Chinese New Year is the first day of the first month.

Chinese New Year lunar calendar is the first day of the first month, is the first year of the year, the traditional meaning of the New Year Festival. Commonly known as the new spring, new year, new year, year, year jubilee, big year, etc., and verbally known as the degree of the year, celebrating the year, the New Year, over the New Year, over the New Year. The Spring Festival has a long history, evolved from the ancient times, the first year of prayer and sacrifice.

The origin of the Spring Festival contains deep cultural connotations and carries a rich historical and cultural heritage in its development. During the Spring Festival, a variety of activities are held throughout the country to celebrate the New Year, with strong regional characteristics and a lively and festive atmosphere. These activities are mainly to get rid of the old and bring in the new, drive away evil spirits and calamities, offer sacrifices to ancestors, and pray for the New Year in a rich and colorful form, condensing the essence of traditional Chinese culture.

Customs of the Spring Festival

1, New Year's Eve

The day before the Spring Festival is called New Year's Eve, also known as New Year's Eve. Once upon a time, on the night of New Year's Eve, some people would invite the gods and goddesses from the sky to come down to celebrate the New Year with the people and pray for their blessing and peace for the whole family. After the liberation, the feudal superstitions were broken, but some customs were kept. On New Year's Eve, the whole family sits together and eats a reunion dinner happily, and in many places, they have to stay up all night.

2, eat dumplings

The morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, the people of the vast areas of northern China have the habit of eating dumplings. In the Three Kingdoms era, China had dumplings as a food. In an ancient tomb of the dynasty in Xinjiang, a plate of dumplings had been found, the appearance is similar to the present.