To have a happy Spring Festival in 2017, you need to know these Spring Festival tips!
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Introduction: The Spring Festival occupies a very important position in our traditional culture, so there are many little knowledge and taboos along with the Spring Festival. Therefore, if you want to have a good new year, there are some small points that you need to pay attention to. So, what are the key points of the Spring Festival that we should pay attention to during the New Year? Now, let’s follow the editor to learn about it. In addition to the grand and festive celebrations of the Spring Festival, we also need to pay attention to some taboos regarding the Spring Festival. Next, let’s take a closer look at the Spring Festival special topic compiled by Mr. Shui Mo! 1. In ancient times, the first day of the first lunar month was not called the Spring Festival, but New Year's Day. After the Xinhai Revolution, the Gregorian calendar was adopted to record years, so January 1 of the Gregorian calendar was called New Year's Day, and the first day of the first lunar month was called Spring Festival. 2. In addition to China, there are many countries in the world that list the Lunar New Year as a legal holiday, including: South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Mauritius, Myanmar, and Brunei. In addition, Japan also celebrated the Lunar New Year in the past, but it has been abolished for a long time. 3. It turns out that New Year’s money is not actually “money”, but an evil-repelling item cast in the shape of a coin. Legend has it that in ancient times there was a little demon with a black body and white hands, named "Sui", which came out to harm people on New Year's Eve every year. The money for "Sui" was specifically used to scare this monster away. 4. When men greet the New Year, they should "hold the left hand over the right hand". According to traditional Chinese custom, the left is more important than the right, so when clasping fists, they should wrap their left hand around their right hand, which is called "auspicious greeting". If they wrap their right hand around their left hand, it is called "sorrowful fist", which is the gesture used when announcing a death or begging for mercy to others. The opposite is true for women holding their fists. You can observe which martial arts movies and TV series did not do enough homework and made embarrassing mistakes in the performance. 5. Although the Spring Festival is an overall custom, the content of the celebrations is different every day. From the first to the seventh day of the first lunar month, they are Chicken Day, Dog Day, Pig Day, Sheep Day, Ox Day, Horse Day and Human Day respectively. Legend has it that Nuwa first spent six days creating chickens, dogs, pigs, sheep, cows, and horses, and after accumulating experience, she created humans on the seventh day. 6. The "Fu" character on the door cannot be pasted upside down. According to folk tradition, the "Fu" character should be pasted upside down on water tanks, trash cans and cabinets. In order to avoid pouring out the blessings of the house when pouring water or taking out garbage, people would stick the word "Fu" upside down in these two places, cleverly using "blessings coming" to offset "blessings going away". 7. Leap Year Spring Festival, also known as "leap first month", has only occurred six times in the lunar calendar from 1645 when the leap year system was first used to 2800 AD, with the next leap first month occurring in 2262. 8. “Don’t cut your hair in the first month of the lunar year” has certain scientific basis. The “Theory of Four Qi to Regulate the Spirit” in the “Yellow Emperor’s Internal Classic” holds that hair should be left to grow freely in spring and should not be cut. Examination of hair can diagnose serious illness and determine life or death. However, the saying that “shaving your head will kill your uncle” is pure nonsense. 9. There are times when New Year’s Eve is absent. There was no New Year’s Eve in 2016. In some years, there will be two twelfth month of the lunar calendar, which is caused by the leap month in the lunar calendar. 10. Large-scale fireworks can cause regional smog. Your favorite colorful fireworks are more toxic than colorless fireworks. When fireworks explode, they release particulate matter and dust into the atmosphere. Near the setting off area, the concentration of fine particulate matter in the atmosphere is comparable to that during smog, so setting off fireworks is not an environmentally friendly thing. 11. The earliest firecrackers were actually made of bamboo! The earliest reliable record of firecrackers can be found in "Jingchu Sui Shi Ji" by Zong Yan of the Liang Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties: "The first day of the first lunar month is the day of the Three Yuans, also known as the Duanyue. People get up at the crowing of the cock and set off firecrackers in the courtyard to avoid evil spirits." At that time, firecrackers were made by burning bamboo in fire to produce a popping sound. It was the first thing to do when getting up in the new year. Summary: Through the above article, we know some key issues that we need to pay attention to during the Spring Festival. We hope that these contents can provide some reference opinions for everyone. I wish you all good luck and prosperity in the new year! After reading this article, there are more exciting content in the Spring Festival special topic, let’s take a look! |
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