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Spring Festival generally refers to the first day of the first lunar month of the lunar year,
It is the most grand traditional festival on the mainland.
Every time the Spring Festival approaches,
Every household began to do New Year goods, posting Spring Festival,
Everywhere the lights are colorful, the lights are dimmed,
People are bustling with excitement to welcome the arrival of the new year.
"Celebrating the New Year"
Folk songs and ballads:
Twenty-three, sugar melon sticky; twenty-four, sweeping the house;
Twenty-five, grinding tofu; twenty-six, going to buy meat;
Twenty-seven, slaughtering roosters; twenty-eight, turning the noodles;
Twenty-nine, steamed steamed buns; thirty nights to stay up overnight;
The first two days of the first year are full of streets.
These are our collective memories of the Spring Festival.
But some cold knowledge about the Spring Festival,
Did you know?
How long is the history of the Spring Festival?
A: Hundreds of years.
According to records, the New Year originated from the Yu Shun period,
It has a history of thousands of years.
But for a long time,
The first day of the Chinese New Year is not called the Spring Festival, but new Year's Day.
The Spring Festival refers specifically to the Spring Festival in the Twenty-Four Solar Terms,
Later even referred to the whole spring.
After entering the Republic of China,
The continent began to adopt the Western Gregorian calendar,
Subsequently, the first day of the Chinese New Year was renamed the Spring Festival,
And the 1st of January in the Gregorian calendar is called New Year's Day,
At this point, the Spring Festival has become a festival that we are familiar with,
It has a history of more than 100 years.
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How to paste "Fu Zi"?
A: The door is stickered, and the water tank trash can is upside down.
On the occasion of the Spring Festival,
Every household will post a festive Spring Festival at the door,
The word "Fu" will also be posted everywhere.
I don't know when,
Folk popular saying that the word "Fu" is upside down,
The name is "Blessed".
In fact, in the folk traditions of the mainland,
The gate is a more solemn and respectful place,
Therefore, the word "Fu" on the gate has always been posted,
It has the meaning of "Yingfu" and "Nafu";
Only the water tank and the garbage can are pasted with the word "Fu",
To avoid pouring out the blessings when pouring water and garbage.
Were firecrackers set off in ancient New Year's Eve?
A: Put, and very hardcore!
In ancient times, before gunpowder was invented,
People also set off firecrackers during the New Year,
However, this firecracker is really "bamboo".
Everyone cut the bamboo and threw it into the fire and burned it,
Bamboo bursts and makes a "crackling" sound,
To show goodbye to the old and welcome the new.
There is also a legend about the production of firecrackers.
Legend has it that in ancient times there was a monster called "Nian",
Fierce in nature, every year Chinese New Year's Eve night to the village to eat people,
After dawn, he returned to the mountains.
People find that the year is afraid of fire and explosions,
So when it came to Chinese New Year's Eve, firecrackers were lit to drive away the Nian beast.
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Why do you have to keep the age?
A: Because I don't dare to sleep...
Many places have the custom of keeping the age,
Also called boiling years,
that is, Chinese New Year's Eve all night until dawn,
Welcome to the new year.
In the legend, the keeping of the age is also related to the year beast.
In order not to be eaten by the beast,
As soon as every household arrives at the Chinese New Year's Eve closes the doors and windows,
I didn't dare to sleep after dinner,
It's a family huddled together to chat and be bold,
In this way, the habit of staying up for Chinese New Year's Eve years gradually formed.
Why Celebrate the New Year?
A: Because I'm happy!
After surviving the Nian Beast, people dare to go out of the house.
and congratulate each other,
Celebrate that everyone is still alive,
This is where the New Year's Eve comes from.
Of course, the story of the Nian Beast is just a legend,
However, the custom of new year worship continues to this day.
In traditional Chinese conception,
Man holding his fist in the New Year's Greetings should wrap his left hand around his right hand,
Women who hold their fists in the New Year should wrap their left hands with their right hands,
This is called "Gibber",
If you do the opposite, it is not very auspicious,
It's very impolite behavior!
Was there money in ancient times?
A: Yes, but not flowers.
Every time the elders will give the children a pressed old age money,
This is the most ambitious time of the year for children.
PS: Without being taken away by parents...
In fact, in ancient times, there was also pressure money,
It's a special kind of imitation money.
It is engraved with auspicious characters and is mainly used for blessings.
In folklore,
In ancient times, there was a little demon with black hands and white hands called "Qi",
As soon as it arrives in the New Year, it will come out to make trouble and hurt children.
People find out that Qi is a little demon who is greedy for money,
Give some money and it will obediently leave,
Therefore, pressing the old money is also called pressing the money.
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Is the first month of hair cut dead uncle?
A: It doesn't matter, it's pure misinformation.
Folk have always had the saying that the uncle died in the first month of cutting hair,
Even a stem has formed on the network.
In fact, this saying has a long history,
After the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, the Han people were forced to shave their hair and keep pigtails,
Some Han Chinese refuse to shave their hair during the first month,
There is a sense of nostalgia for the old dynasty.
Because of the homophony of "thinking of the old" and "dead uncle",
After people misrepresented it, he became a "dead uncle".
Therefore, cut your hair in the first month
It has nothing to do with a dead uncle.
Of course, if the uncles are still not at ease,
Please be sure to coax your own nephews and nieces.
Do you spend the Spring Festival abroad?
A: Some countries and overseas Chinese have lived.
Due to the strong cultural soft power of ancient China,
The custom of celebrating the Spring Festival (known as New Year's Day in ancient times) spread to neighboring countries,
Until today,
South Korea, Vietnam and other countries are still the same as us,
Celebrate the Lunar New Year and have some special rituals.
Overseas Chinese, on the other hand, follow domestic customs.
The Spring Festival will be full of taste, sound and color.
They held a grand celebration in the Chinese community,
Banging gongs and drums, dragon and lion dances, not lively,
It even attracted the participation of some foreign friends.
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I wish you all good fortune and fortune
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This year's repeated epidemics may not be able to reunite many families.
Many ceremonies cannot be performed,
But the memories and concerns about the Spring Festival have never dissipated.
Do you have any wishes for this special Spring Festival?
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