What are the traditional folk customs in the Spring Festival?

The Spring Festival is an ancient festival. After so many years of accumulation, it will certainly form a distinctive holiday feature. Among the people, there are many customs of the Spring Festival. Here, I bring you the traditional folk customs of the Spring Festival. Welcome to reading.

What are the traditional folk customs in the Spring Festival? 1 dust removal.

On the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, dust sweeps the house. According to Lu Chunqiu, China had the custom of sweeping the dust during the Spring Festival in the Yao and Shun era. According to the folk saying: Because of the homonym of "dust" and "Chen", sweeping dust in the Spring Festival means "getting rid of the old and not being new", and its original intention is to sweep away all bad luck and bad luck. Whenever the Spring Festival comes, every household should clean the environment, clean all kinds of electrical appliances, remove and wash bedding curtains, sweep six yards, dust cobwebs and dredge culverts in open channels.

Everywhere is filled with the joyful atmosphere of cleaning and welcoming the Spring Festival cleanly.

stay up late or all night on New Year's Eve

Keeping the Lunar New Year's Eve is one of the most important activities, and the custom of keeping the Lunar New Year's Eve has a long history. The earliest record can be found in the Local Records of the Western Jin Dynasty: on New Year's Eve, all parties give gifts to each other, which is called "the year of giving back"; Wine and food are invited, which is called "not old"; Young and old get together to drink and wish a complete song called "age division"; Everyone stays up all night, waiting for dawn. This is the so-called "shou sui".

Since the Han Dynasty, the time for the alternation of the old and new years is generally at midnight.

Pay new year's call

New Year cards, which are popular in modern society, have been implemented in ancient China. As early as the Song Dynasty, New Year greeting cards, as a special way of greeting the New Year, were used between the families and relatives of imperial nobles and literati, and were called "famous thorns" or "famous stickers". It is to cut plum blossom stationery into cards about two inches wide and three inches long, and write your name and address on them. A red paper bag called "door book" is attached to each door, with the owner's name written on it to receive the name thorn (name sticker). The worshippers write their names on the door book to express New Year greetings, which has the same meaning as modern New Year cards.

paste up Spring Festival couplets

The custom of pasting Spring Festival couplets began in the post-Shu period about 1000 years ago, which is proved by history. Spring Festival couplets are also called door couplets, spring stickers, couplets, couplets and peach symbols. They depict the background of the times and express good wishes with neat, dual, concise and delicate words, which are unique literary forms in China. Every Spring Festival, no matter in urban or rural areas, every household should choose a pair of red Spring Festival couplets and stick them on the door to add festive atmosphere to the festival. This custom began in the Song Dynasty and was popular in the Ming Dynasty. By the Qing Dynasty, the ideological and artistic quality of Spring Festival couplets had been greatly improved. Liang Zhangju's monograph Poetry of Spring Festival couplets discusses the origin of couplets and the characteristics of various works. There are many kinds of Spring Festival couplets, which can be divided into door heart, frame pair, cross string, spring strip and bucket square according to the place of use. The "door core" is attached to the center of the upper end of the door panel; The "door frame pair" is attached to the left and right door frames; "Cross-dressing" is posted on the crossbar of the door; "Spring strips" are posted in corresponding places according to different contents; "Dou Jin", also known as "door leaf", is a square diamond, often attached to furniture and screen walls.

Window grilles and the word "Fu"

In the folk, people also like to stick various paper-cuts on the windows-window grilles. Window grilles not only set off the festive atmosphere, but also integrate decoration, appreciation and practicality. Paper-cutting is a very popular folk art in China, which has been deeply loved by people for thousands of years. Because it is often pasted on the window, it is also called "window grilles". With its unique generalization and exaggeration, window grilles show auspicious things and good wishes incisively and vividly, and decorate festivals with colorful colors. While putting up Spring Festival couplets, some people have to put large and small "Fu" characters on doors, walls and lintels. Sticking the word "Fu" during the Spring Festival is a long-standing folk custom in China. The word "Fu" symbolizes good luck and wishes for a happy life and a bright future. In order to fully reflect this yearning and wish, some people simply put the word "Fu" upside down, indicating that "Fu has arrived" and "Fu has arrived". Others elaborate the word "Fu" into various patterns, such as longevity, longevity peach, carp yue longmen, abundant grains, dragons and phoenixes, and so on.

New Year picture

Hanging New Year pictures during the Spring Festival is also very common in urban and rural areas. Thick black and colorful New Year pictures add a lot of prosperity and festive atmosphere to thousands of families. New Year pictures are an ancient folk art in China, which reflects people's simple customs and beliefs and places their hopes on the future. New Year pictures, like Spring Festival couplets, originated from "door gods". With the rise of block printing, the content of New Year pictures is not limited to monotonous themes such as door gods, but has become rich and colorful. Some New Year pictures workshops have produced classic color New Year pictures, such as Fu Lushou's Samsung, God bless the people, abundant crops, prosperous livestock and welcoming the New Year, to meet people's good wishes of celebrating and praying for the New Year. There are three important producing areas of Chinese New Year pictures: Taohuawu in Suzhou, Yangliuqing in Tianjin and Weifang in Shandong; Three schools of New Year pictures have been formed, each with its own characteristics.

The earliest collection of New Year pictures in China is woodcut New Year pictures of Southern Song Dynasty, which shows four ancient beauties: Wang Zhaojun, Zhao, Ban Ji and Green Pearl. The most popular folk painting is the Year of Marrying the Rat. It depicts an interesting scene in which a mouse marries a bride according to human custom. In the early years of the Republic of China, Zheng of Shanghai combined the monthly calendar with the New Year pictures. This is a new form of New Year pictures. This new year's picture, which was combined into one, later developed into a calendar and has been popular all over the country.

Burning firecrackers

There is a folk saying in China that "open the door and set off firecrackers". That is, when the new year comes, the first thing for every household to open the door is to set off firecrackers to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. Firecracker is a specialty of China, also known as "Firecracker", "Firecracker" and "Firecracker". Its origin is very early, and it has a history of more than two thousand years.

Setting off firecrackers can create a festive and lively atmosphere, which is a kind of entertainment in festivals and can bring happiness and good luck to people. With the passage of time, firecrackers are more and more widely used, and there are more and more varieties and colors. Every major festival and happy celebration, as well as marriage, building, opening, etc. We should set off firecrackers to celebrate and make good luck. Liuyang in Hunan, Foshan and Dongyao in Guangdong, Yichun and Pingxiang in Jiangxi, Wenzhou in Zhejiang and other areas are all hometown of fireworks in China. The firecrackers produced have various colors and high quality, which are not only sold well all over the country, but also exported to all parts of the world.

Purchase new year's goods

Families in China have to buy a lot of "new year's goods", Spring Festival couplets, lucky words, new clothes and food during the Spring Festival (most markets are closed during the Spring Festival). Celebrating the Spring Festival is an important activity for China people. Compared with the past, China people's way of buying new year's goods has become more modern, and they are not constrained by tradition.

Shanxi has a special new year's goods: brushes and chopsticks must be bought every year, which means' quick hair'.

What are the traditional folk customs in the Spring Festival? 2. The specific content of the Spring Festival custom. 1. Chinese knot

Chinese knots, also called coiled knots, are made of a red rope from beginning to end. China originated in ancient times, when there was no writing. In order to remember something, people tie different knots on a rope to show their memory. This is called "knotting notes". At that time, people used this method not only to remember important things in production and life, but also to express their love for young people. As a decorative art, Chinese knots give people a simple and auspicious impression. It contains a strong national flavor and elegant appearance, which not only embodies the mystery of ancient times, but also embodies the spirit of China people. Therefore, it soon became the object that people hung indoors or gave to each other during the Spring Festival. Beautiful modeling and antique charm add a peaceful atmosphere to traditional festivals.

The specific content of Spring Festival custom II. Happy new year.

Paying New Year greetings is an important activity during the Spring Festival. Like the reunion dinner on New Year's Eve, it is the Spring Festival custom that best reflects the "taste of the year". Generally, the younger generation pays New Year greetings to their elders on the first day of the New Year's Day, wishing them happiness as the East China Sea and longevity as the South Mountain. After the New Year, the general rule is to worship family members on the first day, the Yue family on the second day and relatives on the third day. Students, colleagues, friends, collaborators and neighbors should also pay New Year greetings to each other. In the sound of "Happy Spring Festival", the distance between hearts is narrowed and the feelings between people are enhanced.

The specific content of the custom of the Spring Festival. stroll around the temple fair

Visiting temple fairs is the Spring Festival complex of most people in China, and it is also an indispensable custom. The Spring Festival Temple Fair is the earliest folk religious ceremony. At temple fairs, monks and Taoists usually hold "ceremonies" or "Dojo" to offer sacrifices to gods and buddhas. People should also make incense, make wishes, make wishes and seek happiness. 、

The specific content of the custom of the Spring Festival. Post the blessing words backwards.

In our country, people often use the word "Fu" to express their yearning and pursuit for auspiciousness, wishful thinking and happiness. Whenever we bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year, every household should put the word "Fu" on the door, which means that we are blessed to enter the house. In many places, the word "Fu" is reversed, and the homonym of "Dao" and "Dao" is used to mean "Fu is here".

The specific content of Spring Festival custom: 5. See the social fire.

In addition to temple fairs, folk self-entertainment and social fire are also long-standing annual entertainment activities. Social fire originated from the worship of land gods and fire gods in ancient times. Society, land god; The ancestor of fire, fire, is the legendary Vulcan. The worship of land and fire in ancient times produced the custom of offering sacrifices to social fires. With the development of society, the ceremony of offering sacrifices to social fires has gradually become a grand, rich and diverse folk entertainment.

The specific content of the custom of the Spring Festival VI. Drinking Laba porridge

Entering the twelfth lunar month, people are busy preparing for the New Year. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is Laba Festival, and people "cook porridge with fruits such as grains, dates and chestnuts to sacrifice farmers and ancestors". Laba Festival originated from the ancient Laba Festival, also known as La Worship or Wax Festival.

The specific content of the custom of the Spring Festival. Sacrifice to the kitchen god

Offering sacrifices to stoves is a popular and influential custom in China. In the past, almost every kitchen had a "Kitchen God" shrine. According to legend, he is the "commander-in-chief of the nine-day East Chef", in charge of the kitchen fires of various families. People call this god the "Master Bodhisattva" or "Chef", and he is worshipped as the protector of a family.

The specific content of the custom of the Spring Festival. Sweep dust

"24th, Dusting Day". To welcome the new, we must first get rid of the old. Dust removal is year-end cleaning, which is called "house cleaning" in the north and "dust removal" in the south. Sweeping dust before the Spring Festival is a traditional custom in our country. On the day of dusting, the whole family began to clean the house and yard together, scrub the pots and pans, dismantle and wash the bedding, and greet the New Year cleanly. In fact, people use the homonym of "dust" and "Chen" to express their willingness to get rid of the old and welcome the new.

The specific content of the custom of the Spring Festival. paste up Spring Festival couplets

Spring Festival couplets, commonly known as "appropriate" and "Spring Post", are a kind of couplets, so they are called Spring Festival couplets because they are posted during the Spring Festival. Sticking Spring Festival couplets is an important folk custom in the New Year. On the eve of the Spring Festival, every household should put up red Spring Festival couplets. A pair of festive and warm Spring Festival couplets expresses people's good wishes to welcome the New Year and look forward to a new life.

The specific content of the custom of the Spring Festival X. Putting up New Year pictures

New Year pictures, like Spring Festival couplets, originated from "door gods". With the rise of block printing, the content of New Year pictures is not limited to the door gods, and the God of Wealth is gradually invited to the home, and then colorful New Year pictures such as Fu Lushou's three stars, God bless the people, abundant crops, prosperous six animals, greeting the spring and wishing the New Year are made in some New Year picture workshops to meet people's good wishes of celebrating and praying for the New Year.

The specific content of XI's Spring Festival custom. Celebrate new year's eve

New Year's Eve refers to the evening of the last day of the year, which is connected with the Spring Festival. It is an important moment of "one night for two years, five hours for two years". "Except" means "going", and New Year's Eve means "the month is poor and the old year is exhausted", which means that the old year will be replaced by the new year next year. New Year's Eve is the first climax of the New Year's Festival. Shounian, commonly known as "Enduring the Year", begins with eating New Year's Eve. The New Year's Eve is the most affectionate and full of warmth and peace in a year. At this time, people not only enjoy a table full of delicious food, but also enjoy deep affection and festive celebrations. After the New Year's Eve, except for the young children, the whole family began to observe the new year, saying goodbye to the old year and welcoming the new year.

The specific content of Spring Festival custom 12. Eat dumplings

There is a tradition of eating jiaozi on New Year's Eve in the north, but the custom of eating jiaozi varies from place to place. Eating jiaozi is a unique way to express people's wish for good luck when they bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year. Jiaozi means getting married at an older age, and eating jiaozi during the Spring Festival is considered a great luck. In addition, jiaozi is shaped like an ingot, wrapping jiaozi means wrapping good luck, while eating jiaozi symbolizes prosperity.

The specific content of custom 13 of the Spring Festival. lucky money

On New Year's Eve, the elders should give the younger generation lucky money, also called lucky money. Because "old" and "treasure" are homophonic, elders hope that lucky money can ward off evil spirits and avoid disasters, and protect children's safety.

The specific content of the custom of the Spring Festival. Setting off firecrackers

A year in firecrackers. On the eve of New Year's Eve, at the handover, the fire flashed and roared in the sky. The grand and enthusiastic firecrackers sent away the old year, ushered in a brand-new year, and pushed the Spring Festival to a climax.

What are the traditional folk customs in the Spring Festival? 3 1, sacrifice.

During the Spring Festival, people will prepare tributes to express their memory of their deceased relatives and hope that they will bless their families in the new year.

2. Post Spring Festival couplets.

In the north, during the Spring Festival, every household will put couplets on both sides of the gate to symbolize auspiciousness and bring festive atmosphere to the festival.

3. sweep the old.

When the Spring Festival comes, every household cleans up and cleans up the house inside and outside, which means welcoming the Spring Festival and sweeping away bad luck.

4. Paste and paste.

Like Spring Festival couplets, colorful' hanging stickers' add joy to the Spring Festival.

5. Paste the New Year pictures.

Northerners like to paste New Year pictures during the Spring Festival, which adds a lot of festive atmosphere to the Spring Festival.

6. keep the age.

Northerners have the custom of keeping the old age, that is, the family stays up until the new year, and then the family has a New Year's Eve dinner, which means to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year. On New Year's Eve, people stay up all night, play cards, chat, set off firecrackers and pack jiaozi. The custom of observing the age began in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and both Yu Jianwu and Xu in the Liang Dynasty had poems about observing the age. Even two years old one night, five classes for two years. In ancient times, observing the age was also called wasting time. People light candles or oil lamps and keep vigil all night, which symbolizes driving away all evil diseases and epidemics and looking forward to good luck in the new year. This custom has been handed down from generation to generation.

7. Set off firecrackers.

Setting off firecrackers in the New Year is an ancient custom with festive meaning.

8. Happy New Year.

Northerners have the custom that the younger generation pays New Year greetings to their elders. On the morning of New Year's Day, young people go to their elders in droves to pay New Year's greetings.

9. Dance yangko.

Yangko dancing is a unique custom in northern China. Men, women and children all organized themselves to walk the streets and dance yangko from house to house for the New Year. The scene was very lively.

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On the first day of New Year's Day, men put up Spring Festival couplets, while women put fruits, dishes, cakes and chopsticks before their ancestors after preparing all kinds of delicious food and putting up Spring Festival couplets to remember their ancestors.

What are the traditional folk customs of Wenzhou Spring Festival?

Setting off firecrackers: In the early morning of the first day of junior high school, the first thing for every household is to set off firecrackers. The whole city is full of firecrackers, which symbolizes the farewell of the old and the welcome of the new, commonly known as "welcome". It is also customary to play "opening the door". Generally, a string of small firecrackers is put first, which is called the "Hundred Zi Bao". Two firecrackers were set off again, and only three firecrackers were set off, indicating that the plague of one year can be lifted and the New Year is coming. It is required to ring three times, and the sound is loud and clear, which is the most auspicious. As the saying goes, the sooner you open the door, the better, which symbolizes that everything you do casually this year is smooth, the financial resources are abundant, and the farmers have a bumper harvest. In some places, as soon as the gun was fired, they muttered: "Open the door and fire; When wealth comes, so does happiness. "Generally firecrackers and Lippi's skin are red. After the discharge, the paper flowers are all over the ground, and the clouds are bright and dazzling, forming a house full of auspicious colors and beaming. Firecrackers have been banned in cities and towns, but they can still be set off in rural areas and fishing islands.

Worship the Six Gods: After opening the door, both men and women wear new clothes. Housewives burn Buddha tea and hold various sacrifices in Jiangxi porcelain bowls for the incense table. Nave hangs an ancestor statue, worshiping ancestors first, and then worshiping six gods (kitchen god, roof god, white tiger god, well god, land god and god of wealth). Folks believe that these six gods are the protectors of every family. They worship in the new year, mainly to pray for the safety of the population and the prosperity of family undertakings.

Visit the Three Gods: After worshipping the Six Gods, set up a small square table in the atrium, hold a bowl of rice, spread red paper on it, and stick glue around it. Put it on the table, burn incense and candles, and worship it devoutly. Known as the "meeting three gods" (that is, the Taoist Jade Qing, Qingqing and Taiqing), it was not until the fourth day of the first month that the gods were sent away from their seats.

Ancestor worship: In the old society, at noon on the first day of the first month, in Dongtou County, every family had to worship their ancestors. The ceremony was presided over by the housewife. First list the offerings, arrange the handlebars and chopsticks, and pour the yellow wine into the wine. A bench should be placed between the shrine and the altar, and then red candles should be lit to burn incense on the incense burners of all shrines, such as ancestors, san huang, land gods and kitchen gods. When the red candle burns to about three quarters or the incense will burn out, it will start to burn "golden paper" (a kind of paper money folded into ingots with gold foil, which is only effective after folk beliefs are recited) and set off firecrackers. Finally, take out the food. Move the chair to the front of the table before taking the food away. When offering sacrifices to ancestors, the gifts on the table are not allowed to move; All offerings that have been worshipped, except cakes and fruits, should be boiled or steamed before eating. Otherwise, it is considered disrespectful to God and ancestors.

Xiang: In the early morning of the first day of the first month, there is an old custom of "Xiang". Hundreds of civil and military officials in the city, wearing crowns, are deacons, knocking gongs to clear the way and burning incense in various temples, which is majestic. Every old man and his family bathed and changed clothes before dawn, rushed to the community temple or nearby temple, opened the door of the temple, burned incense and lit incense lamps. Some people even stay up on New Year's Eve and wait in temples. As soon as the sea passes, burn incense as a sign of piety. People think that the first person to light incense is the luckiest, so there is a custom of lighting the first pair of candles first. As the saying goes, "whoever opens the door first will definitely make a lot of money this year." Old people go to the temple to worship the temple gods, mainly to pray for good luck in the New Year and the safety of the whole family. However, due to the differences in class, industry, gender and age, people come to worship God in an endless stream, some seeking to make a fortune in business, some seeking a bumper harvest in agriculture, some seeking their children to continue their heirs, and so on. For larger temples, such as the King's Temple in Dong 'ou, worshippers should give red envelopes to the temples. If the prayer is effective, the rich will make a wish on the first day of each year with a big candle weighing 100 kilograms.

Ryan: In the past, in Dongtou Island, every household held a "Ryan" ceremony, which lasted from 30 nights to midnight. Presided over by the elders in the family or the person in charge of production and life in the family. The host should "clean up" (that is, abstain from color on New Year's Eve), bathe all over, and must not touch unclean things before "opening the light". The desk should be placed at the gate or in the courtyard, with two benches at the foot of the table to raise the desk. The offerings include three kinds of animals, fish, fruits, cakes and vegetarian noodles. And there are a pair of big red candles on both sides, commonly known as "all night". At the beginning of the ceremony, after the host lit the "all night" and burned incense, the whole family knelt down, put their hands together and prayed for God's blessing, wishing the whole family peace, wealth and all the best in the new year. After the prayer, the whole family stood quietly, waited for a while, then burned "golden paper" and set off firecrackers. Finally, withdraw. Since the 1980s, the opening hours have been advanced to midnight, with the New Year bell of CCTV ringing. The ceremony is also much simpler, and some are just firecrackers and fireworks. However, more firecrackers were set off, especially the "Baizibao", and even thousands of firecrackers were strung together, which was loud, long and extremely lively.

Tea worship: On the morning of the first day of the first month, there is another custom called tea worship on Dongtou Island. Sacrificial tea refers to "jujube tea" made of red dates, longan and rice cakes. Take its auspicious meaning: red dates-the days are getting more and more prosperous, longan-family reunion, safe and smooth, rice cakes-step by step. The "tea sacrifice" is divided into two parts: one is to worship the ancestors and hold a small bowl for the kitchen god; The second is to worship the kitchen god. Everyone should burn incense, light candles, light gold paper and set off firecrackers. After tea, everyone in the family has a bowl to drink. Because the first meal of the new year is soup, people will laugh at themselves with the phrase "eat soup on the first day of the first month" if it is blocked by rain whether going out or working at home in the future. After drinking tea, you have to burn noodles to eat, which is also commonly known as "longevity noodles." It is not only good luck, but also the wish of the whole family to live a long life. As a supplement to tea, you can kill two birds with one stone.

Breakfast: On the first day of the first month, Wenzhou people like to eat muffins (a sweet rice cake steamed by steaming). When eating, cut the muffins into thin slices, then cut the fat in the soy sauce meat into thin slices and embed it between two muffins. It tastes sweet and salty and has a unique flavor. Some people eat glutinous rice balls or cook a bowl of vermicelli with a boiled egg on it. These foods all contain the symbolic meaning of "getting taller every year" and "reunion". Some people cook China New Year's rice and eat mashed cakes and muffins. In Pingyang, eat rice cakes and glutinous rice balls, and some drink brown sugar soup first, then add noodles and eggs; In Taishun, housewives make sugar tea, steam sugar cakes and serve vegetables (salted radish) at home. But in Yandang area of Yueqing, people eat brown seeds. On New Year's Eve, every family cooks a pot of zongzi and gets up early on the first day of the new year for the whole family to eat. It is said that eating zongzi has two meanings. First, because zongzi is homophonic with "zong", it means to miss one's ancestors. Second, because zongzi is homophonic with the word "zhong", it gets the meaning of success. In Yueqing, people usually use red dates, dried persimmons and glutinous rice balls. In Baishi Town, Yueqing, we had soup packets, porridge and top cakes for our first dinner. When I fell asleep, I put my shoes in front of my bed and asked the Heaven to bless me. During the Spring Festival in this city, tourists have the custom of offering Yuanbao tea, that is, putting two fresh olives in the tea, which is not only fragrant, but also floating olives in the yellow-green tea soup, which looks like Yuanbao, commonly known as "Yuanbao tea" and contains auspicious and rich colors in the New Year. Snacks can be round-eyed meat or lotus seeds, red dates, meatballs, eggs and vermicelli.

What are the traditional folk customs in the Spring Festival? Looking back, history left us with too many thoughts and fantasies, and this "old custom" is one of them. For example, the traditional custom of the Spring Festival in China is a bond that unites the centripetal force of the Chinese nation, and it is also a national celebration meeting of the Chinese nation. From ancient times to modern times, from nation to the world.

Due to ethnic differences, regional differences between north and south, and so on, the Spring Festival culture can be described as varied and colorful. Taken together, there are many similarities: from the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, eating Laba porridge began to have a "taste of the year"; The 23rd (mostly north) and 24th (mostly south) of the twelfth lunar month are also called off-year; Buy new year's goods from an early age, and paste the word "fu" upside down, which means happiness; Putting up new year pictures, couplets, cutting window grilles and hanging red lanterns means prosperity; Stick it on the door, hoping for prosperity in the coming year and so on. I haven't been busy until New Year's Eve.

The New Year's Eve reunion dinner is essential, and it is also the most abundant New Year's Eve dinner in a year. You must celebrate New Year's Eve on the evening of the 30th. It is a custom to stay up late to welcome the new year on the last night of the old year. It is also called "Celebrating New Year's Eve", commonly known as "staying up late for the New Year". Jiaozi should be eaten on New Year's Eve and the first day of the first lunar month, which means "making friends when you are young". Put sugar, copper coins, peanuts, dates and chestnuts in jiaozi. If you eat sugar, it means that life in the future is sweet; Eating copper coins means having money to spend; Eating peanuts means longevity, because peanuts are also called longevity fruit.

After midnight, the New Year bell rang and firecrackers resounded through China. In this "three yuan" moment of "year yuan, month yuan, time yuan", some places also set up "prosperous fire" in the courtyard to show prosperity. Around the blazing fire, the children set off firecrackers and danced happily. At this time, the bright lights in the house, the sparks in front of the court and the deafening noise outside the house pushed the lively atmosphere of New Year's Eve to a climax. On the first morning, fireworks and firecrackers were set off at the door, which is also called "out of the Arabian Nights", meaning to open the door to travel and meet the western gods. Firecrackers are a sign to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, and an expression of festive mood. Businessmen who open doors to set off firecrackers have another meaning, that is, to make a fortune in the new year.

With the further improvement of communication means, texting New Year is also one of the Spring Festival cultures. Although the short message is short, it reveals deep affection and blessings to friends and relatives between the lines, which is timely and convenient. This is the charm of SMS New Year greetings.

In traditional times, the significance of the Spring Festival is self-evident. For our farming nation, the Spring Festival is a symbol of reunion. Many ceremonies in the Spring Festival, such as offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors, are aimed at reconfirming the relationship between man and god in order to obtain the protection of the gods; The younger generation pays New Year greetings to the elders, and the elders send lucky money to the younger generation, which embodies the traditional virtues and customs of the Chinese nation to respect the old and love the young, and so on.

In the era of material shortage, the rich reunion dinner and children's new clothes during the Spring Festival are a kind of compensation for the hard life on weekdays, which makes people full of longing and expectation for the Spring Festival.

However, with the passage of time, social development, opening to the outside world, integration with the world and so on. The whole society is becoming secular, functional and rational, and the Spring Festival is gradually becoming a simple matter of eating, drinking, playing mahjong and playing cards, and dozing off before the Spring Festival Evening. In this context, it is not impossible for the Spring Festival to become stale and boring, or even disappear gradually. Even the short message greeting custom, which has just emerged, has begun to deteriorate. Some people don't look at the object, regardless of the content, regardless of men, women and children, and send a short message in groups just to cope. This kind of behavior has no sincerity at all. It's really boring. As a result, a classic song "I don't reply by sending short messages" was born in the Spring Festival Evening of the Year of the Horse.

During the Spring Festival holiday, various classmates' parties are a way to remember youth, and also an excellent platform for students to contact their feelings and help each other. However, this is a gathering to recall the age of innocence, but it has more meaning of showing off wealth and comparing with others, and To Youth has become a vanity fair. In the face of the past "you at the same table", many "people who are afraid of gathering" not only lament that "it is better to miss each other than to meet each other".

With the deepening of reform and opening up, the economic development in various regions is unbalanced, which leads to the imbalance of employment in various regions. A large number of idle people in the mainland are forced by life to flock to coastal development zones, leaving only elderly people living alone and left-behind children at home. The Spring Festival is the only festival where they can get together, so it is inevitable to go back and forth. A considerable number of people are trapped by money, disturbed by rituals, and tired by feelings, which have become lingering troubles in their hearts. Tiredness has also become a common language for many people during the Spring Festival, especially for middle-aged people in their 40 s and 50 s. It is inevitable that they will be old and young.

Cheap or not, I've seen it for years. From the promulgation of the eight central regulations to the 15 ban on civil servants by the central government before the Spring Festival in the Year of the Horse, it is like a dose of "fierce medicine", which is expected to cure the "stubborn disease" of extravagance and corruption. The Spring Festival in the Year of the Horse really looks a lot easier. The author believes that instead of "spending a lot of money in the New Year and shrinking at work", it is better to go home often with feelings. No matter whether you are rich or poor, you can't get tired of flashy things when you go home for the New Year and get together with your relatives.

Nowadays, the custom of the Spring Festival, which has been carried on by our ancestors for 5,000 years, has penetrated into every corner of the world. We are all descendants of the Chinese people and descendants of the dragon. We have an obligation to let the traditional festivals handed down by our ancestors have a long history and carry forward them. No matter how you celebrate the New Year, you can't lose some of the most basic traditional customs left by your ancestors. Nowadays, young people are really worried and lazy. They don't even want to post the most basic couplets. They always eat out. In the long run, the Spring Festival will lose its original meaning and will really disappear soon. Fully enjoying family and friendship is the proper meaning of the festival. Let's safeguard the heritage left by our ancestors-Spring Festival culture!