The significance and symbol of the Spring Festival

The significance and symbol of the Spring Festival

The significance and symbol of the Spring Festival, with a long history, is the grandest and most lively ancient traditional festival in China, an important carrier of the excellent tradition of Chinese culture, and contains the wisdom and crystallization of Chinese culture. Let's take a look at the significance and symbol of the Spring Festival.

The significance and symbol of the Spring Festival 1 the symbolic significance of the Spring Festival

1, reunion

I don't know when people no longer respect the Spring Festival as much as before. As for the reason, everyone has said a lot. However, personally, it may not be impossible not to pay attention to the Spring Festival, because such a festival can be a family reunion, and * * * tells the joys and sorrows of a year, which proves that the family is still the most unbreakable unit in the present society.

2. Friendship

In the eyes of China people, among the five traditional festivals in China, none is more important than the Spring Festival. In addition to family reunion, it is also essential to visit relatives during the Spring Festival. This not only enables people to understand each other's other blind spots in the process of exchanging information with each other, but also brings people closer, harmonizes the relationship between family members and friends, and makes the society more harmonious and happy.

Introduction of Spring Festival

Spring Festival is the most distinctive traditional festival in China. China people have celebrated the Spring Festival for more than 4,000 years. There are different opinions about the origin of the Spring Festival, but it is generally believed that the Spring Festival began in Yu Shun. The Spring Festival generally refers to the first day of the first month, the first day of the year, also known as the lunar calendar, commonly known as "New Year"; However, among the people, the traditional Spring Festival refers to the sacrificial ceremony from La Worship on the 23rd or 24th of the twelfth lunar month to the 19th of the first lunar month, culminating in New Year's Eve and the first day of the first lunar month. During the Spring Festival, Han people and some ethnic minorities in China will hold various activities to celebrate.

The main contents of these activities are offering sacrifices to ancestors, paying homage to ancestors, saying goodbye to the old year and welcoming the new year, and praying for a bumper harvest. The Spring Festival activities are colorful and full of national characteristics. Influenced by China culture, some countries and nationalities belonging to the Chinese character cultural circle also have the custom of Spring Festival.

Traditional names are New Year, New Year and New Year, but they are also verbally called New Year, Celebrating New Year and China New Year. In ancient times, the Spring Festival refers to the beginning of spring in the solar terms and is also regarded as the beginning of a year. Later, it was changed to the first day of the first lunar month as the New Year. Generally speaking, it doesn't end until the fifteenth day of the first month (Shangyuan Festival). Spring Festival, commonly known as "Year", is the most solemn traditional festival of the Chinese nation. Before Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Spring Festival dates of different dynasties were different. Since the first year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the first month of the summer calendar (lunar calendar) has been the beginning of a year, and the annual festival date has been fixed and continues to this day. 19 1658.

The significance of the Spring Festival and the significance of symbolizing the traditional Spring Festival in China.

Spring Festival is an important carrier of the excellent tradition of Chinese culture, which contains the wisdom and crystallization of Chinese culture, embodies the life pursuit and emotional sustenance of China people, and inherits the social morality of China people. The Spring Festival represents the best wishes of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, good luck, peaceful reunion, prosperity and so on. People strive to create a festive atmosphere of family harmony, stability, unity, joy and peace, and promote the enduring and continuous development of Chinese culture.

During the Spring Festival, the Han nationality and some ethnic minorities in China will hold various celebrations. These activities are mainly to offer sacrifices to ancestors, pay homage to ancestors, bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, and pray for the new, with rich and colorful forms and strong national characteristics. During the Spring Festival, people will try their best to go home and reunite with their loved ones, expressing their ardent expectations for the coming year and their best wishes for life in the new year. The Spring Festival is not only a festival, but also an important carrier for China people to express and release their emotions and meet their psychological needs. It is also the annual carnival and spiritual pillar of the Chinese nation.

Cultural connotation.

1, family reunion, peace and prosperity.

During the Spring Festival, whether it is sunny and warm winter or snowy winter, people will always return to their hometown from all directions to reunite with their parents, and the family will sit around and have a steaming dinner to enjoy the warmth and affection of the family. Whether eating jiaozi in the north or eating rice cakes in the south, the connotation they pursue is reunion, harmony and beauty, and the hope is to enrich the country and strengthen the people.

2. Honor parents, respect the old and love the virtuous.

During the Spring Festival, "Filial piety comes first and filial piety is the foundation of virtue" has become the theme of all activities. The younger generation should pay New Year greetings to their elders and wish them health and longevity. Elders should give their hopes to grandchildren and give them lucky money. It is in these activities that children are baptized by filial piety and love, and the great love of "old people and old people, young people and young people" is boundless, and the social fashion of being kind to the world has also been carried forward.

The significance and symbol of the Spring Festival 3 Spring Festival customs

The first day of the lunar new year

The first day of the first month was originally called "New Year's Day", and the original meaning of "yuan" was "head" and later extended to "start". This day is the first day of the year, the first day of spring, and the first day of the first month, so it is called "Sanyuan Festival".

On the morning of the first day of junior high school, people should set off firecrackers first. This is called "setting off firecrackers". After the firecrackers, the ground is covered with broken red, which is called "full house". People get up early, dress up neatly, go out to visit relatives and friends, pay New Year greetings to each other and wish the New Year.

When paying New Year greetings, the younger generation should first pay New Year greetings to their elders and wish them health and longevity. The elders can distribute the lucky money prepared in advance to the younger generation. It is said that lucky money can kill evil spirits, because "old" and "old" are homophonic, and the younger generation can spend the first year safely when they get lucky money.

You can't use a broom on the first day of the first month, otherwise it will ruin your fortune, attract a "broom star" and cause bad luck. If you must sweep the floor, you must sweep it from the outside to the inside. Don't throw water on the garbage on this day, for fear of breaking the money. Today, there is still a custom in many places, that is, cleaning on New Year's Eve, not putting brooms and garbage on the first day of the New Year's Day, and preparing a vat to hold waste water to avoid spilling it that day.

The second day of the first lunar month.

On the second day of the first month, the married daughter will go back to her mother's house, and her husband will follow, so it is commonly known as "welcoming husband day". On this day, the daughter who goes back to her mother's house must bring some gifts and red envelopes to her children and have lunch at her mother's house, but she must return to her husband's house before dinner. This is the so-called "full first month". In the past, the family would choose this day to take a family photo.

The north will also offer sacrifices to the god of wealth on the second day of the first month. Whether you run a shop or an ordinary family, you should hold activities to worship the God of Wealth. In the past, big businesses in old Beijing would hold large-scale sacrificial activities on this day, and the sacrifices would also use five major offerings, namely whole pig, whole sheep, whole chicken, whole duck, red live carp, etc., hoping to make a fortune this year.

On this day, we will also visit relatives and friends and pay New Year greetings to each other, commonly known as "eating New Year's wine". In Shanghai, guests will bring gifts home with their families. Gifts are usually local specialties, and the host invites guests to drink "Yuanbao Tea" (that is, two green olives are added to the tea and brewed together). This kind of tea tastes a little bitter at first, but it tastes sweet, indicating that all the hardships have come, and Geely makes money.

On the third day of the first month

In most parts of the country, the time to "return to my parents' home" is usually arranged on the second day of the first month, but in Shandong and other places, it is only the third day.

Some northern areas call the third day "broom day". Because on this day, you can clean up the garbage on the first and second days of the New Year's Day, pick up your broom and clean the room, and sweep it from the outside to the inside when cleaning, which means gathering money.

In the southern region, a "red mouth" (forbidden mouth) should be posted on the morning of the third day of New Year's Eve. I think this day is easy to quarrel and not suitable for New Year's greetings. The so-called "red mouth" is usually a piece of red paper about seven or eight inches long and one inch wide, on which are written some words of peace and good luck, and the other is placed on the garbage, picked out and thrown out. These rubbish are all piled up on the second day of the first grade, and they should be cleaned up and dumped together by the third grade. Otherwise, it is equivalent to the outflow of gold and silver at home. In a word, sticking a "red mouth" is to make people feel that they can go in and out safely all year round, will not quarrel with others, and will not encounter all kinds of unfortunate disasters, and make more money at home and all the best.

There are also some areas that think that this day is the day for Nu Wa to be a sheep, so it is called "Sheep Day". On this day, people cannot kill sheep. If the weather is good, it means that sheep will be raised well and sheep farmers will have a good harvest this year.

The fourth day of the first month

According to traditional customs, the fourth day of the first month is the day when immortals descend to earth. There is a saying that "God sends early and God receives late". The so-called sending god should start early in the morning, and it is not too late to receive god in the afternoon. Therefore, on the afternoon of the fourth day, every household should prepare three animals, fruits, dining tables and other offerings, burn incense, light candles and wear gold clothes. The boss wants to "fire" people, and he is not invited to worship God today. The other party knows it well and packs up and leaves. From grade one to grade four, shops are closed and women don't need to sew.

In Putian, Fujian, New Year's Eve is called New Year's Eve, and the fourth day is called New Year's Eve. According to legend, Japanese pirates harassed the southeast coastal areas from time to time during the Ming Dynasty. On one occasion, on the 30th anniversary of the Chinese New Year, Putian people were killed by Japanese pirates, burned and looted, and those who survived ran into the mountains. Later, the enemy was beaten back and people went home from the mountains, but in 2008, it didn't work, and many families lost their loved ones. Therefore, in Putian, it is forbidden to visit other people's homes on New Year's Day, because in ancient Putian, people were in mourning on this day. After the third year, everyone thought that the thirtieth year was not a good year and should be repeated, so they decided to come back for another year on the fourth day, and it was more grand. As a result, this custom has been handed down from generation to generation in Putian.

The fifth day of the first month

On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, commonly known as "breaking the fifth", it is necessary to "drive out the five poor", including "intellectual poverty, academic poverty, literary poverty, life poverty and friendship poverty". People get up at dawn, set off firecrackers and clean up. Firecrackers are set from the inside out, and as soon as they are set, they go outside the door. It is said that anything unlucky will be blown out.

On this day, the popular folk food custom is to eat jiaozi, commonly known as "squeezing people's mouths". On this day, every household in Tianjin will eat jiaozi, and the chopping board will jingle for the neighbors to hear, to show that they are chopping "little people".

This day is also the birthday of the legendary god of wealth, and it is also an auspicious day to meet the god of wealth. Shanghai has the custom of grabbing the road head in the past years. On the fourth night of the first month, prepare sacrifices, cakes, incense sticks and other things, beat gongs and drums to burn incense and worship, and sincerely respect the god of wealth. In order to compete for the market, it is called "grabbing the road head" before the fourth day of the fourth grade, also called "receiving the god of wealth".

The sixth day of the first month

The sixth day of the first month is called "Horse Day". On this day, "sending the poor" is a very distinctive folk custom in ancient China. In Beijing area, women at home occasionally throw out the garbage accumulated during festivals, and the note hanging on the door can also be taken off and thrown out at the same time. The most popular boys on this day are boys over 12, and 12 is twice as much as 6, which can be called "Liu Liu Shun".

This day is also the day when shops open. In the old days, bosses and shop assistants would shake their abacus violently on this day and beat the scales with scales to make the shops make a sound, meaning "loud and prosperous"; The door panel should also be affixed with a red couplet "Open the market and everything will prosper"; Fireworks should be set off before business to show good luck.

The seventh day of the first month

The seventh day of the seventh lunar month is "People's Day", which is the birthday of people. According to Zhan Shu, since the first day of junior high school, the order of God's creation is "one chicken, three pigs, four sheep, five cows, six horses, seven people and eight valleys", so the seventh day of junior high school is a "human day".

On this day, Hong Kong people like to eat rice porridge, so-called rice porridge, because they want to be top students in high school. There are also some areas that eat "Qibao Soup" boiled with seven kinds of vegetables for good omen, ward off evil spirits, settle down and recuperate.

Some areas in the south have the custom of "fishing for raw fish" on the "People's Moon Festival". When fishing for raw fish, many people often gather around a restaurant and pour fish, ingredients and sauces into big plates. Everyone stood up, waved chopsticks, dragged the fish and kept shouting, "Fishing, fishing! Send it, send it! " And you have to get higher and higher to show your improvement step by step.

The eighth day of the first month

According to legend, the eighth day of the first month is Xiaomi's birthday. If it's sunny this day, there will be a bumper harvest of rice this year. If it's cloudy, it's a sorry year.

This day is also the day of the lower bound of the stars, and the stars in the sky are the most complete. It is called Shunxing, also called "offering stars" and "receiving stars". Elders should also tell their children and grandchildren that "an inch of time is worth an inch of gold" and the importance of "being cautious and independent" is maintained, because "the stars are watching everyone's every move all the time.

Early September

People think that the ninth day of the first month is the birthday of the Jade Emperor, which is called "Jade Emperor's Birthday" and "Tianshou", also known as "Tianri". On this day, the Taoist temple will hold a grand birthday ceremony and recite the scriptures. On this day, every household will bow down to heaven and hold the most solemn ceremony.

On this day, people are kind and don't offend gods. The folk worship ceremony began in the early morning of the ninth day and lasted until dawn. On the eve of this day, the whole family must fast, bathe and worship in solemn awe.

The tenth day of the first month

According to legend, the 10th day of the first month is the Stone Festival, which is the birthday of the Stone God, and it is called "Stone Mill Day", "Ten-Child Day" and "Stone Immortality". On this day, it is not allowed to move stones and stone tools such as grinding, grinding and mortar, otherwise it will hurt crops. On this day, it is also forbidden to build houses with stones, and there is a custom of burning incense and offering pancakes to stones at noon.

In other places, it is popular to hold a stone god. On the night of the ninth day, a crock was frozen on a smooth stone. On the morning of the tenth day, ten girls or young men took turns carrying crocks. If the stone never falls, it indicates a bumper harvest in the new year; If a stone falls to the ground, it indicates a bad year.

Eleventh day of the first month

On the eleventh day of the first month, the son-in-law was sacrificed. According to legend, in southwest China, especially in western Hunan, oppressed women regard her as the protector of weak women, and they often worship God at home and perform divination.

The eleventh day of the first month is also the "son-in-law's day", which is the day when the father-in-law fetes his son-in-law. On the ninth day, there was a lot of leftover food to celebrate "God's Birthday", except for one day on the tenth day, so the bride's family didn't have to spend any more money, so they used the leftover food to entertain their son-in-law and daughter. The folk song is called "Please ask your son-in-law".

The 12th to 15th day of the first month.

After the eleventh day of the first month, people began to buy lanterns and set up light sheds to celebrate the Lantern Festival. The nursery rhyme goes like this: "Eleven chirps, twelve light sheds, thirteen people turn on the lights, fourteen lights are on, fifteen lines and a half months, and sixteen people put out the lights."

Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month is the night of the first full moon in a year, and it is also the night when spring returns to the earth, also known as Shangyuan Festival. The custom of burning lanterns in the Lantern Festival originated in the Han Dynasty. The theme of all activities on this day emphasizes the word "Noisy", such as putting lanterns, dancing lions, walking on stilts, solve riddles on the lanterns, eating Yuanxiao and glutinous rice balls.

The first month of 16th night is Children's Day. All the children took out their lanterns and collided with others, and then smiled and watched others' lanterns catch fire. This is called "touching the lamp". What is important is that this year's lanterns can't be left until next year, and they must be destroyed by "touching the lanterns".