The New Year's bell rings, firecrackers ring in the street, and noises come and go. Everyone is beaming, which means that the new year has begun. The warm atmosphere of the festival pervades the streets, and some places will hold activities such as lion dancing, playing dragon lanterns, performing social fires, visiting flower markets and temple fairs during the Spring Festival. So do you know the origin of the Spring Festival? What are the customs during the Spring Festival? The following is my collection of the origin and customs of the Spring Festival. Welcome to reading. I hope you will like it.

The Origin of the Spring Festival

Spring Festival, that is, Lunar New Year, commonly known as Chinese New Year, generally refers to New Year's Eve and the first day of the first month. But among the people, the traditional Spring Festival refers to the sacrificial ceremony from the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month or the 23rd or 24th of the twelfth lunar month to the 15th of the first lunar month in La Worship, with New Year's Eve and the first day of the first lunar month as the climax. The Spring Festival has a long history, which originated from the activities of offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors in the beginning and end of the Shang Dynasty. During the Spring Festival, Han people and many ethnic minorities in China will hold various activities to celebrate. The main contents of these activities are offering sacrifices to gods and buddhas, paying homage to ancestors, saying goodbye to the old year and welcoming the new year, and praying for a bumper harvest. The activities are rich and colorful, with strong national characteristics. Spring Festival, commonly known as "Chinese New Year", is the most solemn traditional festival of the Chinese nation.

What are the customs during the Spring Festival?

Watch the Spring Festival Gala

Spring Festival Gala, usually called "Spring Festival Gala", is a variety show held by China CCTV every year on New Year's Eve to celebrate the Lunar New Year.

sweep the dust

"On the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, the dust sweeps the house". According to "Lv Chunqiu", there was a custom of sweeping the dust during the Spring Festival in Yao, Shun and Yu dynasties. 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. This custom has placed people's desire to break the old and create new ones and their prayers to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new.

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 records were found in the Western Jin Dynasty and the Zhou Dynasty. Local chronicles: 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".

Pay new year's call

On the first day of the new year, people get up early, put on the most beautiful clothes, dress neatly, go out to visit relatives and friends, and wish each other good luck in the coming year. There are many ways to pay New Year's greetings, some of which are led by the same patriarch from door to door. Some colleagues invited several people to pay New Year greetings; Others get together to congratulate each other. This is called "group worship". Because it takes time and effort to pay New Year greetings at home, some elites and scholars later congratulated each other with stickers, thus developing the later "New Year cards".

paste up Spring Festival couplets

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.

firecracker

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.

The Origin and Customs of Spring Festival 1 Chimonanthus praecox

The most obvious sign is that wintersweet can be seen in the streets and alleys. Chongqing locals like to decorate their homes with pale yellow wintersweet during the Spring Festival, because the petals of wintersweet have a fragrance, which makes people feel very comfortable. Especially for young people, it will be more romantic to decorate the room with flowers.

Nanshan is a land rich in wintersweet. From the twelfth lunar month, farmers from the suburbs can be seen carrying cages filled with budding wintersweet, whether in flower markets or on ordinary streets.

When shopping, you can often meet many citizens holding wintersweet, and its price is very cheap, a bunch of (4) two dollars.

Setting off firecrackers

Because it is forbidden to set off firecrackers in the city, but some designated places in the suburbs can, people who want to set off firecrackers will drive to the suburbs and have a good time here. Those who have relatives in the countryside in Chongqing will take the opportunity to set off firecrackers and have fun in the countryside.

Have a reunion dinner and watch the Spring Festival Gala.

Speaking of Spring Festival, I believe everyone will think of New Year's Eve. On New Year's Eve in northern China, jiaozi is usually the last course, and people in Chongqing must eat glutinous rice balls, which symbolizes reunion. And they are very particular about the number of jiaozi. For example, students who are studying are usually given three pills by their parents, which means they will make continuous progress in their studies in three steps. Office workers generally eat four pills, which means peace in the four seasons.

After the reunion dinner, the family sat together and enjoyed the family happiness. I usually watch CCTV Spring Festival Gala while playing cards. Playing cards is mainly about fighting landlords (whoever plays the cards first wins) or mahjong, and some families watch the party while keeping jiaozi.

On New Year's Eve, many people will play until after midnight or all night. At midnight on New Year's Eve, 12, the family will empty all the balloons prepared in advance and make a sound like firecrackers to show farewell to the old year and welcome the new year.

On the first day of the year.

On New Year's Day, many places go out to pay New Year's greetings, but Chongqing people stay at home instead of going out. Moreover, you can't sweep the floor and take out the garbage at home during the New Year. It is said that doing so will sweep away the wealth at home. What's more, we couldn't take a nap that day, and the locals became "moldy sleep", which is a bad year. Of course, on this day, adults and children should say auspicious words, not discouraging words, which indicates good luck in the coming year.

On the second day of the year.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, locals call it a "traveler", which means visiting relatives and friends. Chongqing people also like to eat "back-to-pot rice" after the second day of the New Year's Day, that is, relatives take turns to eat, and one family is responsible for the meal for one day. Usually we play cards after dinner, and everyone plays cards and chats.

the Lantern Festival

Local people's New Year greetings last until the fifteenth day of the first month-Lantern Festival. Lantern Festival is also the Lantern Festival in China. On the fifteenth day of the first month, the lights in all rooms should be on at night, and every family should eat glutinous rice balls. And this time is often the time of the light show, and the streets are brightly lit. From 13, various folk celebrations were held, such as performing fish Weng and clam fairy, walking on stilts and playing with lions.

As soon as the Lantern Festival is over, it means that the Spring Festival is over and people start their new year's work.

Introduction to the origin and customs of the Spring Festival 2 New Year's Eve dinner

New Year's Eve is an important program every Spring Festival. Every place's New Year's Eve dinner will be different because of regional reasons. Shanghainese have a light taste, so the menu of Shanghai New Year's Eve dinner is generally based on Shanghai local cuisine or Cantonese cuisine, which is light and delicious.

Temple fair:

Shanghai Chenghuangmiao Temple Fair

Before the opening of Shanghai, the City God Temple was the only amusement place for Shanghainese. From the late Qing Dynasty to the early Republic of China, the Chenghuang Temple in Shanghai was integrated with the surrounding gardens, markets and old streets and became synonymous with a region. It represents the history and tradition of Shanghai and is the carrier of Shanghai's local culture. The temple fair culture formed in the temple fair market for many years covers almost all aspects of people's material and spiritual life, such as religion, commerce and folk customs, and is known as the business card of Shanghai beach tourism.

Royal Temple Fair in Shanghai Grand View Garden

The Royal Temple Fair in Shanghai Grand View Garden will be held grandly from the first day to the sixth day, and special interactive projects such as jumping officials, receiving the god of wealth, and granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden will show the art of the Red Chamber. Visit Shanghai Grand View Garden to celebrate the New Year during the Spring Festival.

Rutland fair

Shanghai Yuyuan Lantern Festival is one of the most important folk cultural activities during the Spring Festival in Shanghai. Some people say that the Yuyuan Garden is the most like China in Shanghai, which is true. From the first day of the first month to the eighteenth day of the first month, the Lantern Festival here is grandly staged every day.

The early Chenghuang Temple has always been the most lively place during the Spring Festival in Shanghai. There is a poem to prove it: "If you have nothing to do in the New Year, you can take the zigzag bridge in the garden. Suddenly I heard the children clap their hands together and the kite shook for a long time. " Watching lanterns is the most popular activity for Shanghainese during the New Year. It is certainly more interesting to see lanterns near the Old Town God Temple, which has the most traditional characteristics of Shanghai.

Go to the street to find the flavor of the year

Chenghuang Temple is the best place to taste snacks and snacks with the strongest local flavor in Shanghai. If you want to find the breath of the past Spring Festival, it is definitely an ideal place.

From Jinling Road to the east is the Chenghuang Temple. Along the way, I saw two small shops serving "Nanxiang steamed buns" and a small Shaoxing chicken porridge shop. Entering the Chenghuang Temple, the famous "old hotel" in Shanghai is in front of you, and then there are rows of gold shops. Turn left, and there are special commodity streets, such as musical instrument shops, wind chimes shops, comb shops and so on. There are shopping malls specializing in selling Shanghai specialties, such as white rabbit, spiced beans and pear paste sugar. There is an old street in Shanghai in the southeast corner, mainly some antique porcelain shops. In the area of Yuyuan Garden in the northeast corner, it is mainly a food street. Next to the Jiuqu Bridge are Nanxiang Steamed Bread Shop and Huxinting Tea House.

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