Spring Banquet is a traditional Spring Festival cultural activity in ancient China, also known as "Spring Banquet". In the old society, it was difficult for people to get together again after the Spring Festival because of the poor traffic and the need of agricultural production, so an event was held to bid farewell to spring. It is reported that this activity can be traced back to the Warring States period.
Banquets in spring are usually held around the Lantern Festival, that is, at the beginning of spring. Usually held by the government, rich and powerful people and other wealthy social classes. Invite friends and relatives, officials, literati and gourmets to taste delicious food at that time, listen to music and dance, and celebrate the Spring Festival together. During the activity, people talked and laughed to celebrate the New Year.
In ancient times, the scale and content of spring banquets were generally grand, and sometimes property was given and operas were performed. For example, during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a grand spring banquet, which was expected to invite more than 65,438+10,000 people and cost as much as 5 million taels of silver. It can also be seen that this cultural activity was very popular and lively at that time.
The way of spring banquet:
Invite guests. Organizers usually invite relatives, friends, officials, scholars and gourmets to attend the spring banquet to enhance the atmosphere of reunion and communication. Banquet for food. The organizer prepared a wealth of dishes and wines for the guests, including fish, meat, vegetarian dishes, soup and other varieties to cater to everyone's taste.
Performing arts programs. There are often performances of music, dance, opera and other programs in the activities to comment on the happy atmosphere of the Spring Festival. The organizer will try to introduce some new dishes and wines for guests to taste, or lead new fashion trends. Say goodbye to spring. At the end of the spring banquet, the guests bid farewell to the spring and offered their best wishes for the New Year.
In a word, the Spring Banquet is an important festival activity with the theme of food, literature and reunion, which promotes a United, happy and auspicious New Year culture and was once regarded as an important ceremony at the spiritual and social levels.