The Spring Festival refers to New Year's Eve and the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar.

The Spring Festival originated from the ancient "Lunar New Year" festival, which has a history of more than 4,000 years. As early as during the Yao and Shun Dynasties, the Lunar New Year Festival appeared in our society. The so-called "Lap Sacrifice" is to sacrifice to a hundred gods at the end of the year during the month of Lunar New Year, to thank the gods for their blessings and to make people have a good harvest. The ritual was very solemn, and people had to prepare the best offerings to the gods.

Then people would go hunting and make offerings of fresh game. In ancient times, the word "hunt" was synonymous with the word "wax". Therefore, the "Lap Sacrifice" is also the meaning of hunting and sacrificing. Although the Spring Festival has a long history of thousands of years, the name "Spring Festival" is a blend of the word "Spring Festival", which was first used in "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty - Yang Zhen", and today's Spring Festival is a blend of modern elements.

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Customs of the Spring Festival:

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This is the first important Chinese Spring Festival. Spring Festival couplets, also known as door to door, spring stickers, couplets, couplets, peach symbols, etc., it is neat, couplets, concise, sophisticated text depicting the background of the times, expressing the best wishes, is China's unique form of literature. This custom started in the Song Dynasty, began to flourish in the Ming Dynasty, and in the Qing Dynasty, the ideology and artistry of the Spring Festival couplets have been greatly improved.

2, pressure money?

Pressing the New Year's money (in Guangdong is called "Baili is"), one of the customs of the Spring Festival, is distributed by the elders to the younger generation, after the New Year's Eve dinner, the elders will be prepared to distribute the New Year's money to the younger generation, it is said that the New Year's money can be pressed to prevent the evil spirits, the younger generation to get the New Year's money can be peaceful and safe through the year. In folk culture, the New Year's money symbolizes the protection against evil spirits and the blessing of peace.

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