The Spring Festival, also known as the Chinese Lunar New Year, is commonly known as the New Year, the New Year, and the New Year's Day. It is also known orally as the New Year and the Great Year. The Spring Festival has a long history, evolved from the ancient times when the head of the year prayed for the new year. "Everything is based on heaven, and people are based on their ancestors. Pray for the new year to offer sacrifices, honor the heavens and ancestors, and return to the beginning.". The origin of the Spring Festival contains profound cultural connotations, bearing rich historical and cultural connotations in its inheritance and development. During the Spring Festival, various celebration activities are held throughout the country, with strong regional characteristics. These activities are mainly about removing the old and renovating the old, dispelling evil spirits and fighting disasters, worshipping gods and ancestors, and praying for good fortune. They are rich in forms and reflect the essence of traditional Chinese culture.
In the early era of visual timing, when the age was determined based on the changes of the stars, the "Doubing Huiyin" was the beginning of the year. "Doubing Huiyin" brings spring back to the earth, starting all over again, renewing everything, and opening a new cycle. In the traditional farming society, the beginning of the Spring Festival is of great significance, deriving a large number of related festivals and customs. In the historical development, although the calendar is used differently and the date of the annual festival is different, its festival framework and many folk customs have been inherited. In modern times, people set the Spring Festival on the first day of the first lunar month, but generally it does not end until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. The Spring Festival is a folk festival that integrates worshipping gods and ancestors, praying for blessings and warding off evil spirits, reuniting relatives and friends, celebrating, entertaining, and eating.
The Spring Festival is a grand traditional festival of the Chinese nation, headed by the Hundred Festival Year. Influenced by Chinese culture, some countries and regions around the world also have the custom of celebrating the New Year. According to incomplete statistics, nearly 20 countries and regions have designated the Chinese New Year as a legal holiday in the whole or some cities under their jurisdiction. The Spring Festival, together with the Qingming Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival, and the Mid Autumn Festival, are known as the four traditional festivals in China.
Extract from Baidu Encyclopedia - Spring Festival
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