Besides the Chinese New Year, it is the day to take off the old cloth at the end of the year. New Year's Eve, that is, the night before the New Year, is connected with the beginning of the New Year. The old year passed away this evening, and the next day was replaced by the new year, so it was customarily considered as New Year's Eve. As a festival at the end of the year, New Year's Eve originated from the ancient custom of offering sacrifices to ancestors at the end of the year, and the day after the end of the year is a traditional festival of offering sacrifices to ancestors. The ancient book says: "Heaven and earth are the foundation of life; Ancestors are the foundation of class. " It means that heaven and earth are the foundation of life, ancestors are the foundation of our human beings, and ancestor worship is the custom of inheriting filial piety. The earliest mention of the name "New Year's Eve" in the existing literature is the Local Customs Records written in the Western Jin Dynasty and the early Zhou Dynasty. Later, it was also called the day before New Year's Eve as a small farewell, that is, a small year; New Year's Eve is New Year's Eve, that is, New Year's Eve. According to Lu Chunqiu and Dong Jiji, the ancients used drums to drive away the "plague ghost" on the day before the New Year, and held a "mourning" ceremony at the end of each year. It is said that drumming to drive away the ghosts of plague was also one of the customs of New Year's Eve at that time. New Year's Eve is usually called New Year's Eve, but in fact, due to the lunar calendar, the date of New Year's Eve may be1February 30 or1February 29, but in any case, it is the end of the lunar year.
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