Why does the Spring Festival have a narrow sense and a broad sense? Do you know why?

Introduction: In ancient times, the first day of the first month was not called Spring Festival, but called New Year's Day. Later, after the Revolution of 1911, the Spring Festival was designated as the first day of the first lunar month and the Gregorian calendar 1 day was designated as New Year's Day. In addition, in ancient times, the Spring Festival did not refer to a festival, but to beginning of spring among the 24 solar terms. It was not until the Southern and Northern Dynasties that the Spring Festival was generally called the whole spring. After that, Spring Festival travel rush was divided into narrow sense and broad sense. In a narrow sense, it refers to the first day of the first lunar month in China, and in a broad sense, it begins on the 23rd or 24th of the twelfth lunar month, which is a small year and ends on the 15th of the first lunar month. Although the Spring Festival is an overall prosecution, the content celebrated every day is different, such as welcoming the God of Wealth on the fifth day. Besides, the Spring Festival is not unique to China. Now many countries have designated the Lunar New Year as a legal holiday, including North Korea, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and Myanmar.

The significance of the Spring Festival.

Although the Spring Festival is scheduled on the first day of the first lunar month, in the eyes of China people, the Spring Festival activities are more than this day, starting from the Lunar New Year's Eve and ending after the Lantern Festival in the first month 15. During the Spring Festival, every household needs to start preparing for New Year's goods, sending them, shopping and buying some dry goods, such as melon seeds and peanuts to buy new clothes, cleaning the house, sending them to other people's homes for New Year's greetings. This is also a prayer for the new year.

Lucky money.

After the Spring Festival, it is very happy for children, that is, they can get lucky money. In ancient times, lucky money was mainly used to suppress evil spirits. After the younger generation gets the lucky money from their elders, they can celebrate the New Year safely and wish the younger generation peace. The lucky money in folk culture is to ward off evil spirits. This is also because people think that children are most vulnerable to evil spirits, so they use lucky money to bless their children.

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Finally, the Spring Festival is the most solemn traditional festival in China, and it is a very special day for everyone in China.