Origin of the Spring Festival: In ancient times, there was a fierce monster called Nian. Every year1February 30th, it goes door to door, foraging for human flesh and killing creatures. One night on the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month, I went to a village. It happened that two shepherds were fighting for a bullwhip. In 2008, I suddenly heard the sound of a whip in mid-air, and I was scared to run away. It fled to another village and saw a bright red dress drying in front of the door. It didn't know what it was, so it turned around and ran away.
Later, he came to a village, looked into the door of a family, and saw that the lights were brightly lit and dizzy, so he had to slip away again, with his tail between his legs. From this, people recognized the weakness of being afraid of noise, red and light, and thought of many ways to resist it, which gradually evolved into the custom of celebrating the New Year today. ?
Introduction 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.