When is the Spring Festival? Legends of the Spring Festival
The Spring Festival is a major traditional festival in China and a festival worthy of celebration across the country. The Spring Festival is a day for family reunion. People try their best to go back home and reunite with their families on this day. So, when is the Spring Festival? What are the legends about the Spring Festival? There are some taboos about the Spring Festival that you need to pay attention to. Next, go to the 2019 Spring Festival special topic specially compiled by Shuimoxiansheng.com for everyone to learn more about it!When is the Spring Festival?The Spring Festival generally refers to the first day of the first lunar month, which is the first day of the year, also known as the lunar year, commonly known as "New Year's Day"; but among the people, the traditional Spring Festival refers to the period from the La Festival in the twelfth lunar month or the Kitchen God Festival on the twenty-third or twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, to the nineteenth day of the first lunar month, with New Year's Eve and the first day of the first lunar month as the climax.The significance of Spring Festival: The Spring Festival is China's most distinctive traditional festival. Chinese people have celebrated the Spring Festival for more than 4,000 years. There are many different theories about the origin of the Spring Festival, but the generally accepted one is that the Spring Festival originated in the Yu Shun period. The Spring Festival generally refers to the first day of the first lunar month, which is the first day of the year, also known as the lunar year, commonly known as "New Year's Day"; but among the people, the traditional Spring Festival refers to the period from the La Festival in the twelfth lunar month or the Kitchen God Festival on the twenty-third or twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, to the nineteenth day of the first lunar month, with New Year's Eve and the first day of the first lunar month as the climax. During the Spring Festival, China's Han ethnic group and many ethnic minorities hold various activities to celebrate. The main contents of these activities are to worship ancestral gods, pay tribute to ancestors, get rid of the old and welcome the new, welcome the new year and pray for a good harvest. The activities during the Spring Festival are rich and colorful, with strong ethnic characteristics. Influenced by Chinese culture, some countries and ethnic groups belonging to the Chinese character cultural circle also have the custom of celebrating the Spring Festival. Legends of the Spring Festival1: Drive away the Nian beast <br /> There is an ancient legend about the origin of the "Spring Festival". In ancient China, there was a beast called "Nian". "Nian" has horns on its head and is very ferocious and terrifying. "Nian" lived in the mountains for most of the year, and only came ashore on a specific day (which is now New Year's Eve) to devour livestock and harm human lives. Therefore, every New Year’s Eve, people in every village would flee to the mountains to avoid being harmed by “Nian”. One New Year's Eve, an old man came from outside the village to beg. There was a hurry and panic in the village and no one paid any attention to him. Only an old woman at the east end of the village gave the old man some food and advised him to go up the mountain to avoid "Nian". The old man lifted his beard and said with a smile: "If you let me stay at home for one night, I will definitely drive away "Nian". "The old woman continued to persuade, but the beggar smiled but said nothing. In the middle of the night, "Nian" broke into the village. It found that the atmosphere in the village was different from previous years: at the old woman's house at the east end of the village, there was a big red paper on the door and candles were brightly lit in the house. "Nian" trembled all over and let out a strange cry. When he was near the door, there was a sudden "crackling" sound in the yard. "Nian" was so scared that he trembled all over and dared not move forward anymore. It turns out that "Nian" is most afraid of the color red, fire and explosions. At this time, my mother-in-law's door opened, and I saw an old man in a red robe in the yard laughing. "Nian" was horrified and fled in a panic. The next day was the first day of the first lunar month. The people who had returned from the refugee camp were surprised to see that the village was safe and sound. At this time, the old woman suddenly realized and hurriedly told the villagers about the beggar's promise. This story soon spread to the surrounding villages, and people all knew how to drive away "Nian". From then on, every New Year’s Eve, every family would put up red couplets and set off firecrackers; every house would be brightly lit with candles, and everyone would stay up to wait for the new year. Early in the morning on the first day of the New Year, people visit relatives and friends to congratulate and say hello. This custom has spread widely and has become the most important traditional festival among the Chinese people, the Spring Festival.2. Paste Spring Festival couplets and door gods: In ancient Chinese mythology, there is a ghost world. In the middle of the world, there is a mountain. On the mountain, there is a huge peach tree covering three thousand miles. On the top of the tree, there is a golden rooster. Every morning when the golden rooster crows, the ghosts that wander out at night must rush back to the ghost realm. The gate to the ghost realm is located in the northeast of the peach tree. Two gods named Shentu and Yulei stand beside the gate. If a ghost did something harmful to the world at night, Shentu and Yulei would immediately find and catch it, tie it up with a rope made of reed, and feed it to the tiger. Therefore, all the ghosts in the world are afraid of Shentu and Yulei. So people began to carve their images out of peach wood and place them at their doorsteps to ward off evil and harm. Later, people simply carved the names of Shentu and Yulei on peach wood boards, believing that doing so could also suppress evil. This kind of peach wood board was later called "Tao Fu" and later formed the traditional custom of pasting door gods during the Spring Festival. |
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