When is the Little New Year in 2019? Why is there one day difference between the Little New Year in the north and south?

When is the Little New Year in 2019? Why is there one day difference between the Little New Year in the north and south?
Introduction: Xiaonian is an important traditional festival, and the timing of Xiaonian varies between the north and the south. So when is the Little New Year in 2019? Why is the Little New Year one day different in the north and south? Follow the editor to find out! In the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, the coldest days of winter arrive as expected. Shuimoxiansheng.com presents you with wonderful content for the twelfth month of the lunar calendar in 2018.

What is the date of the Little New Year in 2019?

Monday, January 28, 2019 (the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month of the Year of the Dog, 6 days away from the 2018 Lunar New Year)
Xiaonian does not refer to a specific festival. Due to local customs, the festivals called Xiaonian are also different. The main folk activities during the Little New Year include pasting Spring Festival couplets, sweeping the house, and offering sacrifices to the kitchen god.
The concept and date of Xiaonian vary from place to place. It is the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month in the north and the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month in the south. In Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, both "the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month" and "the night before New Year's Eve" are called Xiaonian. In Nanjing, the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month is called Xiaonian. In parts of Yunnan, it is the 16th day of the first lunar month, and in some ethnic minority areas in the southwest and north it is New Year's Eve.
The Little New Year also means that people begin to prepare New Year's goods and get ready to have a good new year in a clean manner. It means that the new year will have a new look and expresses the Chinese working people's good wishes to bid farewell to the old and usher in the new, and to welcome good luck and fortune.

Why is the Little New Year's Eve one day different in the north and south?

After the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, the royal family usually chose to worship the Kitchen God on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month. The "Draft History of Qing Dynasty" records that "On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, it was a common practice for the palace to worship the Kitchen God."
During the Jiaqing and Daoguang periods of the mid-Qing Dynasty, due to the proximity of the political center, the time for the folk New Year's Kitchen God worship in the north was gradually changed to the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month under official influence, while most of the south continued to use the old calendar.

When is the Little New Year in the North in 2019?

When is the Little New Year in the North in 2019: Monday, January 28, 2019, the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month in 2018
When is the Minor New Year in the South in 2019: Tuesday, January 29, 2019, the 24th day of the 12th lunar month in 2018

Xiaonian (Little New Year's Eve, Minor New Year) is a traditional festival of the Han ethnic group in my country, which is also known as Xie Zao, Zao Wan Festival, Kitchen God Festival, and Zao Wan Festival. The date varies in different places. Generally speaking, the Little New Year in the north falls on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, while in the south it falls on the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month.
On the twenty-third, twenty-fourth or twenty-fifth day of the twelfth lunar month (folklore experts say that in ancient times, there was a tradition of "officials celebrate the Little New Year on the third day, common people celebrate the Little New Year on the fourth day, and boat people celebrate the Little New Year on the fifth day, that is, officials celebrate the Little New Year on the twenty-third day, common people celebrate the Little New Year on the twenty-fourth day, and boat people celebrate the Little New Year on the twenty-fifth day.

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