What was the name of the ancient Spring Festival?

In ancient times, the Spring Festival was called: a year in a year, Spring Festival, New Year, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, etc. , from the ancient calendar, recorded in Pangu Wang Biao, three commandments, etc. In the emperor's time, "year" was used to represent "year".

The Spring Festival has a long history, which evolved from praying for the New Year at the beginning of the year in ancient times. During the Spring Festival, various activities are held all over the country to celebrate the Spring Festival, with a lively and festive atmosphere. These activities are mainly to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year, worship ancestors and pray for a bumper harvest. They are rich in forms and have strong regional characteristics, which condense the essence of China traditional culture.

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The customs of the Spring Festival

1. The customs of handling New Year's goods vary from place to place, but preparing New Year's goods and giving gifts are almost the "necessities for the New Year" in the whole country. Buy new year's goods, including food, clothing, clothes, use, stickers (New Year's Eve), gifts (New Year's Eve) and so on.

2, offering sacrifices to the stove, offering sacrifices to the stove on the 23rd/24th of the twelfth lunar month, is to brush the stove clean after dark, take down the old image of the kitchen god and burn it. In addition to putting on a new image in the morning and evening, wine, meat, sugar, sugar cane, rice fruit, etc. Burn incense, light candles and set off paper cannons.

3. Sticking Spring Festival couplets, every household sticks "Year Red" on the 28th, 29th and 30th of each year (Year Red is the general name of red festive elements such as Spring Festival couplets, door gods, banners, New Year pictures and blessings). It adds a festive atmosphere and places people's good expectations for a new year and a new life.

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