The Spring Festival, commonly known as the "New Year's Day" and "New Year's Day", is a grand and distinctive ancient folk festival in China, and one of the most lively traditional festivals. Speaking of which, do you know the origin of the Spring Festival? Let's all take a look together!

A brief summary of the origins of the Spring Festival

One day, more than 2,000 years B.C., Shun, the son of the throne, led his ministry staff and worshiped heaven and earth. Since then, people have taken this day as the first day of the year. This is said to be the origin of the Lunar New Year, later called the Spring Festival.

Customs of the Spring Festival

1, dust sweeping

According to "Lv's Spring and Autumn Annals", as early as in the Yao and Shun era, China has already had a Spring Festival dust sweeping custom. Because "dust" and "Chen" are homophonic, sweeping the dust in the New Year is given a new meaning, meaning "to get rid of the old and bring in the new", hoping to sweep all the poor luck and bad luck out of the door.

2, New Year's Day

On the first day of the New Year, every family to friends and relatives, "New Year's Day", that is, going to relatives. Everyone meets and congratulates each other, saying, "Congratulations and good fortune!" and wish each other good luck and good health in the new year. In China, there are many other customs like the Spring Festival. The arrival of the New Year signals the end of the old year and the beginning of a new one, the beginning of a new year, the beginning of a new spring, the beginning of a new year, the beginning of a new splendor, and the beginning of a new side of oneself. The atmosphere of the Spring Festival will render the whole nation.

3, welcome Zao Wang Wang

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Zao Shen returns from heaven, people will light incense, fruits as tribute in the afternoon or evening, and families set off firecrackers and burn gold paper to welcome the return of Zao Shen, hoping that in the new year, Zao Shen can continue to bless the family peace and security, food and clothing.

The year begins again, the year is always new, in the New Year's bells and fireworks, I wish you all what you wish for, everything goes well, and harvest the mountains of luck and love.