The Spring Festival has a long history, which originated from the primitive belief and worship of nature of early human beings, and evolved from praying for the New Year at the beginning of the year in ancient times. Everything is based on heaven, and people are based on ancestors, praying for the elderly, respecting the ancestors of heaven, and returning to the original. The origin of the Spring Festival contains profound cultural connotations, and it carries rich historical and cultural connotations in its inheritance and development. During the Spring Festival, various activities will be held all over the country to celebrate the Spring Festival, which has strong local characteristics.
In the early days of observing images and time, "Yin Hui with a barrel handle" is the beginning of a year. "bucket handle Yin Hui" returns to the earth in spring, and everything is renewed, thus opening a new cycle. In the traditional farming society, it is of great significance to return to the earth in spring at the beginning of the year, which has spawned a large number of related festivals and customs.
In the historical development, although the calendar is different and the date of the first festival is different, its festival framework and many folk customs have been passed down. In modern times, 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.
Traditional customs:
China's annual custom culture has a long history, and all kinds of Chinese New Year customs originate from all parts of the country, and the north and the south have their own characteristics. Although customs vary from place to place, it is almost a "must-have" for Chinese New Year to prepare new year's goods and send new year's gifts all over the country. Buying new year's goods, including food, clothing, clothes, use, stickers (New Year's Eve) and gifts, are collectively called "New Year's Goods", and the process of buying new year's goods is called "Buying New Year's Goods". Celebrating the Spring Festival is an important activity for China people.
The folk proverb says "meat is cut on the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month", which means that meat is mainly prepared for the Chinese New Year. The reason why "cutting annual meat" is written into the annual festival ballad is because the farming society and economy are underdeveloped and people can only eat meat at the annual festival, so it is called "annual meat".
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Spring Festival