At midnight, the "Twilight" beast broke into the village. It found that the atmosphere in the village was different from previous years: the old woman's house at the east end of the village had red paper on the door and bright candles in the room. At dusk, the beast trembled and let out a long whistle. Near the door, there was a sudden sound of "bang, bang, bang" in the hospital, and "Xi" trembled and dared not go any further. It turns out that "Xi" is most afraid of red, fire and explosion. At this time, my mother-in-law's door opened and I saw an old man in a red robe laughing in the hospital. "Evening" was frightened to disgrace and fled in confusion.
The next day is also the first day of the first month. People who came back from refuge were very surprised to see that the village was safe and sound. At this time, the old woman suddenly realized and quickly told the villagers the promise of begging for the elderly. The story soon spread in the surrounding villages, and people knew the way to drive away the "night" beasts. Since then, every year on New Year's Eve, every family has posted red couplets and set off firecrackers. Every household has a bright candlelight, so it is better to wait for the New Year. In the early morning of the first day, I want to say hello to my relatives and friends. This custom is widely circulated and has become the most solemn traditional festival among the people in China.
It is said that "Spring Festival" originated from the activities of offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors in the early and late Shang Dynasty in China (La Worship). In the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, there was an annual custom of celebrating harvest and offering sacrifices to ancestors at the turn of the new year, which can be regarded as the embryonic form of the year. However, the name "Nian" appeared late, starting from the Zhou Dynasty (according to Er Ya, Yao and Shun called Nian "in", Xia called Nian "in", Shang called Nian "sacrifice", and it was not until the Zhou Dynasty that Nian was called). In order to show the authority of the "son of heaven" and inherit the throne, ancient emperors often relied on their own calendars (the time of one year was different in different dynasties in history). In the Xia dynasty, January was the first year; December is the beginning of Shang Dynasty, November is the beginning of Zhou Dynasty, and October is the beginning of Qin Dynasty. In the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Wudi issued a letter to promote taichu calendar, clearly stipulating that the first day of January is the beginning of a year, which is called the Summer New Year). It was not until the Western Han Dynasty that the year 2000 was officially set, and it has continued to this day. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (140 ~ 87 BC) succeeded to the throne and decided to rebuild the calendar unification. Sima Qian suggested the establishment of taichu calendar, and the Spring Festival was held in the first month of Meng Chun. The calendar we adopt today has been revised by many dynasties since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, but the first day of the first lunar month, as the most solemn festival of the Chinese nation, has been inherited as a fixed day. Generally speaking, Chinese people eat rice cakes, jiaozi, Ciba, glutinous rice balls, poached eggs, big balls, whole fish, wine, oranges, apples, peanuts, melon seeds, sweets, fragrant tea and dishes. Accompanied by many activities, such as dusting, washing bedding, preparing new year's goods, pasting Spring Festival couplets, pasting New Year's pictures, pasting paper-cuts, stick grilles, pasting blessings, lighting candles, setting off firecrackers, observing the New Year, giving lucky money, visiting relatives, visiting flower markets, and making community fires, it is extremely enjoyable. People in China still have the habit of hanging Chinese knots during the Spring Festival. On the eve of the Lunar New Year, Tianjin people have the custom of inviting Chinese knots to receive Xiang Qiao's blessing at the Qiaoxiang Pavilion, an ancient cultural street. Wenzhou people want to go to their religion, sincerely pray and hope to get happiness with their families in the new year. Mostly Buddhism.
For thousands of years, people have made the annual custom celebration extremely colorful. Every year from the 23rd to 30th of the twelfth lunar month, people call this period "Spring Festival" or "Dust Day", which is the traditional habit of our people.
Then, every household prepares new year's goods. About ten days before the festival, people were busy shopping. New year's goods include chicken, duck, fish, tea, wine, oil sauce, North and South roasted seeds and nuts, and fruit with sugar bait. They should also prepare some gifts when visiting relatives and friends in the New Year. Children should buy new clothes and hats to wear in the New Year.
Before the Chinese New Year, a New Year greeting in red paper and yellow characters should be posted on the door of the house, that is, Spring Festival couplets written in red paper. Bright-colored and auspicious New Year pictures are posted in the house. Beautiful window grilles are cut out by ingenious girls and pasted on the windows. Red lanterns are hung in front of the door, and lucky characters and door gods can be pasted upside down. Passers-by are blessed when they think of it. All these activities are aimed at adding enough festive atmosphere to the festival.
Another name for the Spring Festival is China New Year. In the past legend, "Nian" is a fictional animal, which will bring bad luck to people. New Year's Eve. When the tree is dead, the grass will not grow; After the New Year, everything grows and flowers are everywhere. How to spend a year? Firecrackers are needed, so there is the custom of setting off firecrackers, which is actually another way to set off a lively scene.
The Spring Festival is a happy and peaceful festival, and it is also a day for family reunion. Children who leave home should go home for reunion during the Spring Festival. The night before the Lunar New Year is the 30th night of the twelfth lunar month, also known as New Year's Eve and Reunion Night. Celebrating the New Year is one of the most important activities at the turn of the new year. On New Year's Eve, the whole family will stay up all night to celebrate the New Year, get together for a good drink and share the happiness of family. In the north, people are used to eating jiaozi on New Year's Eve. Jiaozi's practice is to mix dough first, and the word harmony is harmony. Jiaozi's jiaozi homonym means to get together and to make friends at a young age. In the south, there is a habit of eating rice cakes. The sweet glutinous rice rice cakes symbolize the sweetness of life in the new year, step by step.
When the first cock crow rings, or the New Year bell rings, firecrackers are ringing in the street, and noise comes and goes. Everyone is beaming. The new year has begun. Men, women and children wear holiday clothes. First of all, pay New Year greetings to the elders at home. During the festival, children will get lucky money and have a reunion dinner. In the second and third years of the Lunar New Year, they began to visit relatives and friends, pay New Year greetings to each other and say some congratulations and new happiness.
The warm atmosphere of the festival permeates not only every household, but also the streets and alleys all over the country. In some places, there are customs such as lion dancing, playing dragon lanterns, performing social fires, visiting flower markets and temple fairs. During this period, lanterns are all over the city and tourists are all over the streets. It was very lively and unprecedented, and the Spring Festival didn't really end until after the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month.
During the Spring Festival, setting off firecrackers, posting calligraphy and paintings on doors and windows to pray for blessings and decorating homes are the most common customs of this festival.
English: There is a legend about the origin of the Spring Festival: In ancient China, there was a beast called Xi (also called Nian), whose head had long tentacles and was fierce and unusual. "Xi" stayed indoors at the bottom of the sea for many years, and only climbed the cliff on a specific day (referring to New Year's Eve) to devour deadly livestock. Therefore, every New Year's Eve, all the people, old and young, in the stockade fled to the mountains to avoid the harm of animals at night. One year on New Year's Eve, an old beggar came from outside the village. The villagers were in a panic, only the village head gave the old lady some food and advised him to escape into the mountains as soon as possible. The "Xi" beast,
The old man pulled up his moustache and smiled: "If my mother lets me stay at home for one night, I must drive the beast' Xi' away." Continue to persuade the old lady that begging the old man is just laughter.
At midnight, "Xi" beast broke into the village. It was found that the atmosphere in the village was different from that in previous years: the village elder's wife was at home, with red paper at the door and bright candles inside. The "Xi" beast fought all over and gave a long cry. Near the door, there was a sudden sound of "banging" and frying in the hospital, and "Xi" trembled all over, and then she didn't go forward. It turns out that "dusk" is most afraid of red, fire and explosion. At this moment, my mother's door opened, and I saw an old man wearing a big red robe laughing in the hospital. "Xi" scared the daylights out of him and jumped up and ran away in panic.
The next day is also the first day of the first month. Those who took refuge were very surprised to see that they returned to the village safely. At this time, the old lady suddenly realized that she quickly told the villagers and begged the old man to agree. This incident soon spread throughout the village, and people realized the practice of expelling the "Xi" beast. Since then, every year on New Year's Eve, every household has posted red couplets and set off firecrackers. Every household's brightly lit candles are even more old during the probation period. Who started this morning? Friends who are close to the strings congratulate each other to say hello. This widespread custom has become the most solemn traditional festival among the people in China.
It is said that the "Spring Festival" originated in the Shang Dynasty in China, and it is a ceremony close to ancestor worship (December Festival). During the Western Zhou Dynasty, when there was an annual year, the custom of offering sacrifices to ancestors could be considered as the embryonic form of "Year". However, there is a name for Nian. However, the year at the end of the Zhou Dynasty began with this name (according to Er Ya, Yao and Shun called it Ding, Xia called it Old, Shang called it Worship, and it was not until the Zhou Dynasty that it was called Nian). In order to ascend to the throne and show the authority of the "son of heaven", ancient emperors often made their own calendars (different dynasties in history had different years).
The first year of the summer in January; The Shang Dynasty took December as Sui Shou, the Zhou Dynasty took November as Sui Shou, and Qin Shou took October as Sui Shou. In the Western Han Dynasty, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty announced the implementation of Tai Chi calendar (apparently starting from January, which is the traditional Chinese New Year in China). It was officially fixed in the Western Han Dynasty and has continued to this day. After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (140 ~ 87 BC) ascended the throne, he decided to rebuild the calendar to make it unified. Sima Qian proposed that the first day of the first lunar month was designated as the Spring Festival at the beginning of the calendar. The calendar we use today has been revised many times after the Han Dynasty, but who started to designate the New Year as "New Year's Day" on the first day of the first lunar month?
The most solemn festival of the Chinese nation was passed down on a fixed date. Chinese New Year's custom is to eat rice cakes, jiaozi, Ciba, glutinous rice balls, fried eggs, meatballs, whole fish, wine, oranges, apples, peanuts, melon seeds, sweets and tea, and mainly dishes. It is accompanied by many activities such as dusting, washing bedding, maintaining socks, pasting couplets, pasting pictures, pasting paper-cuts, pasting strips, pasting blessings, lighting candles, lighting fires, setting off firecrackers, observing the New Year, giving lucky money, visiting relatives, sweeping graves, visiting flower markets, making social fires and so on, so as to fulfill the responsibilities of children and grandchildren. And the Chinese knot that hangs over the China New Year.
habit Before New Year's Eve, it is the custom of Qiao Xiangge to invite Chinese knots to Tianjin Ancient Culture Street, taking Qiao Xiangge's intention of accepting Buddha. Wenzhou people have their own religious prayers, hoping to be happy with their families in the new year. Most of them are Buddhists.
For thousands of years, people have made the annual folk celebrations very colorful. It is a well-known habit and tradition for our people to play New Year's Eve on the 23rd of the China lunar calendar every year, and it is also called "Spring Festival Day", also known as "Dust-cleaning Day".
So every household is ready to stock up on goods. About ten days before the festival, people are busy purchasing goods, including poultry meat, tea, wine, oil sauce, roasted seeds and nuts, sugar and fruit bait. The purchase quantity must be sufficient, and some new year's goods should be prepared. With free gifts from relatives and friends, children's clothes should be purchased with a new hat to wear for the New Year.
Before the festival, you should put yellow words on the door with red paper, that is, couplets written in red paper. The room is covered with colorful auspicious pictures. Ingenious girls cut the paper into beautiful window grilles, put them on the front of the window, hang red lanterns or paste the word "He Fu", and there are statues on the door. The word "Fu" can also be supplemented, and passers-by will collapse when they read the word. This is a blessing for all these activities, which is enough to add a festive atmosphere to the festival.
Another name is Spring Festival. In the past legend, it was an animal that brought bad luck to people's imagination in a year. One year. Trees are proud without healthy white grass; A year ago, everything grew and flowers were everywhere. How is it possible after all these years? It is necessary to whip, so there is a custom of setting off firecrackers, which is another way to compare lively scenes.
The Spring Festival is a joyful and peaceful festival, and it is also a day of reunion. Children who are far away from home will return to their hometown to get together in the new year. The night before the Chinese New Year, that is, the night of the twelfth lunar month of the old year, is also called New Year's Eve, also called reunion night. In this kind of mutual meeting, observing the old age is the most important activity in the secular year. On New Year's Eve, the whole family should observe the old age with their families, gather cold drinks, and share family happiness. In the northern region, there is a custom of eating jiaozi on New Year's Eve, while in jiaozi, the practice is to watch the old age, and the word is congratulations. Jiaozi is homophonic with cross dumplings, which means gathering and crossing, and also means taking a cross. Southerners have the habit of eating rice cakes during the Spring Festival.
Sweet glutinous rice cake symbolizes the life of the new year. Sweet honey, BBK.
The first cock crow is about to ring, or the New Year bell is ringing. The street is full of firecrackers and noises. Everyone starts the New Year with joy. Men, women and children are dressed in festive costumes to let the old people at home celebrate the New Year. There are also festivals to give children peace, have a family reunion dinner and drink at night for two days. He plans to start the new year. Some friends will come to pay New Year greetings, visit relatives and friends, pay New Year greetings to each other, and make a call.
The festive and lively atmosphere permeates not only every household, but also the surrounding streets. In some places, there are still customs such as lion dancing, playing with dragons, actors making fires, visiting flower markets and temple fairs. During this period, the Lantern Festival was crowded with tourists, which was unprecedented. It was not until the fifteenth day of the first month that the Spring Festival really ended.
Setting off firecrackers for the Chinese New Year, posting calligraphy and paintings on doors and windows and decorating homes are the most common practices in this festival.