What are the nicknames for the Spring Festival

The Spring Festival is the most important traditional festival in China. What are the nicknames for the Spring Festival? The following is a brief introduction for everyone, welcome to learn for reference!

What are the nicknames for the Spring Festival?

Spring Festival has different names in different times. In the pre-Qin period, it was called "going to Japan", "Yuanri", "changing the year" and "offering the year". In the Han Dynasty, it was also called "Three Dynasties", "Sui Dan", "Zhengdan" and "Zhengri". During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, they were called Yuan Chen, Yuan Ri, Fuehrer, Sui Dynasty and Sui Shou. 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".

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Zhejiang Spring Festival folk culture: "Qingtian silkworm" on the first day of New Year's Day

On the first day of New Year's Day in Wucheng County, Zhejiang Province, a long pole sokcho was placed on it, which was lit and drummed, and it was called "Qingtian silkworm". And light a lantern on the pole until March 3.

Ningbo will eat bean porridge on the first day. In the evening, before closing the door, let off the "closing gun" again.

Shaoxing treats guests with "tea bowls" in the New Year, with olives and kumquat in it, and tea eggs, which is called "holding gold ingots".

Guangdong Spring Festival folk culture: New Year's greetings are a campaign to change oranges

People in Chaoshan, Guangdong, always bring a big bag of oranges before going out to pay New Year's greetings. Every time they visit a relative, they will give them big oranges, no matter how many, they must be plural, and then say some blessings. After taking a seat, relatives will entertain with Chaoshan Kung Fu tea, and when they leave, they will send back big oranges. "So, at the end of the day, you will find that there are still a few Chaozhou oranges when you go out in the morning." Because Cantonese gives big oranges as "good luck", it is a courtesy to give them back. At the same time, in the first month, everyone should keep an eye on their pockets and avoid letting others dig them out. "Being dug out of their pockets means being hollowed out this year."

folk culture of Hubei Spring Festival: when to eat the New Year's dinner depends on your surname

In many rural areas of Hubei Province, the time to eat the New Year's dinner is different because of different surnames, which you may never think of. Wang started family reunion at five o'clock in the morning; If the surname is Gao, the banquet is usually held around 12 noon; What about Yu? The new year's dinner time is set at six o'clock when it is getting dark; Yang's surname can only be after 12 o'clock in the evening ...

There's a legend here: After Qin Shihuang unified China, the original Chu State became the "a thousand paths without a footprint", and the Chu people were hunted and killed, which made them miserable. Seeing the sharp drop in the population of Chu, Qin Shihuang ordered immigrants from Jiujiang area (now Jiangxi) to live in Chu. Some people arrived in the morning, some at noon, and some in the afternoon ... In order to commemorate their arrival in Chu, people took the time when they arrived at their new homes for dinner as the standard.

folk culture in Shanxi during the Spring Festival: Don't talk at the New Year's dinner

Now the custom of worshipping the gods and ancestors is rare in Shanxi, but the rule of not talking at the dinner of the 3-year-old is preserved. The first meal of the Spring Festival is jiaozi. When cooking jiaozi, set off firecrackers. In order to drive away evil and seek good luck, sesame stalks are used to cook jiaozi in some areas, which means that the new year is like sesame blossoms, and the days are getting better and better. Jiaozi wants to cook much more, and it must be more than enough, which means more than enough. When having a meal, one or two bowls should be served in addition to one for each person, hoping that everyone will flourish.

Folk culture of Spring Festival in old Beijing: Pay attention to the most ways to eat

Old Beijingers pay special attention to the New Year, especially the way to eat it. In the past, there was a folk song in old Beijing: "Don't be greedy for children. After Laba, it's the New Year. If you drink Laba porridge for a few days, it will be 23 miles." Twenty-three, sweet melons are sticky; Twenty-four, sweep the house; Twenty-five, fried tofu; Twenty-six, stewed mutton; Twenty-seven, kill the rooster; Twenty-eight, send your face; Twenty-nine, steamed buns; Stay up for 3 nights, and twist on New Year's Day ... "Laba porridge, fried tofu, stewed mutton, etc. listed in this folk song are all delicious foods in old Beijing during the Spring Festival. Today, these things are commonplace, but in the 195s and 196s, they were only feasted during the Chinese New Year.

There are only the above kinds of food during the Spring Festival, which is certainly not rich. Some well-off Beijingers used to eat fish on New Year's Eve. Fish must be carp, originally in the name of offering sacrifices to the gods, and later connected with the auspicious words of "auspicious celebration is more than enough". Fish is both a delicacy and a sacrifice.

As for jiaozi on New Year's Eve, jiaozi, a vegetarian stuffing, is used to worship God, while everyone eats meat stuffing. People who are not rich in life are stuffed with meat and vegetables. Even the poorest families eat jiaozi in the New Year. There are many procedures. In addition to jiaozi and rice cakes, the old Beijingers also play "Doo sauce"-a cold dish made of skin, dried bean curd, soybeans, green beans and watercress, which is amber in color and similar to "aspic". In addition, there is "mustard mound", which is a cold dish used to accompany wine and appetizer. People eat a lot of greasy food in festivals, which is easy to "make a fire" and "produce phlegm". These cold dishes can make up for this defect.

When all kinds of vegetarian dishes have been prepared, Beijingers also need to prepare sweets, dried fruits, melon seeds and "assorted preserved fruits". At that time, these snacks were delicious food when people sat around the stove and died.

Folk culture of the Spring Festival in Liaoning: unforgettable blood sausage in rural areas

In rural areas of Liaoning, on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, every household begins to prepare for the New Year, making rice cakes and steaming sticky bean bags. Many people also kill pigs and treat them, and invite their neighbors, relatives and friends to have a banquet. After eating and drinking well, the enthusiastic host will also give the blood sausage to the guests to take home. Children will try their best to help at home these days, but married daughters can't spend the New Year at their parents' home, otherwise this year will be bad for their parents' brothers. That's what the so-called "Don't look at the bride's lamp" means on New Year's Eve. Of course, this custom with feudal superstition has been gradually forgotten with the progress of society and the changes of the times.

Many people in Liaoning light longevity lanterns on New Year's Eve, which are lit all night. On New Year's Eve until the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month, every family hangs red lanterns, lights lanterns on New Year's Eve, and lights should be lit overnight, which means longevity and longevity.

Folk culture of Spring Festival in Heilongjiang Province: It's a custom for northerners to eat jiaozi during the Spring Festival in jiaozi. On New Year's Eve, we must eat jiaozi, but Heilongjiang people have to wrap some coins in the jiaozi (peanuts or other nuts are often used instead). Whoever eats such jiaozi indicates good luck and good luck in the new year. In addition, Heilongjiang must eat jiaozi on the fifth day of the fifth day, also known as "breaking the fifth day", which means biting jiaozi, which means destroying all unlucky things and has the meaning of driving away disasters and avoiding evil spirits.

Jilin Spring Festival folk culture: eat frozen pears after the New Year's Eve

Because of the cold weather in the northeast, some fruits have a different taste after being frozen. The most common are iced pears and frozen persimmons. It is understood that the purest is frozen autumn pear. In Jilin, there is a kind of pear called autumn pear, which is sour and astringent when it is just picked, so people pick it and put it directly under the tree, cover it with a layer of leaves. After freezing, the autumn pear is sweet and sour, and the juice is sufficient. Frozen pears should be thawed in water before eating. Eating this kind of pear after New Year's Eve can relieve alcohol and greasy.

folk culture in Jiangsu during the Spring Festival: gathering wealth everywhere to find "gold ingots"

Suzhou people put cooked water chestnuts in their annual dinner on New Year's Eve and dig them out when eating, which is called "digging gold ingots". When friends and relatives come and go, two green olives should be placed when making tea, which means drinking "Yuanbao tea", which means "Congratulations on making a fortune".

People in Changzhou are not allowed to sweep the floor from home during the Spring Festival, for fear of sweeping out "wealth" and "wishful thinking", they can only sweep from outside to inside, which means gathering wealth. During the Spring Festival, there are still many taboos in Jiangsu, such as not moving scissors on the first day of the New Year's Day, so as not to argue with each other; Don't move the kitchen knife to avoid being killed; Don't eat porridge, afraid of going out in the rain; Don't sweep the floor, afraid of sweeping away the wealth and so on.

Jiangning people have the custom of "beating the god drum" during the Spring Festival. The flag opens the way, and the gongs and drums players bang their drums all over to add fun. On the third day, they beat the night drum, on the seventh day, and on the thirteenth to fifteenth day, they beat the bare-chested drum. The atmosphere is warm.

Nantong people have the custom of planting sesame stalks, holly and cypress branches at home or in front of the hall, which means that life is blooming day by day and green all the year round.

Huaiyin people also have the custom of "roasting the head wind" for their children on the sixth day. At night, I took my children to the field to light torches, so as to dispel the pathogenic factors of the children. While roasting, I sang: "Roast the head, wake up, roast the feet, correct the steps, roast the belly without diarrhea, roast all over, and the disease will never be seen."

Folk culture of Shandong Spring Festival: Eating wonton on the first day of the New Year

In Ningyang County, Shandong Province, people pay attention to eating wonton on the first day of the New Year, which is called "stuffing".

in huangxian county and Penglai area, it's a waste to get up early on the first day. The hostess holds a red candle and illuminates every corner of the house, which means to drive out darkness with light, and then puts all kinds of window grilles made of flour on the windowsill. After getting up, children have to climb the latch and play three swings. It is said that they can grow fast.

In some rural areas, cooking jiaozi with sesame stalks means that the new year is rising like sesame blossoms, and steamed bread should be put in the pot after meals, which means "leftover head".

Jiaodong's new daughter-in-law will visit her husband's grandparents in the first year, which is called "taking root". It is said that when you get to your grandparents' house, you can take root, and there will be no divorce and early widowhood.

introduction of nicknames of China Spring Festival

1. Spring Festival in different times has different names

Pre-Qin period: "changing the year", "offering the year", "going to Japan" and "Yuanri".

Han Dynasty: "Zhengri", "Suidan" and "Zhengdan".

Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties: Sui Dynasty, Sui Shou, Yuan Chen, Yuan Ri and Fuehrer.

Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties: Xinzheng, Singapore Dollar, New Year's Day, Yuan and New Year's Day.

Qing dynasty: "new year's day" and "yuan day".

2. About the Spring Festival in China

In fact, the Spring Festival has been in China for more than 4, years, and there have been many theories about the origin of the Spring Festival. However, many people accept that the Spring Festival started during the period of Yu Shun, and the Spring Festival begins on the first day of the first lunar month every year, which is what we call "New Year" in modern times. During the Spring Festival, some Han people and some ethnic minorities in China will celebrate with different activities. In fact, there will be different rich contents in the activities, among which there are the main contents of getting rid of the old cloth, welcoming the new, offering sacrifices to the gods, and so on. Moreover, for different ethnic minorities in China, it has a very strong national characteristic, and for some countries, it is also influenced by Chinese culture, and it has the custom of remembering the Spring Festival.

In fact, before the Spring Festival, every household will start to get rid of the old cloth and make new ones, and they will also start to clean their houses, prepare the utensils needed for the Spring Festival, and even have time to wash their hair. These are also one of the activities that everyone will have more rich festivals, and there will be many activities to celebrate the harvest every other year.

3. The significance of the Spring Festival to China people

The Spring Festival is an important carrier of Chinese culture. It contains the crystallization and talent of Chinese culture, and it is also a pursuit of life and an emotional sustenance of Chinese people in China. It is also the case that more people can inherit our social ethics. We must vigorously promote and promote the traditional culture condensed by the Spring Festival, and we must develop all this. ;