Where does the Spring Festival taboo come from?

Spring Festival, as the biggest festival in China, is the first day of the first lunar month in China, China. It is said that more than 4000 years ago, Shun Di offered sacrifices to Heaven and Earth and the first emperor, Emperor Yao, on the first day of the first month. This day is called "Shangri-La" and "Yuanri", and this name has been circulated in the pre-Qin period. But before Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the calculation method of the Spring Festival was different, so the time of the Spring Festival was also very different. With the unification of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the calculation of the Spring Festival officially began.

During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Spring Festival was also called "Three Dynasties", "Lao Dan" and "Zheng Dan". During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Spring Festival was also called "Chen Yuan", "Yuan Day" and "Head of State". During the Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties, it was called New Year's Day, Yuan and New Year's Day. In the Qing Dynasty, it was always called "New Year's Day" or "Yuan Day"; With the victory of the Revolution of 1911, China began to use the Gregorian calendar to calculate the year, so the Gregorian calendar 1 began to be "New Year's Day" and the first day of the first lunar month was "Spring Festival".

1949 On September 27th, New China was founded. At the first plenary session of the China People's Political Consultative Conference, the international use of the Gregorian calendar era was adopted, and the Gregorian calendar 1 month 1 day was designated as New Year's Day, commonly known as the Gregorian calendar year. The first day of the first lunar month is usually around beginning of spring, so the first day of the first lunar month is designated as the "Spring Festival", commonly known as the Lunar New Year, which is the Spring Festival in China.

Spring Festival custom:

Shooting: During the Spring Festival, with the coming of New Year's Eve, everyone is waiting for the first second of the Spring Festival. When celebrating the arrival of the Spring Festival, many people will start to pick up firecrackers and run outside to light the first shot of the New Year. This is an "open firecracker" to welcome the arrival of the New Year. On this day, firecrackers will resound through the sky.

New Year's greetings: With the arrival of the first morning of the New Year, people will put on new clothes and pay New Year's greetings. Paying New Year greetings is a traditional folk custom in China, and it is also a way for people to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new and express their best wishes to each other. Paying New Year greetings to elders is to wish them a long and healthy life and all the best. After the elders worship, they should distribute the "lucky money" prepared in advance to the younger generation. The streets are everywhere. When people meet, they all smile and congratulate the New Year. They will say all kinds of blessings to each other.

In some areas, there will be courtesy visits, home visits and so on. During the Spring Festival, large-scale temple fairs will be held in many areas, which is a way for people to play.

The Spring Festival taboo is also very particular:

No cleaning: It is said that the first day of the first month is the birthday of the broom, so you can't use the broom on this day, otherwise it will ruin your fortune and bring "broom stars" and bring bad luck. Therefore, no matter how chaotic junior high school is, many people will not clean it. If you must sweep the floor, you must sweep it from the outside to the inside.

Don't throw water on the garbage: because many people think it will break the money.

Can't sew: because in ancient times, people paid attention to sewing and touching the needle on the first day of the year, so parents would put the needle away and not move it on this day.

There are still many taboos in many areas, because people attach great importance to the Spring Festival, and there will also be the phenomenon of divining the fortune of the New Year during the Spring Festival.