there were more than 30 names in ancient times, such as Yuanri, New Year's Day, Jacky, Chen Yuan, Yuanshuo, Sanyuan, Sanzheng, Zheng Dan and Zhengshuo.

2, the fifth day of the first month, Shen Lu's birthday.

On the fifteenth day of the first month, Lantern Festival (Lantern Festival)

4. The Spring Dragon Festival on February 2nd is also called Dragon Head Raising and Qinglong Festival.

May and February 15 Flower Festival

6. Tomb-Sweeping Day Cold Food Festival the day before.

On the third day of March, the legendary Queen Mother held a flat peach party.

8. Tomb-Sweeping Day on the 15th after the vernal equinox (now April 5th in Gregorian calendar).

9. On the eighth day of April, Buddha's birthday, it is also called the festival of the ox. After that, the cows will go to the fields.

10, Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of May

1 1, summer solstice

12, June 6 Sun Fu Festival "June 6, sun red and green." "Auntie's Day" and "June 6th, Please Auntie" are another festivals in ancient times, called Tiangong Festival, and June 6th is also a festival of Buddhist temples, called Fan Jing Festival.

13, July 7th, commonly known as Qixi Festival, July 7th, Begging for Cleverness Festival.

14, Mid-Autumn Festival on July 15th, also known as Ghost Festival and Arahara Festival.

15 and July 30th Dizang Festival

16, August 15 Mid-Autumn Festival

17, Double Ninth Festival on September 9.

18, the first day of October and the October dynasty, also known as ancestor worship festival.

19, 10 15 Lunar New Year.

1 1 22nd, the solstice in winter.

2 1,1February 8th Laba Festival

22. On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, the festival of offering sacrifices to stoves is commonly known as "off-year", also known as off-year, off-year and off-year festivals.

23. The last day of the twelfth lunar month is called New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, anniversary Festival, etc. People call it New Year's Eve and New Year's Eve.

There are several sages' birthdays:

Guandi's birthday: June 24th.

Birthday of Confucius, the most holy teacher: August 27th.

Master Saint was born: March 28th.

Lu Ban's Birthday: June 13 (the seventh day of May)

Fuxi's birthday: May 13 (the legendary dragon's birthday)

Yandi Shennong's birthday: April 26th.

Huangdi's birthday: the second day of February.

Zhu Gekongming's birthday: July 23rd.

Mencius' birthday: the second day of April.

Yue Fei's birthday: February 15.

Laozi's birthday: February 15.

Sakyamuni's birthday: the eighth day of April.

Qu Yuan's birthday: the 21st day of the first month.

Sixth ancestor Huineng's birthday: the eighth day of February

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Twenty-three/twenty-four sacrificial stoves in twelfth lunar month

Take a bath on the 27th/28th of the twelfth lunar month.

Lunar New Year's Eve on the 29th.

Sacrifice to the god of wealth on the second day of the first month

On the third day of the first month, the door god paper/millet birthday/off-year dynasty was burned.

The fifth day of the first month, commonly known as the folk custom of breaking five.

On the seventh day of the first month, people are also called "People's Victory Day", "People's Celebration Day", "Population Day" and "People's Seventh Day".

On the eighth day of the first month, the lower bound of the stars along the line is also called "offering stars" and "receiving stars"

On the tenth day of the first month, the stone's birthday "the stone does not move" and "ten does not move" mice marry women.

Attachment 2: Other festivals:

"Semiannual Festival" has the names of June 15, June 14, June 6, June 5, June 1 day!

Guanyin Birthday: February 19, June 19, September 19,1month 19. The belief of Guanyin Bodhisattva has gone beyond the scope of Buddhism. This is a culture and a wish!

March 23rd of the lunar calendar is Mazu's birthday every year!

The first day of July, commonly known as the interest gate.

Bunker Festival: A traditional festival of sacrifice for the Han nationality in China, which falls on the 25th day of the first lunar month. Also known as Tiancang Festival and Tiancang Festival, it is a festival to worship the God of Heaven.

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Comparison of Chinese and English Traditional Festivals in China

1. Spring Festival (lunar calendar 1 month 1 day); Chinese New Year

2. Lantern Festival (lunar calendar 1 month 15)

3. Tomb-Sweeping Day (April 5) Tom B- Tomb-Sweeping Day

4. Dragon Boat Festival (the fifth day of the fifth lunar month)

5. Mid-Autumn Festival (August 15th of the lunar calendar)

6. Double Ninth Festival (the ninth day of the ninth lunar month)

7. New Year's Eve (December 30th)

Comparison between Chinese and English of Common Traditional Activities in China

Celebrate the Spring Festival for China New Year.

Spring Festival couplets

paper cutting

New year pictures

Buy new year's goods to do shopping for the Spring Festival; Spring Festival shopping

toast

Lantern lanterns

Fireworks, fireworks

Firecrackers (people scare away monsters with loud crackles. )

Red envelopes (cash wrapped in red paper) symbolize the wealth of the coming year. )

Lion dancing is considered to show evil and bring good luck. )

Dragon dance (expecting good weather and abundant crops)

Chinese opera

variety show

A riddle written on a lantern

Lantern exhibition

stay up late

Happy new year; ; Happy new year; pay New Year calls

Taboo taboo

Get rid of bad luck.

Sacrifice to ancestors

Gift money; For the lucky money; Money culture notes given to children as Chinese New Year gifts; In the past, lucky money was distributed in the form of 100 copper coins strung on a red rope, symbolizing people's hope to live to be 100 years old. Today, money is put in a red envelope, and its face value is considered auspicious, representing luck and wealth.

Say goodbye to the old year

Cleaning the house, spring cleaning; thorough cleanup

Age; Raise the cake; New year cake

reunion dinner

Dinner on New Year's Eve

Jiao zi jiao zi/dumping; China rouxian wonton

Zongzi Zongzi

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Attachment: China New Year's Day tidbits

The Origin of China New Year

China's New Year's Day is said to have started in Zhuan Xu, one of the three emperors and five emperors, with a history of more than 5,000 years. The word "New Year's Day" first appeared in the Book of Jin: "It is actually the spring of New Year's Day when the emperor was transferred to the first month." During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Xiao Ziyun, a literary historian in the Southern Dynasties, also recorded "New Year's Day in four seasons, long life and early spring" in his poem "Jieya". Wu's Dream into the First Month in the Song Dynasty: "The first day of the first month is called New Year's Day, commonly known as the first day of the New Year's Day. This is the first one. " ; Cui Yuan of Han Dynasty called it "Jacky" in San Zi Ming. In the Jin Dynasty, Yang Du Fu called it ""; The Northern Qi Dynasty called it "Yuan Chun" in Huangxia Ci of Hui Yuan Ge Xiang. Tang Dezong Shili called it "Yuan Shuo" in the poem "Yuan Ri retired from the DPRK to watch the war and return to camp"

During the cultural relics excavation in Dawenkou, China found a picture of the sun rising from the top of the mountain with clouds in the middle. According to textual research, this is the oldest writing method of the word "Dan" in China. Later, simplified hieroglyphics of "Dan" appeared on bronze inscriptions in Shang Dynasty. The word "Dan" is represented by a round sun. The word "one" under "Sun" indicates the horizon, which means that the sun rises from the horizon in Ran Ran.

New Year's Day in China always refers to the first day of the first month of the summer calendar (lunar calendar and lunar calendar). Yuan means "early" and "beginning", but it means "day". New Year's Day is collectively called "the first day", that is, the first day of the year. There are different names in Chinese dialects, some are called "New Year's Day", some are called "Big Day", and some are called "New Year's Day", generally called "the first day of the first month".

The date of the first day of the first month was also very different before Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, the New Year's Day of the past dynasties is not consistent. Meng Xiyue (1 month) is the first month of the Xia calendar, the twelfth month of the Shang lunar calendar (1February) and the winter month of the week calendar (1 1 month). After Qin Shihuang unified China, Yangchun month (October) was the first month, that is, the first day of October was New Year's Day. Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, it has been stipulated that Meng Xiyue (January) is the first month, and Meng Xiyue (the first day of the first month in the summer calendar) is called New Year's Day, which has been used until the end of the Qing Dynasty. But this is the summer calendar, that is, the lunar calendar or lunar calendar, and it is not what we call New Year's Day today.

In A.D. 19 1 1, the Revolution of 1911 led by Sun Yat-sen overthrew the rule of the Manchu Dynasty and established the Republic of China. Representatives of provincial governors met in Nanjing and decided to use the Gregorian calendar, calling the first day of the first lunar month "Spring Festival" and the Gregorian calendar 1 day "New Year's Day". But it has not been officially announced and named. In order to "follow the agricultural season, so follow the western calendar, so do statistics", the first year of the Republic of China decided to use the Gregorian calendar (actually used as 19 12), and stipulated that Gregorian calendar 1 was called "New Year's Day", but not "New Year's Day".

Today's "New Year's Day" is September 27th, 1949, the eve of the founding of New China. When the first China People's Political Consultative Conference decided to establish the Republic of China, it also decided to adopt the world calendar, which is what we call the solar calendar.

In modern times, New Year's Day refers to the first day of the first year of the year. In order to distinguish between the lunar calendar and the solar calendar, and in view of the fact that the "beginning of spring" in the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar is just around the Lunar New Year, the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar was renamed as the Spring Festival, and the Gregorian calendar 1 day was designated as the first day of the New Year's Day, which became a legal holiday and became a happy festival for the people of the whole country.

New year's day poetry recital

[Song] Wang Anshi's "January Day" "In addition to firecrackers, the spring breeze send warm enters Tu Su, and thousands of families always change new peaches for old ones every day."

The word "New Year's Day" comes from ancient times, not referring to the Gregorian New Year, but to the first day of the first lunar month, that is, the Spring Festival. Zi Mu's revelation of the first month in Meng Lianglu in Song and Wu Dynasties.

The article said: "The first day of the first month is called New Year's Day, and the custom is called Chinese New Year." The word "New Year's Day" first appeared in the Book of Jin: taking March as the yuan,

It was in the spring of New Year's Day, in Xiao Ziyun's elegant poem in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, such as "Four Qi New Year's Day, long live today". New Year's Day was called Yuan Day in ancient times.

Jacky, Changyuan, Yuanshuo, Chen Yuan, Yuan Chun, Duanri, Shangri-La, etc. Since ancient times, poets of all ages have made lyrical poems for New Year's Day, leaving many well-known masterpieces.

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In ancient New Year's Day, there was a New Year's greeting ceremony in the palace, which was grand and grand in scale. During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Zhi wrote a poem in Hui Yuan: "At first, Yuan You, who was lucky in ancient times, was a good meeting.

Banquet in this high hall describes the scene of Cao Wei's New Year's Day message.

Tang Bai Juyi's Five Drinks on January 1st, Seven Years (Part II): "Old people are worried about getting older, and the rest are happy in spring. In the seventh row of the opening year, only a few people! " express

Poets over 60 years old, not afraid of aging, head high into the new year.

Another poet in the Tang Dynasty wrote the poem "New Year's Day": "Dai Xing wishes Yao first, and his temples are full of shadows. It's good to steal in front of the lamp, but it's wrong to kill Sue.

Try it first. "Wearing stars", that is, wearing stars, is a metaphor for going home late or leaving early.

Shang, or wine glass, can be used for drinking. "Tu Su" is a unique multi-flavor medicinal liquor in Yuan Dynasty. The ancients thought that drinking this wine could prevent diseases and eliminate disasters. Drink this glass of wine.

There is a rule that young and old can't drink at the same time, and they should come from the younger one in turn. Because according to the understanding of the ancients, every New Year, although everyone wants to live longer, it is true.

In this world, young people get one year old, but old people lose one year old, so we advise young people to drink first to congratulate them, and let old people drink late to avoid taboos.

Meng Haoran, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote a poem "Returning to Yuan Day", saying: "Last night, I returned from the war in the north, and now I will start from the east. I'm already strong, and I'm worried about agriculture without money. Mulberry leaf oil

Plough father, hoe with shepherd boy. Tian said that this year's climate is abundant. "In the prosperous Tang Dynasty," Tian Climate "had its own joy for half a year, while the poet" had no Lu Shang "

Worrying about the country and the people is the noble character of this scholar.

In ancient times, there was a custom of posting Spring Festival couplets on the first day of the New Year's Day. Lu You, a poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, wrote the poem "New Year's Day": "The night rain lifts the residual snow, and the morning sun opens the cloudy sky, and the pen writes peach symbols and peppers.

More wine costs more. "Song Boren's poem" Year of the Year "said:" There are no guests in the middle, just get up early as usual, peach boards change with people, and plum blossoms are fragrant every other year. "The peach symbol in the poem,

"Peach Board" refers to Spring Festival couplets.

Of course, among the ancient poems praising "Yuanri", the most famous is the poem "Yuanri" by Wang Anshi, a reformer in the Northern Song Dynasty: "Except firecrackers in one year,

The spring breeze brings warmth to Tusu. Thousands of families always trade new peaches for old ones. "It will be remembered by future generations.

Chen Xianzhang's "New Year's Day Trial Pen" in the Ming Dynasty is like a "Happy New Year Picture". The poet wrote in the poem: "The neighboring wall spins wine to entertain guests, and the children sing and enjoy the Chinese New Year poems together.

When you are old, you will meet a new year, and there will be better flowers in spring. Where is the evening breeze? When it blows to the moon in the east. "Fresh and rich flavor of life arises spontaneously.

Zhang Weiping, a patriotic poet in Qing Dynasty, wrote New Thunder. Although he didn't use the words "New Year's Day" and "January Day", he wrote people's greetings and welcome to the Spring Festival on the topic of New Year's Day.

Joy: "The creation is silent but affectionate, and every time it is cold, it feels spring." It's all arranged, just waiting for the first new thunder "The great Mao Zedong, 1930 1.

I wrote a song like a dream? On New Year's Day: "Liu Qing is ninghua and naturalized, and the roads and forests are deep and slippery. Where to go today, show Wuyi Mountain. At the foot of the mountain,

The wind shows a picturesque red flag. Appreciating this word is like walking into a magnificent landscape painting. The whole word is incisive, fresh and natural, full of optimism and high spirits.

Life is optimistic.

1942, Dong wrote a seven-rhythm poem "The first day of the New Year occupies the charm of Liu Yazi": "* * * smiles to welcome the new year, and Mrs. Hongyan gives plum blossoms. rise

Have a glass of Tu Su wine and taste victory tea at the end of the party. Only loyalty can repay the motherland. Now the motherland is being invaded by foreign countries, and there is no place to seek comfort. We celebrate the New Year in Chongqing, the alternate capital, singing and dancing, but don't forget Yan 'an, and let our Yaozhou Yan 'an Liberated Area prosper. "Xin

Appreciating this well-known masterpiece, I feel that the lines are saturated with the poet's sincerity to the revolutionary cause. At that time, the war of resistance was difficult, and we could only serve the country faithfully.

I will settle in the promised land in the future. The "victory tea" mentioned in the poem is the paper-packed tea sold in shops in Chongqing at that time, which is intended to wish the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. Take new things as an example.

From anecdotes into poems, we can see Dong Lao's innovative consciousness of old-style poems.

On New Year's Day

New Year's Day in ancient China is not the current "solar calendar"-the first day of January in the solar calendar. Starting from Yin, the first day of the twelfth lunar month is the first day of the year.

The first day of the first lunar month in the Han Dynasty is the beginning of a year, with many repeated changes. By the time of the Republic of China, Sun Yat-sen took office as the interim president in Nanjing at the beginning of 19 12+65438.

Time is "suitable for farming" and "convenient for statistics". The first day of the first lunar month is designated as the Spring Festival, and the Gregorian calendar 65438+ 10/is called "New Year's Day", but it is still not called "New Year's Day".

It was not until after liberation that the central people's government promulgated the unified use of "national statutory holidays and anniversaries", stipulated the Gregorian calendar 1 as New Year's Day, and decided to make the whole.

China has a day off on this festival. At the same time, in order to distinguish the Lunar New Year from the Gregorian calendar, and in view of the "beginning of spring" in the 24 solar terms of the Lunar New Year, it is just before the Lunar New Year.

Later, it was changed to "Spring Festival" on the first day of the first lunar month.

The "yuan" of "New Year's Day" refers to the beginning, which means the first. The beginning of each number is called "yuan"; "Dan" is a hieroglyph, and the "Tian" on it stands for Tai.

Yang, the "one" below stands for the horizon. "Dan" means that the sun rises from the horizon of Ran Ran, symbolizing the beginning of a day. People distinguish between "Yuan" and "Dan"

The combination of these two words means the first day of the new year. New Year's Day is also called "three yuan", that is, year yuan, month yuan and hour yuan. The word new year's day originated from.

In the Book of Jin written by Three Emperors and Five Emperors, Tang Fang Ling Xuan and others, it was uploaded: "The first month of Meng Chun is the first month of chasing the emperor, which is the spring of New Year's Day." In other words, the first month is called yuan,

The first day was Dan. Lan Ziyun, a native of the Southern Dynasties, once wrote the poem "Jieya": "Four Qi New Year's Day, long life begins today."

There is also a legend that more than 4,000 years ago, when Yao Shun was in the heyday and Emperor Yao was in power, he worked diligently for the people and did a lot of good things for the people, which won the hearts of the people.

The people loved him, but because his son was incompetent, he passed the throne of the "son of heaven" not to his son, but to Shun, who had both ability and political integrity.

Yao said to Shun, "You must pass on the throne in the future, and you will be relieved when I die." Later, Shun passed the throne to Yu, who made great contributions to flood control.

Like Shun, he loved the people, did a lot of good things for the people, and was very loved. Later, after Yao's death, he offered sacrifices to Heaven and Earth and the first emperor Yao.

Days, as the beginning of a year, call the first day of the first month "New Year's Day" or "Jacky", which is the ancient New Year. All previous dynasties were held on New Year's Day.

Celebration ceremonies and ceremonies, such as offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors, writing couplets on doors, writing blessings and dancing dragon lanterns, have gradually formed people to offer sacrifices to gods and ancestors.

Stick up Spring Festival couplets, set off firecrackers, observe the New Year, have a reunion dinner and many "social fires" and other entertainment and celebration activities. The Jin Dynasty poet Lan Xin once wrote in Jacky: "Zheng Yuanqi.

During the festival, Jiaqing Zhao set out from here. Salty play for a thousand years, small big fun. "Describe the New Year's Day celebrations.

After the Republic of China, although 65438+1 October 1 was designated as the New Year, at that time, only government agencies, schools and large foreign companies had holidays1day, but ordinary people did not.

It is true that it is still a tradition to regard the first day of the lunar calendar as the New Year, so there are no celebrations in the markets and people in old Beijing. After liberation, he will be 1+0.

After changing its name to "New Year's Day" for the first time, the government still takes a holiday in the winter leisure period "Spring Festival" around beginning of spring according to the lunar calendar used for thousands of years.

In three days, people held "temple fairs" and other celebrations, which inherited the people's wishes and thousands of years of folk customs.