When is the Spring Festival of 202 1?
The Spring Festival of 202 1 is February 12, Friday, the first day of the first month of the Year of the Ox. The Spring Festival, the Lunar New Year, is the beginning of a year and a traditional festival. The Spring Festival generally begins on the first day of the first month (Spring Festival) and ends on the fifteenth day of the first month (Lantern Festival), with a time of *** 15 days.
The Spring Festival has a long history, which evolved from praying for the New Year at the beginning of the year. In ancient times, people held sacrificial activities at the beginning of the new year after the end of farming at the age of one (year) to pay homage to the gods and ancestors of heaven and earth and pray for a good year. The origin of the Spring Festival contains profound cultural connotations, and it carries rich historical and cultural connotations in its inheritance and development.
The customs of the Spring Festival
It is a traditional custom in China to fire guns. On the first morning of the Lunar New Year, people get up at dawn. The first thing for every household is to rush to "open the door". At midnight, there was a loud noise and gunshots all over the sky, which meant opening the door and announcing the beginning of the new year. Firecrackers all over the city are ringing, symbolizing sending the old to welcome the new and receiving blessings, commonly known as "receiving the year".
Paying New Year's greetings is one of the traditional activities. Welcome the new year on the morning of the first day of the year and worship the "Year God". "Sui", also known as "country" and "Tai Sui", is an ancient star name. Tai sui is also the god of ancient folk beliefs. At the age of 60, the chronology of 60-year-old cadres and branches is the running cycle, and one-year-old gods are on duty every year. In those days, the traditional duty was called "traditional duty".