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When is 2022?

1. The twelfth lunar month is a year when fruit trees and bamboo grow slowly. On the 23rd or 24th of the twelfth lunar month, the old customs sacrifice stoves on this day. Small year is the prelude to big year. It is a traditional festival of Han nationality in China and occupies a very important position in the custom of Spring Festival in China. On this day, the celebration of the whole Spring Festival is usually announced through some customs that have been followed for two thousand years, namely, offering sacrifices to stoves and sweeping the New Year.

2, Chinese New Year, from the last day of the twelfth lunar month, it is generally believed that until the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month, there is also a saying that the first month is the year. During the festival, the main traditional folk activities include offering sacrifices to ancestors, putting up doors, setting off firecrackers, giving lucky money, eating New Year's Eve dinner and sending the God of Wealth.

Off-year is generally the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, and in some places it is the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month. It will be New Year's Eve in six or seven days.

4, off-year, literally there are three explanations. First, the twelfth lunar month is a month with 29 days; Second, it refers to festivals, twenty-three or twenty-four of the twelfth lunar month, and old customs to sacrifice stoves; Third, it refers to the year when fruit trees bear little fruit and bamboo and wood grow slowly. As a festival, due to the differences of regional customs, off-year has different meanings and customs in different parts of the country. For example, in most northern areas, the festival of offering sacrifices to stoves on the 23rd or 24th of the twelfth lunar month is called off-year; Many areas in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai call the fifth day of the first month off-year; Many areas in China also call the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month off-year, and some places call the winter solstice off-year.

5. New Year's Eve, also known as New Year's Eve, refers to the evening of the last day of the twelfth lunar month, which is connected with the Spring Festival (the first day of the first month). On New Year's Eve, people will bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, which means that the old year will be removed here and the new year will be replaced next year. At this time, it is also the best time for children to understand the traditional Spring Festival and receive traditional education. Northerners are used to eating jiaozi in the New Year, while the South has the custom of eating wonton in the New Year. Eating noodles in the new year is to hope to live longer.