Spring Festival (Chun Jie)

Spring Festival, the Chinese Lunar New Year, is commonly known as the new year, the new year, the new year's day, etc. it is also known orally as the new year and the new year. The Spring Festival has a long history, which evolved from the worship of praying at the beginning of the year in ancient times. Everything is based on heaven and people are based on their ancestors. Praying for the new year, offering sacrifices to heaven and ancestors, and returning the beginning to the beginning. The origin of the Spring Festival contains profound cultural connotation and carries rich historical and cultural heritage in the inheritance and development. During the Spring Festival, all parts of the country hold various activities to celebrate the Spring Festival, with strong regional characteristics. These activities are mainly about the old and new cloth, the exorcism, the worship of gods, the blessing of the year, and the rich and colorful forms, which are the essence of Chinese traditional culture.

In the early era of observing and timing, when determining the age according to the changing stars, "doubing Huiyin" was the beginning of the year. "Doubing Huiyin" returns to spring all the time, everything is renewed, and a new reincarnation is opened. In the traditional farming society, the beginning of spring is of great significance, which has derived a large number of related popular culture. In the historical development, although the calendar used is different and the date of the first festival is different, its festival framework and many folk customs have been inherited. In modern times, people set the Spring Festival on the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar, but it usually doesn't end until the 15th day of the first month. The Spring Festival is a folk festival integrating worship, blessing and Exorcism, family and friends reunion, celebration, entertainment and diet.

Beginning with the Centennial Festival, the Spring Festival is the most solemn traditional festival of the Chinese nation. Influenced by Chinese culture, some countries and regions in the world also have the custom of celebrating the new year. According to incomplete statistics, nearly 20 countries and regions have designated the Chinese Spring Festival as a legal holiday for the whole or some cities under their jurisdiction. The Spring Festival, the Qingming Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival and the Mid Autumn Festival are known as China's four traditional festivals. The Spring Festival folk custom has been listed in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list with the approval of the State Council.

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