The customs and origins of all festivals in China.

Sweep the dust?

"twelfth lunar month, clean the house"? Whenever the Spring Festival comes, every household should clean the environment, clean all kinds of electrical appliances, remove and wash bedding curtains, sweep six yards, dust cobwebs and dredge culverts in open channels. Everywhere is filled with the joyful atmosphere of cleaning and welcoming the Spring Festival cleanly. ?

Post Spring Festival couplets?

Spring Festival couplets are also called door couplets, spring stickers, couplets, couplets and peach symbols. They depict the background of the times and express good wishes with neat, dual, concise and delicate words, which are unique literary forms in China. Every Spring Festival, no matter in urban or rural areas, every household should choose a pair of red Spring Festival couplets and stick them on the door to add festive atmosphere to the festival. ?

Put the window grilles and the word "fu" upside down?

In the folk, people also like to stick various paper-cuts on the windows-window grilles. Window grilles not only set off the festive atmosphere, but also integrate decoration, appreciation and practicality. ?

New year pictures?

Hanging New Year pictures during the Spring Festival is also very common in urban and rural areas. Thick black and colorful New Year pictures add a lot of prosperity and festive atmosphere to thousands of families. New Year pictures are an ancient folk art in China, which reflects people's simple customs and beliefs and places their hopes on the future. ?

Shounian?

Keeping the Lunar New Year's Eve is one of the most important activities, and the custom of keeping the Lunar New Year's Eve has a long history. The earliest record can be found in the Local Records of the Western Jin Dynasty: on New Year's Eve, all parties give gifts to each other, which is called "the year of giving back"; Wine and food are invited, which is called "not old"; Young and old get together to drink and wish a complete song called "age division"; Everyone stays up all night, waiting for dawn. This is the so-called "shou sui". ?

Firecrackers?

There is a folk saying in China that "open the door and set off firecrackers". That is, when the new year comes, the first thing for every household to open the door is to set off firecrackers to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. Firecracker is a specialty of China, also known as "Firecracker", "Firecracker" and "Firecracker". ?

Happy new year?

On the first day of the new year, people get up early, put on the most beautiful clothes, dress neatly, go out to visit relatives and friends, and wish each other good luck in the coming year. ?

Eating habits during the Spring Festival?

In ancient agricultural society, housewives began to prepare food for the New Year from the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. Because curing bacon takes a long time, it must be prepared as soon as possible. Many provinces in China have the custom of curing bacon, among which Guangdong is the most famous. ?

? Steamed rice cake, because of its homophonic "high year" and diverse tastes, has almost become a must-have food for every household. The styles of rice cakes are square yellow and white rice cakes, which symbolize gold and silver and express the meaning of making a fortune in the New Year. ?

The night before the real Chinese New Year is called Reunion Night. Wanderers who are away from home have to travel thousands of miles to go home, and the whole family has to sit around and wrap jiaozi for the New Year.

What is the origin of the Spring Festival?

According to legend, a long time ago, there was a young man named Wan Nian who saw that the festivals at that time were very chaotic and wanted to get them right. One day, he went up the mountain to cut wood and sat in the shade to have a rest. The movement of the shadow inspired him. He designed a sundial to measure the sun's shadow and time. But it was raining and foggy at that time, which affected the measurement. Later, the dripping spring on the cliff aroused his interest, and he began to make a five-story clepsydra. As time went on, he found that the length of the weather would repeat every 360 days. ?

At that time, the monarch was called Zu Ti, and the unpredictable weather made him very upset. A minister named Aheng, in order to please the emperor, said that he would set up a rooftop to worship the gods. Zu Ti thought it was reasonable, so he led officials to worship heaven, but to no avail. Ten thousand years later, he couldn't help but go to see the emperor with a summer heat instrument and a clepsydra, and explain to Zu Ti the truth about the movement of the sun and the moon. Zu Ti was very happy after hearing this and felt reasonable. So I left for ten thousand years and built the Sun and Moon Pavilion in front of the Temple of Heaven, as well as the sundial platform and the Leaky Pot Pavilion. Send twelve boys to serve for ten thousand years. Zu Ti said to Wannian: "I hope you can accurately calculate the laws of the sun and the moon, calculate the exact time in the morning and evening, and create a calendar for the benefit of people all over the world." ?

On one occasion, Zu Ti sent a message to Ah Heng asking about the progress of the perpetual calendar. When he boarded the Sun and Moon Altar, he saw the inscription on the stone wall next to the Temple of Heaven.

Sunrise and sunset 360?

Start all over again. ?

Gemu was honored for four times.

There are twelve circles in a year. ?

When Ah Heng saw this, he was very upset when he learned that the perpetual calendar had been successfully developed. He was extremely afraid that the monarch would blame himself for putting forward the idea of offering sacrifices to the gods because of the love of the calendar. So he plotted and sent an assassin to get rid of Wan Nian. The assassin climbed up the Sun Moon Pavilion and saw Wannian watching the stars on the pavilion, so he drew an arrow with his bow and prepared to shoot him. Who knows, the assassin was found by the guards and arrested on the spot. When Zu Ti learned this, he punished Ah Heng and personally boarded the Sun Moon Pavilion to visit Wan Nian. Wan Nian pointed to the astronomical phenomena and said to Zu Ti, "It's been twelve months now, the old year has passed and the new year has begun again. Please make a festival for you. " Zu Ti said, "When is spring? Call it the Spring Festival. " ?

Winter goes and spring comes, year after year. Later, after long-term observation and careful calculation, it took 10 thousand years to calculate the accurate solar calendar. When he showed his successor the solar calendar, he was covered with silver whiskers. The monarch was deeply moved. In order to commemorate the achievements of 10 thousand years, he named the solar calendar "perpetual calendar" and named it the birthday star of the sun, moon and moon. In the future, people will hang up the Shou Xingtu during the Chinese New Year, which is said to commemorate the venerable ten thousand years. This is the origin of the Spring Festival. ?

When you are old, you must start from the beginning of the year; And the first thing in a year should start years ago. ?

In the towns and villages in the north and south of China, it is generally the middle of the twelfth lunar month, and people begin to prepare for the Spring Festival. A few years ago, markets all over the country were bustling and lively. There are all kinds of things to eat, wear, use and play in the stalls of the new year's goods store, including "rice cakes" marked with red stamps, as well as festive items such as Spring Festival couplets, fireworks and candles. Years ago, the market was the richest and most complete in a year, and men, women and children rushed to buy some desirable goods. Especially for children, whenever they buy firecrackers, they often start to set off firecrackers sporadically before the Spring Festival to add atmosphere to the upcoming New Year. ?

There is a song in Beijing that sings a year-end folk song:

Twenty-three, honeydew melon is sticky; ?

Twenty-four, housing Tomb-Sweeping Day; ?

Twenty-five, make tofu; ?

Twenty-six, cut meat; ?

Twenty-seven, killing chickens; ?

Twenty-eight, white hair; ?

Twenty-nine, full of fragrance; ?

On the 30 th, sit in the dark for one night; ?

It gets hot as soon as the New Year's Day comes out.