China has a history of thousands of years, and each dynasty has different ways to celebrate the Spring Festival. In Xia Dynasty, the first month was the first month. In Shang dynasty, the last month of the lunar calendar was called the first month. During the Qin Dynasty, Qin Shihuang stipulated October as the first month. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty stipulated that the first day of the first lunar month was the first day of the year, that is, New Year's Day. Later, this regulation was spread to the end of the Qing Dynasty.
It seems that the first day of the first lunar month is the Spring Festival, which has a history of more than two thousand years in China. After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty formulated the Spring Festival regulations,
In order to perfect this calendar, astronomers Xia Hong and Deng Ping formulated the famous "taichu calendar", which has now evolved into today's lunar calendar. At that time, in memory of Xia Hong, he was called? Old people during the Spring Festival? Just like Santa Claus today.
When the Lunar New Year was officially named as the Spring Festival, or after the Qing Dynasty ended in 1 9 1 kloc-0/,President Yuan Shikai of the Republic of China defined New Year's Day as1month1day, and later defined the Spring Festival as the first day of the first lunar month. 1928, in order to implement the new calendar, the government of the Republic of China abolished the Spring Festival, and then there was public opposition. Therefore, the National Government can only stop the decision to abolish the Lunar New Year in 1934.
After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), it was stipulated that the world-wide calendar year should be adopted, and the first day of January in the Gregorian calendar should be called? New year's day? Renamed on the first day of the first lunar month? Spring Festival? .
In addition to the changes in the activities of offering sacrifices to ancestors and gods, many Spring Festival customs have also been preserved in the historical development. In the pre-Qin period, activities such as brewing wine and slaughtering sheep were popular during the Spring Festival, during which people would get together. In the Han dynasty, the popular custom and activity of the Spring Festival was to offer sacrifices to ancestors. New Year's Eve dinner was popular in Wei and Jin Dynasties. In the Tang Dynasty, the Spring Festival was to pay New Year greetings and send New Year cards. During the Song Dynasty, it was very popular to set off firecrackers and eat jiaozi during the Spring Festival. In the Qing Dynasty, the Spring Festival was also an important custom activity, which didn't end until the Lantern Festival. The popular activity at that time was solve riddles on the lanterns.
In addition, there are some customs and activities during the Spring Festival, such as sweeping dust, observing the New Year, greeting the New Year, posting Spring Festival couplets and setting off firecrackers. Since the reform and opening up, although influenced by western culture, the Spring Festival is still the most solemn traditional festival with a history of more than 4,000 years. During the Spring Festival, people who go out to work go home to reunite, experience the warmth of family and the happiness of family, and express their good wishes and expectations for the new year.