When is the Spring Festival in 2024?

The Chinese New Year in 2024 will be on February 10th.

According to the queried calendar information, the 2024 Spring Festival holiday schedule is from February 10, 2024 (Saturday) to February 16, 2024 (Friday) *** 7 days in total, February 17 (Saturday) and February 18 (Sunday) will be closed. The Chinese New Year holiday falls on February 10th, and it also starts on the New Year's Day. AD 2024 is a leap year in the Gregorian calendar, with 366 days and 53 weeks, and it is the Year of the Dragon (Year of the Dragon) in the lunar calendar.

The Spring Festival is the Chinese Lunar New Year, commonly known as New Year, New Year, New Year, etc., also known as Chinese New Year and New Year. A major folk festival integrating food and drink. The Spring Festival has a long history, originating from the primitive beliefs and nature worship of early humans, and evolved from the ancient times to pray for good luck at the beginning of the year.

Origins of festivals

The origins of ancient traditional festivals are related to ancient primitive beliefs, sacrificial culture, as well as humanistic and natural cultural contents such as astrology and calendar. According to the research results of modern anthropology and archaeology , the two most primitive beliefs of mankind. One is belief in heaven and earth, and the other is belief in ancestors. Most of the ancient traditional festivals were formed when the ancients chose days to offer sacrifices to thank the gods of heaven and earth, for their ancestors' kindness, and to pray for blessings and ward off evil spirits.

The early festival culture reflected the ancient humanistic spirit of worshiping nature, integrating nature and man, being prudent about the future, and consolidating the roots. A series of sacrificial activities contain profound cultural connotations of respect, gratitude, ritual and music civilization. The origin and development of the New Year Festival cover aspects such as humanistic philosophy and natural laws.