Han nationality's Spring Festival custom

The customs of Han people celebrating the Spring Festival are: posting Spring Festival couplets, setting off firecrackers, having a reunion dinner, paying New Year greetings, and giving lucky money. ...

Han nationality spring festival

January 1st of the lunar calendar is called "Spring Festival", which is the biggest, most lively and longest traditional festival in my history. January of the lunar calendar, also known as the "first month", is the month when a year begins. The first day of the first lunar month is customarily called the first day of the first lunar month, and it is also called Yuan Day, Zhengri, Jacky, Zheng Chao and Sanyuan (i.e. year yuan, month yuan and Japanese yen). People also call it "New Year", "New Year's Day", "New Year's Day" and so on. The custom of China New Year has a long history in China. It is said that it began when Yu Xia worked out the Ephemeris, and it has been passed down in the long-term evolution and development. After the Revolution of 1911, China adopted the universal Gregorian calendar and renamed the first day of the first lunar month as "Spring Festival", but it was still not popular among the people. 1949 the first plenary session of China people's civil affairs consultative conference adopted the resolution of "using the Gregorian calendar year", and the name of "spring festival" was further clarified.

Today, the Han nationality and many other ethnic minorities in China still regard the Spring Festival as a day of "unification and renewal". Over the years, people have always celebrated the Spring Festival by combining tradition with modern civilization. Every time the New Year's bell rings at twelve o'clock on New Year's Eve, firecrackers in urban and rural areas all over the country are ringing, sparks are soaring, and the land of China is full of joy. After dawn, people eat a special breakfast, then put on holiday clothes, or greet each other politely, or go to entertainment places to watch, and the festive atmosphere will last for several days. In the old society, people entered the New Year with celebrations and firecrackers. In many places, the first thing in the new year is to have fun, then eat supper and go to bed. Get up in the morning, put on brand-new shoes, hats, clothes and pants, and dress up completely. The first thing to do is to open the door and shoot-which means "open the door and get lucky", thinking that the sooner the better, the louder the gunfire. For breakfast on the first day of junior high school, food symbolizing good luck and happiness is better. Most southerners like to eat dumplings, commonly known as "Yuanbao", to wish their families a reunion; Some just eat dried noodles, and noodles can't be interrupted. The longer they are, the better, commonly known as "longevity noodles" to show longevity; Northerners love to eat jiaozi. Jiaozi originally watched the midnight dinner on New Year's Eve. The origin of its name may mean that "making friends when young" and "making friends when young" appear alternately to welcome the New Year and bid farewell to the old year, which is a homonym for "making friends". Later, people changed the time to eat jiaozi to the morning after dawn. After breakfast, people begin to pay New Year greetings, say goodbye at home, and then pay New Year greetings to each other among relatives and friends. When they meet, they usually congratulate each other with "Congratulations on getting rich" and "Happy New Year". Baijia always likes to stay and eat glutinous rice balls and jiaozi, or treat them warmly with refreshments. From the second day of junior high school, relatives and friends take turns imitating the New Year greetings, and the host family holds a sumptuous banquet. This custom is limited according to the number of relatives and friends, ranging from three or four days to more than fifteen days in Zheng Dan. On the first day or a few days later, most people will go to the grave to burn incense and pay New Year greetings to their deceased ancestors before the grave.

In the past, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, many areas had the custom of "saying spring" and "sending the god of wealth". Beggars dressed as "Spring Officials" and "God of Wealth" distributed "Spring Cattle Map" or "God of Wealth Map" printed on red paper to families in turn. Say some greetings to the host, such as good luck and happiness, and then the host will send some happy money. Many good men and women often visit nearby temples on this day, burn incense and worship Buddha, draw lots for divination, and pray for a smooth and happy new year. In the past, there were many taboos on the first day of junior high school: pouring water, sweeping the floor, pouring ash, breaking ground, and scissors with needles are all so-called behaviors that are harmful to good luck and must not be done; Ghosts, death, mourning, illness, crying, old age, beer and other words are all unlucky symbols. Adults can't say them, and children will try to avoid them. Adults often tell them repeatedly on New Year's Eve that if they are afraid that their children will make mistakes, they will stick a red note on the wall and write something like "Children's words are unscrupulous". Nowadays, the superstitious content in many Chinese New Year customs that once prevailed in history has been gradually abolished and replaced by brand-new content endowed by the times, which makes the traditional Chinese New Year shine brilliantly.