The Spring Festival originated from the activities of offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors at the beginning and end of the Yin and Shang Dynasties.

The Spring Festival has a long history, which is also called Chinese New Year, New Year's Festival and New Year's Year. It originated from the activities of offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors at the beginning and end of the Yin and Shang Dynasties. In ancient times, the word "Year" was a tool for harvesting and offering sacrifices, and the word "Year" meant that crops were ripe (the earliest writing of the word "Year" was the image of a person carrying mature crops). People celebrate the harvest in various forms, worship the heavens and ancestors, and dispel ghosts and gods, and gradually form the custom of the New Year.

Spring Festival is one of the four traditional festivals in China, and it is an annual festival in the traditional sense. The Spring Festival has a long history, which evolved from praying for the New Year at the beginning of the year. In ancient times, people held sacrificial activities at the beginning of the new year after the end of farming at the age of one (year) to pay homage to the gods and ancestors in heaven and earth and pray for a good year.

Introduction to the Spring Festival

The Spring Festival is the China Lunar New Year, commonly known as Spring Festival, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, etc., and it is also called Chinese New Year and New Year's Eve verbally. The Spring Festival has a long history, which evolved from praying for the New Year at the beginning of the year in ancient times. During the Spring Festival, various activities to celebrate the Spring Festival are held all over the country, with strong local characteristics. These activities are mainly about getting rid of the old, worshipping the ancestors, and praying for the New Year with rich and colorful forms, which embodies the essence of Chinese traditional culture.

The Spring Festival is the most solemn traditional festival of the Chinese nation. Influenced by Chinese culture, some countries and regions in the world also have the custom of celebrating the Spring Festival. According to incomplete statistics, nearly 2 countries and regions have designated the Spring Festival in China as a legal holiday for the whole or some cities under their jurisdiction. Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival are also called the four traditional festivals in China.