People set the Spring Festival on the first day of the first lunar month, but generally it doesn't end until at least the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. The Spring Festival is the China Lunar New Year, commonly known as "Spring Festival", "New Year" and "New Year's Eve", also known as "New Year" and "New Year's Eve". It is a folk festival that integrates the old and the new, worshipping the gods and ancestors, praying for evil spirits, reuniting with relatives and friends, celebrating entertainment and eating.
Headed by the centennial festival, the Spring Festival is the most solemn traditional festival of the Chinese nation. Influenced by Chinese culture, some countries and regions in the world also have the custom of celebrating the Spring Festival. According to incomplete statistics, nearly 20 countries and regions have designated the Spring Festival in China as a legal holiday for the whole or some cities under their jurisdiction. Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival are also called the four traditional festivals in China.
The custom of celebrating the Spring Festival, traditional festival ceremonies and custom activities are important contents of festival elements, bearing rich and colorful festival cultural connotations. These activities can be summarized as follows: (1) to worship the gods to meet the weather; Worship ancestors and maintain family ties; Drive away evil spirits and seek peace; Have fun and relax.
During the Spring Festival, various New Year celebrations are held all over the country. Due to different regional cultures, there are differences in customs content or details, which have strong regional characteristics. During the Spring Festival, there are many kinds of celebrations, such as lion dancing, floating colors, dragon dancing, visiting gods, temple fairs, visiting flower streets, enjoying lanterns, playing gongs and drums, flying flags, burning fireworks, praying for blessings, dancing in the spring, walking on stilts, running roller boats, dancing yangko and so on.