2. During the Spring Festival, China's Han Chinese and most of the ethnic minorities have to hold a variety of celebrations, most of these activities to the gods and Buddhas, ancestors, in addition to the old and the new, to welcome Jubilee receive blessings, praying for a good year as the main content. The activities are colorful, with strong national characteristics.
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1. Lunar New Year's Day, the twenty-third of the lunar month Zaozao Festival of the Spring Festival in China, generally from the Zaozao Festival to open the beginning. Zaos worship is a custom that has a great influence on Chinese folklore and has been widely spread. In the old days, almost every family had a "Zao Wang" god in the stove.
2. 24th of Lunar New Year dust sweeping "24th of Lunar New Year, dust sweeping the house", according to "Lushi Chunqiu" records, China in the Yao and Shun era, there is a Spring Festival dust sweeping custom. According to folklore: because the "dust" and "Chen" harmonized, the New Year dust sweeping "in addition to the meaning of Chen Bu Xin", the intention is to all poor luck, bad luck, swept out the door.
3. Lunar New Year's Eve 25th to receive the Jade Emperor old custom that after the God of the stove in heaven, the Emperor Jade Emperor on the 25th day of the 12th lunar month, personally down, to investigate the good and evil on earth, and set the next year, so the family sacrifice to pray for blessings, known as the "receiving Jade Emperor". On this day, we should be careful in our living and speaking, and strive for good performance to win the favor of the Jade Emperor and bring down blessings in the coming year.