When is the Spring Festival? What are the traditional customs of the Spring Festival?
As the saying goes, "A day's plan begins in the morning; a year's plan begins in spring." The "spring" here can refer to spring, or it can refer to the traditional Chinese festival "Spring Festival." So when is the Spring Festival? The Fortune Teller website provides you with more information related to the first month of the lunar calendar in 2018. You are welcome 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 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. What are the traditional customs of the Spring Festival?Opening firecrackers On the morning of the Spring Festival, when the door is opened, firecrackers are set off first, which is called "opening firecrackers". After the sound of firecrackers, the ground is covered with red fragments, as bright as brocade, which is called "Mantanghong". At this time, the streets were full of auspiciousness and joy.An important activity during the Spring Festival is to visit relatives, friends and neighbors to wish them a happy New Year, which was formerly known as New Year's greetings. The custom of New Year's greetings among the Han nationality has already existed in the Han Dynasty. It became very popular after the Tang and Song dynasties. If someone could not go in person, they could send their congratulations using a business card. It was called "ci" in the Eastern Han Dynasty, so business cards are also called "mingci". After the Ming Dynasty, many families posted a red paper bag at the door to collect business cards, which was called "menbu". Giving out New Year’s money (called “Bi Li Shi” in Guangdong) is given by the elders to the younger generations. In some families, after the New Year’s Eve dinner, everyone sits at the table and is not allowed to leave. After everyone has finished eating, the elders give the money to the younger generations and encourage their children and grandchildren to study hard and be good people in the new year. In some families, parents put New Year's money under their children's pillows after they fall asleep at night. This reflects the love of the elders for the younger ones and the respect of the younger ones for the elders. It is a folk activity that integrates family ethical relationships. In the old days, people would predict the harvest of the new year based on the weather conditions in the first few days of the new year. The theory originated from Dongfang Shuo's "Sui Zhan" in the Han Dynasty, which said that eight days after the year, the first day is the chicken day, the second day is the dog day, the third day is the pig day, the fourth day is the sheep day, the fifth day is the cow day, the sixth day is the horse day, the seventh day is the human day, and the eighth day is the grain day. If the day is sunny, the things it governs will flourish; if the day is cloudy, the things it governs will not prosper. Later generations followed this custom and believed that it was auspicious if the weather was clear, windless and snowless from the first to the tenth day of the lunar month. Later generations developed the fortune-telling into a series of sacrificial and celebratory activities. There is a custom of not killing chickens on the first day of the lunar month, not killing dogs on the second day, not killing pigs on the third day... not executing the law on the seventh day, and not threshing grain on the eighth day. |
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