What are the customs of the Spring Festival and the origin of the Spring Festival?

? The Spring Festival, that is, the Lunar New Year, is the beginning of a year and also the traditional Spring Festival in China. Commonly known as the Spring Festival? New Year, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, etc. Also known verbally as New Year's Eve, Celebration, New Year's Eve and New Year's Eve.

The source of the Spring Festival:?

According to historical records, the Spring Festival was celebrated in Tang Yu, Sui in Xia Dynasty, Si in Shang Dynasty and Nian in Zhou Dynasty. The original meaning of "nian" refers to the growth cycle of grain, which is hot every year, so the Spring Festival is once a year, which means cool breeze. It is also said that the Spring Festival originated in "La Worship" at the end of primitive society. At that time, whenever the twelfth lunar month in spring came to an end, the ancestors slaughtered pigs and sheep, sacrificed ghosts and gods and ancestors, and prayed for good weather in the new year to avoid disasters. Their faces were painted with vermilion and bird feathers, and they sang, danced, ate and drank, which was very lively. However, it is generally believed that the Spring Festival began in Yu Shun. One day more than 2000 BC, Shun became emperor and led his men to worship heaven and earth. Since then, people have regarded this day as the beginning of a year. It is said that this is the origin of the Lunar New Year, which was later called the Spring Festival.

In different times, the name of the Spring Festival is different. In the pre-Qin period, it was called "going to Japan", "January Day", "changing the year" and "offering the year". In the Han Dynasty, it was also called "Three Dynasties", "Sui Dan", "Zheng Dan" and "Zhengri". Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties were called Chen Yuan, Yuan Ri, Fuehrer and Sui Dynasty. In the Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties, it was called New Year's Day, Yuan, New Year's Day and Singapore dollar. In the Qing Dynasty, it was always called "New Year's Day" or "Yuan Day". It was not until after the Revolution of 1911 that the Lunar New Year was officially named Spring Festival. During the period of Beiyang government in the Republic of China, Yuan Shikai defined New Year's Day as Gregorian calendar 065438+1October 0 1 and renamed the first day of the first lunar month as Spring Festival.

China people have celebrated the Spring Festival for more than 4,000 years. People regard the first day of the first lunar month as the Spring Festival, and generally it doesn't end until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month (Shangyuan Festival).

Customs of the Spring Festival:

? First, the New Year's Eve: Keep the New Year's Eve?

? Sticking Spring Festival couplets, also known as "Spring Stickers", "Door Pairs" and "Couplets", is an important symbol to celebrate the Spring Festival. When people put couplets and blessings on their doorsteps, it means the official start of the Spring Festival. Every Spring Festival, whether in urban or rural areas, in addition to Spring Festival couplets, every household should also have stick grilles, New Year pictures and blessings to increase the festive atmosphere.

? New Year's Eve, also known as New Year's Eve, reunion dinner, reunion dinner and so on. Especially the New Year's Eve dinner. Reunion dinner is the highlight of the year ago, which is not only colorful, but also very meaningful. There are usually chickens (indicating a plan) and fish (more than enough every year) for good luck. China people's New Year's Eve dinner is a family reunion dinner, which is the most abundant and important dinner in a year.

? Shounian, also known as wasting time, lighting a fire, staying up late, etc. The folk custom of celebrating New Year's Eve is mainly manifested in the fact that lights are always on on New Year's Eve. Observing that New Year's Eve is called "Lighting the New Year with Lights", that is, it is full of lights and candles on New Year's Eve. It is said that this will enrich the wealth of the family in the coming year. Keeping old also refers to family reunion on New Year's Eve and staying up late to welcome the Lunar New Year.

? Setting off firecrackers is one of the traditional customs. It is said that firecrackers originated from firecrackers. This custom has a history of more than 2,000 years in China. ? Nowadays, people are used to setting off firecrackers to celebrate China New Year, getting married, going to school and getting promoted. As long as they are celebrating.

? After the New Year's Eve, the elders should distribute the lucky money prepared in advance to the younger generation. The lucky money means "blessing the old" and places the good wishes of the elders for the growth of their children.

? Jiaozi and jiaozi are eaten in many traditional festivals in China, and jiaozi is eaten on New Year's Eve. Peace often has different meanings. Whoever eats jiaozi with coins in it indicates good luck and good luck in the new year.

? Second, on New Year's Day, go to pay a New Year call?

? On the morning of the Spring Festival, first open the door and set off firecrackers, which is called "opening firecrackers". Put three pieces called "Lianzhong Sanyuan"; Put four pieces called "Flo Xi Shou"; Put five pieces called "Five Blessingg"; Put six pieces called "66 Dashun" ... After the firecrackers, the ground is broken red, which is called "full house red". At this time, the streets were full of anger and joy. Everyone meets and says "Happy New Year" to each other, and this new year begins.

? Happy New Year, Happy New Year is an important activity of the Spring Festival, which is to congratulate new friends and neighbors, formerly known as Happy New Year. New Year greeting is a traditional folk custom in China, and it is a way for people to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, and express their best wishes to each other. Generally speaking, New Year greetings begin at home. On the morning of the first day, after the younger generation gets up, they should first pay a New Year call to their elders, wishing them a long and healthy life and all the best. After the elders worship, they should distribute the "lucky money" prepared in advance to the younger generation. After paying New Year greetings to the elders at home, people go out to pay New Year greetings.

? No killing, no cleaning, every New Year, there are many established habits to follow, commonly known as the annual ban. Because the first month is the beginning of a year, people often regard it as a sign of the fortune of the New Year, so there are many "taboos" during the New Year. For example, on the first day of New Year's Day, killing is forbidden, because killing is considered to lead to disasters such as knife disaster, soldier disaster and blood disaster. You can't use a broom on the first day of the first month, otherwise you will sweep away your luck and break your money. If you must sweep the floor, you must sweep it from the outside to the inside. You can't smash furniture during the New Year. Breaking it is a sign of bankruptcy. You have to say "Peace through the years" or "Flowers bloom on the ground, wealth and splendor" as soon as possible.

? Third, the fifteenth day of the first month, Lantern Festival?

? Eating Yuanxiao and eating Yuanxiao on the fifteenth day of the first month, as a food, has a long history in China. Yuanxiao is rolled in the north and Tangyuan is wrapped in the south. These are two foods with different practices and tastes, but they both symbolize the meaning of reunion.

? Lantern Festival is also called Lantern Festival, because there are folk customs of hanging lanterns, lighting lanterns and watching lanterns. Lantern Festival is a traditional custom of Lantern Festival, which began in the Western Han Dynasty and flourished in Sui and Tang Dynasties. After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, lantern style prevailed in all previous dynasties and spread to future generations.

? Dragon dance lantern, also known as dragon dance lantern or dragon dance. Its origin can be traced back to ancient times. Legend has it that as early as the Yellow Emperor, in a large-scale song and dance in the suburbs of Qing Dynasty, there was a leading bird image played by a man, and then a dance scene with six dragons interspersed with each other was arranged. The dragon dance recorded in writing is Zhang Heng's Xijing Fu in Han Dynasty. The author vividly described the dragon dance in the descriptions of hundreds of plays. According to Sui Shu Le, Huanglongbian, which is similar to the dragon dance performance in Yang Di's hundred operas, is also very wonderful, and dragon dance is popular in many places in China. The Chinese nation advocates dragons and regards them as auspicious symbols. There is also a legend that there was a drought in the Tang Dynasty, and the Dragon King drowned many people in Chang 'an. The Jade Emperor beheaded the Dragon King, and since then, the Dragon King has haunted the palace every night, which frightened Li Shimin. Ministers think that the Dragon King should be turned over, so people have the habit of playing dragon lanterns on the Lantern Festival.

? When solving riddles on lanterns, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, people hang lanterns and set off fireworks. Later, someone wrote riddles on paper and posted them on colorful lanterns for people to guess. Because solve riddles on the lanterns can enlighten wisdom and cater to the festive atmosphere, many people responded. Later, solve riddles on the lanterns gradually became an indispensable program for the Lantern Festival. Lantern riddles add to the festive atmosphere, showing the intelligence and wisdom of ancient working people and their yearning for a better life.

? Lion dance is an excellent folk art in China. Whenever the Lantern Festival or the celebration of the General Assembly, people always come to the lion dance to entertain. This custom originated in the Three Kingdoms period and was popular in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. It has a history of 1000 years. Lion dance began in Wei and Jin Dynasties and flourished in Tang Dynasty. It is also called lion dance and music of peace. It is usually done by three people. Two people dressed as lions, one as the lion's head, one as the lion's body and hind feet, and one as the lion's head. Dance is divided into civilian and military. The dance of literature and art shows the gentleness of the lion, with movements such as shaking hair and rolling. Wushi shows the fierceness, prancing, pushing high and rolling colored balls of the lion.

Spring Festival is an ancient festival in China, and it is also the most important festival in a year. How to celebrate this festival has formed some relatively fixed customs and habits in thousands of years of historical development, and many of them have been passed down to this day. There are differences between the North and the South in Chinese New Year culture, but one thing is basically the same, that is, family reunion, visiting relatives and friends, visiting elders and so on. I hope we can remember these customs full of affection and good wishes and pass them on from generation to generation.