What are the origins of New Year's Day, Spring Festival and Lantern Festival?

1 91265438+1October1,the Republic of China was proclaimed, and Sun Yat-sen was appointed interim president in Nanjing. Sun Yat-sen's oath of office ended with "New Year's Day of the first year of the Republic of China". This is the origin of "New Year's Day" in China.

2. Spring Festival

The origin of ancient traditional festivals is related to ancient primitive beliefs, sacrificial culture, astronomical phenomena, calendars and other humanistic and natural cultural contents. The Spring Festival 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.

3. Lantern Festival

During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Ming Di advocated Buddhism. According to legend, on the fifteenth day of the first month, the monks watched the relics and lit lamps to worship Buddha, so they ordered the lanterns to be lit in palaces and temples that night, so that all the gentry and ordinary people could hang lanterns, thus forming the Lantern Festival. Later, this Buddhist ceremonial festival gradually formed a grand folk festival. This festival has experienced the development process from the court to the people, and from the Central Plains to the whole country.

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1, New Year's Day

New Year's Day is not a traditional festival in China, but the traditional New Year's Day in China refers to the first day of the first month. The world holiday New Year's Day, namely Gregorian calendar 1, is commonly called "New Year" in most countries in the world.

2. Spring Festival

That is, the Lunar New Year is the beginning of a year and a traditional festival. Commonly known as Spring Festival, New Year, New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, New Year's Eve and so on. Verbally, it is also called New Year's Eve, Celebration, 30th, 30th. The Spring Festival has a long history, which evolved from praying for the New Year at the beginning of the year in ancient times.

3. Lantern Festival

It is also called Shangyuan Festival, Lantern Festival, Lantern Festival or Lantern Festival. It is one of the traditional festivals in China, and it falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month every year. The first month is the first month of the lunar calendar, and the ancients called "night". The fifteenth day of the first month is the first full moon night in a year, so it is called "Lantern Festival". According to the Taoist "Sanyuan Festival", the fifteenth day of the first month is also called "Shangyuan Festival". Since ancient times, the custom of Lantern Festival has been based on the warm and festive custom of watching lanterns.

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