The Origin of Spring Festival and Its Related Poems

The origin of the Spring Festival The Spring Festival is the beginning of the lunar calendar and an ancient traditional festival in China. In ancient times, Nian was not celebrated on the 29th or 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, but on wax day, which later became Laba. After the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the "wax festival" was moved to the end of the year. In the Republic of China, the Lunar New Year was called "Spring Festival" only when the solar calendar was changed, because the Spring Festival was usually around beginning of spring. The Spring Festival is the largest and most lively ancient traditional festival in China. Commonly known as "Chinese New Year". According to the China lunar calendar, the first day of the first month is called Yuanri, Chen Yuan, Jacky, Yuanshuo and New Year's Day. Commonly known as the first day of the first month, there are other nicknames such as Shangri-La, Zheng Chao, Sanshuo, Shisan and Sanyuan, which means that the first day of the first month is the beginning of the year, month and day. The Spring Festival, as its name implies, is the Spring Festival. Spring has come, Vientiane is renewed, and a new round of sowing and harvesting season is about to begin again. People have enough reasons to welcome this festival by singing and dancing. So, before the festival, a New Year message with red paper and yellow characters was posted on the frontispiece. Another name for the Spring Festival is China New Year. What is "year"? It is a fictional animal, which will bring bad luck to people. The year is coming. When the tree is dead, the grass will not grow; A year has passed, everything grows and flowers are everywhere. How to spend the year? Firecrackers are needed, so there is a custom of setting off firecrackers. 1993, the Beijing Municipal People's Government promulgated a law prohibiting the setting off of fireworks and firecrackers, making this centuries-old custom a thing of the past. The Spring Festival is a family reunion festival, which is very similar to Christmas in the West. Children who leave home will have to travel thousands of miles back to their parents' home at this time. The night before the real Chinese New Year is called "New Year's Eve", which is also called "reunion night" and "reunion dinner". Traditional celebrations last from New Year's Eve to the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month. The festive atmosphere will last for a month. Before the first day of the first month, there were sacrifices to stoves, ancestors and filth. On the 30th, we will put up a door-keeper, put up couplets, hang flags, eat jiaozi, set off firecrackers and "keep watch" on New Year's Eve. On the first day of the first month, the younger generation pays New Year greetings to their elders, and then visits relatives and friends. When relatives and friends meet for the first time, they say "Congratulations on getting rich", "Congratulations on getting rich" and "Happy New Year" to each other to express their congratulations. On February 23rd, 1949, 1949 People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Central People's Government stipulated that the Spring Festival should be closed for three days every year. Spring Festival-the grandest and most lively ancient traditional festival of China people. Wang Anshi's Spring Festival poem "The First Month"

In addition to the one-year-old firecrackers, the spring breeze sends warmth into Tu Su;

Thousands of families always trade new peaches for old ones.

[Description] This poem says that people in the Song Dynasty must drink Tu Su wine during the New Year, because this wine can prolong life. Second, we should stick new peach symbols on both sides of the door in time to ward off evil spirits. It can be seen that the significance of the New Year lies in placing good hopes on the new year.

Tu Su Lao JIU qu you

The son-in-law, the immortal, gives the treasure, and Xinzheng gives the teenager first.

Ba Shen was ordered to adjust Jinding and rejuvenate in one breath.

The golden liquid is six wells in thousands of feet at night, and the spring breeze dawns in the morning.

He counted the Phoenix Calendar from the beginning, and visited his hometown one cup at a time every day.

[Description] 1 month 1 day, I talked about drinking Tu Su wine. This poem tells us that wine is prepared by the fairy's prescription, packed in red bags in advance and soaked underground. 1 month 1 day in the morning, pour it into a cup, and the youngest person will taste it first, and then drink it in turn according to the increasing age.

"Happy New Year" Wen Zhiming

I don't want to meet, but I want to talk about it. The famous papers are all us.

I also throw some paper at people. The world is too simple and empty.

[Explanation] On the first day of the Yuan Dynasty, everyone went out to pay a New Year call. Those who pay New Year greetings don't ask them to meet their host as a gift, but just throw a famous card to show that the courtesy has arrived. This custom began in the Song Dynasty and intensified in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Because the secular regards sending famous cards as a flattering means, it is ridiculed by poets. This famous New Year greeting card may be the earliest New Year greeting card in China.

Yuan Hongdao's Spring Festival Song

The east wind warms the river and trees, and the smoke condenses in three lanes and nine lanes. A white horse is like a dragon breaking through the snow, and a calf rushes through the water to wear incense.

Blow it around and pat off the smoke, showing off the dress100000 people. Elo dressed up as a colorful winner, and social songs filled the air.

Fei Yi, dressed in gold, is a platoon leader in front and a satrap in the back. Black veil new wisp of Han palace flowers, green slaves knelt into the wine.

Picking lotus plates to make jade buildings, singing and dancing. There are 3,000 old songs in Liyuan and 3 new songs in Suzhou/kloc-0.

The masked beard jumps like a tiger, and the narrow shirt is embroidered with trousers and hammers. The golden python turns into ghost makeup, and Guanyin dances in white.

The viewer is like a mountain and brocade, separating silk from meat. The fragrant wind blows and laughs all the way, and thousands of miles of red yarn cover the jade.

Purple shirt with lotus root skirt, light makeup on forehead and bun. Picked up the green stripes and praised my sister, playing around with melon seeds on my sleeve.

In a hurry, strings are numerous, and thousands of willows fold green branches.

[Description] This poem vividly records people's Spring Festival activities. From the content point of view, people mainly worship God in order to look forward to the bumper harvest of grain and the prosperity of six livestock in the new year; But from the atmosphere, it is really entertaining, the performers enjoy themselves, the viewers are refreshing, and the joy of life is everywhere.

"Fengcheng New Year Speech"

Cleverly cut Silla and paint colorful gold like a moth;

Since then, the scissors have been idle for a month, and there are more sewing in the boudoir before the age of 20.

[Explanation] Ancient folk women were very busy and tired all year round, and only during the New Year did they have leisure time to play. This poem describes women's mood for the New Year from the side. In order to have a free month after the Chinese New Year, I was very busy before the Chinese New Year. They skillfully make jewelry, try on new clothes and compete to dress up, which reflects women's love for beauty.