The meaning of "off-year" is to pray. Off-year, the traditional festivals in China are also known as Kitchen Festival, Kitchen King Festival and Dust-cleaning Day. The traditional off-year folk festivals are the 23rd (north) and 24th (south) of the twelfth lunar month.
Off-year is usually regarded as the beginning of "busy year", which means that people begin to prepare new year's goods, sweep dust, offer sacrifices to stoves, etc., and prepare for a clean and good year, expressing people's good wish to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, welcome the auspicious and accept the blessings.
Folk activities in off-year mainly include sweeping dust and offering sacrifices to stoves. China is a vast country with great differences in customs. Due to different customs, the days called "off-year" are different.
Most areas in the south are on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, while those in the north are on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. In Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, "the 24th of the twelfth lunar month" and "the night before New Year's Eve" are both called off-year. In Nanjing, the Lantern Festival on the 15th of the first month is called off-year. In some parts of Yunnan, the off-year date is on the 16th of the first month, and in some parts of southwest and north, it is New Year's Eve.
Off-year is usually regarded as the beginning of a busy year, which means that people begin to prepare new year's goods, sweep dust, offer sacrifices to stoves, etc., and prepare for a clean and good year, which expresses people's good wish to bid farewell to the old year, welcome the new year and welcome the good fortune. Sacrificial stoves have a history of thousands of years in our country, which is a reflection of China people's dream of "having enough food and clothing".
New Year's Eve:
New Year's Eve is the last night at the end of the year. The last day at the end of the year is called "year-old division", which means that the old year is divided and replaced by a new year. In addition, that is, the meaning of removal; Evening means night. "New Year's Eve" means New Year's Eve, also known as New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, etc. It is the last night at the end of the year.
New Year's Eve is a time to get rid of the old and make new arrangements, reunite with the whole family and offer sacrifices to ancestors. Tomb-Sweeping Day, July 30 and Double Ninth Festival are traditional festivals to offer sacrifices to ancestors in China.
New Year's Eve is of special significance in the hearts of Chinese people. On the most important day at the end of this year, wanderers, however far away, have to rush home to reunite with their families. On New Year's Eve, they bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year.
The last day of "year old" is called "year old" and that night is called "New Year's Eve". It is connected with the beginning and end of the new year, which is called "the end of the poor month and the end of the new year". It is the eve of the new year and an important time junction to get rid of the old and welcome the new year.
Because New Year's Eve often falls on the 29th or 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, it is also called New Year's Eve. On the day of New Year's Eve, the people pay special attention to it. Every household is busy or cleaning the courtyard, removing the old cloth and the new, decorating the lanterns and welcoming the ancestors home for the New Year, and offering sacrifices with rice cakes, three sacrificial meals and three teas and five wines.
On New Year's Eve, there have been customs such as ancestor worship, observing the New Year's Eve, reunion dinner, putting up New Year's greetings and hanging lanterns since ancient times, which have spread and lasted for a long time. Influenced by Chinese culture, New Year's Eve is also a traditional festival for Chinese and overseas Chinese in countries with Chinese cultural circle and all over the world.
In 2007, New Year's Eve officially became a legal holiday in China according to the National Holidays and Remembrance Days. In 20 14, New Year's Eve was adjusted according to the State Council's decision to amend the National Holidays and Remembrance Days, and it was no longer a legal holiday in China.
On February 8, 2022/kloc-0, the Notice of the General Office of the State Council on Some Holiday Arrangements in 2023 was issued, and it will be closed on New Year's Eve (1 February 2/day) in 2023.