The date of the Spring Festival is set on the first day of the first month of each year, is the beginning of a new year in the lunar calendar, but also China's most lively and grand traditional festivals, since ancient times has been very lively. The following is the customs of the Spring Festival and the symbolism that I have organized for you, welcome to learn and reference, certainly helpful to you.
Customs of the Spring Festival and the moral
The first day of the first month
The first day of the first month of the original name of the " New Year's Day "," the original meaning of the "yuan" for the " head", later derived from the "head". The original meaning of "yuan" is "head", which was later extended to "start". This day is the first day of the year, the first day of spring, the first day of the first month, so it is called "three yuan".
The morning of the first day, people should first set off firecrackers, called "open door cannonball". After the sound of firecrackers, broken red all over the ground, brilliant as a cloud of brocade, known as the "full red". People get up early, dressed up, go out to visit friends and relatives, pay tribute to each other, wishing the New Year.
The second day of the first month
The second day of the first month, the married daughter to return to her mother's home, and to be accompanied by a husband and son-in-law, so it is commonly known as "son-in-law day". On this day, the daughter must bring some gifts and red envelopes to distribute to the children of her mother's family, and eat lunch in her mother's home, but must be rushed back to her in-laws before dinner, known as "the first month of the non-vacant". In the past, families would also choose this day to take a family photo.
In the north, the God of Wealth is also worshipped on the second day of the first month. Whether it's a trade store or an ordinary family, it's held on the second day of the first month. In the past, the old Beijing's big merchants will be held on this day of the festival activities, offerings, but also with the 'five offerings', namely, the whole pig, the whole sheep, the whole chicken, the whole duck, the red live carp, etc., and hope that this year to be a big fortune.
The third day of the first month
In most parts of the country, "back to the mother's home" time is generally scheduled for the second day of the first month, but in Shandong and other places, it is the third day of the first day "back to the mother's home".
Some northern regions will be the third called "broom day". Because this day can be the first day of the New Year, the second day of the two days of garbage centralized clean up, pick up their own broom to clean the room, and in the cleaning time to sweep from the outside to the inside, said the meaning of gathering wealth.
Spring Festival alias
We all know that time can make a lot of things change, such as clothing every dynasty is different, the festival is the same, the Spring Festival in different times have different names. In the pre-Qin called "on the day", "yuan day", "change the year", "dedicate the year" and so on; to the two Han period, and was called "three dynasties". was called "three dynasties", "year", "first day", "first day", "first day"; Wei, Jin and North and South Dynasties called "yuan Chen", "yuan day", "yuan head", "year dynasty", "year head" and so on. The first of the year", etc.; to the Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming, it is called "New Year's Day", "Yuan", "the year day", "new positive
What are the customs of the Spring Festival
New Year's money
New Year's Eve, when the New Year's Eve, the elders to the younger generation of the New Year's money, also known as the pressure to win money. Because "year" and "Soun" resonate, elders hope that the New Year's money can drive away evil spirits, blessing the child peace and security, the New Year's money sent the elders of the late generation of the ardent hope and deep love and care.
Firecrackers
Chinese folk have "open door firecrackers", that is, the arrival of the new year, families open the door of the first thing is to set off firecrackers, to split the sound of firecrackers to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new. Firecrackers is a Chinese holiday entertainment, can bring joy and good luck.
According to historical records, the earliest firecrackers are made of bamboo poles and other flammable torch. Because of the abundance of bamboo in the south of China, this custom was first popularized from the south. When the bamboo burns, the air in the bamboo expansion, causing the bamboo cavity burst, the crackling sound, the name of the firecracker also came from this. About the Tang Dynasty, people put gunpowder in the bamboo tube to ignite. Song Dynasty, people have been commonly used inside the gunpowder paper roll instead of bamboo tubes, which is now the firecrackers.
Worship
Worship, is an important activity during the Spring Festival, it and New Year's Eve reunion dinner, is the most can reflect the "flavor of the year" of the Spring Festival customs. In the past, the order of the family New Year's Eve for a worship of heaven and earth, two worship ancestors, three worship high hall. Generally on the first day of the New Year, the younger generation to the elders to pay tribute to the New Year, wishing the elders blessings such as the East China Sea, longevity than Nanshan. After the New Year to relatives to pay homage, the general rule is the first day to pay homage to the family, the second day to pay homage to the family in law, the third day to pay homage to relatives. In classmates, colleagues, friends, collaborators, neighbors should also pay New Year's greetings to each other. In the "New Year's greetings," the sound of congratulations, close the distance between the heart and mind, enhance the feelings of people. As the old saying goes, the New Year's greetings are "to link the friendship of the year, and to promote the feelings of the township".
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