Recent festivals

Today is February 65438+2022, and the latest holiday is New Year's Day.

New Year's Day, namely 1 on the Gregorian calendar, is commonly known as "Chinese New Year" in most countries in the world. Yuan means "start", and the beginning of each number is called "yuan"; Dan means "day"; New Year's Day means "the first day". "New Year's Day" usually refers to the first day of the first month in the calendar.

In China, the word "Chinese New Year" has existed since ancient times, and it was first seen in the Book of Jin in literary works. The "New Year's Day" in the history of China refers to the "first day of the first month". The calculation method of the "first month" before the period of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty was very inconsistent, and the dates of New Year's Day (the first day of the first month) in previous dynasties were also inconsistent.

Custom of new year's day

First, New Year's Day customs in the north

The winter weather in northern China is cold, with short days and long nights. Since New Year's Day, people who are idle in farming have been killing pigs and sheep, sitting cross-legged on the heatable adobe sleeping platform, talking about their homes and mouths, and not working until the 15th day of the first month. Due to the cold weather, the Northeast New Year's Day diet is mainly frozen products, pickles and stews. Frozen jiaozi, stewed vermicelli with sauerkraut, preserved sherbet, etc. are all essential foods for Chinese New Year.

Children in Beijing want to eat candied haws in the New Year, which symbolizes the prosperity of the New Year. Folklore: Yangko, stilt walking and Errenzhuan in the northeast will be performed at the temple fair one after another. Tianjin is full of paper-cuts, couplets and entertainment activities. On New Year's Day, students in Shandong Province burn incense and worship the statue of Confucius, hoping to be the first in the coming year.

Second, New Year's Day customs in the south.

Compared with the vulgarity of New Year's Day customs in the north, the New Year's Day customs in the south are more elegant. In Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, bamboo poles are tied to grass and lit on the first day of New Year's Day, which is called "Qingtian silkworm". Shaoxing will entertain guests with "tea bowls" on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and some even add olives and kumquat, which is called "holding gold ingots".

In Fujian, the Fujian pronunciation of "spring" is the same as that of "leftover". When eating on New Year's Day, flowers made of red paper should be inserted into the rice, commonly known as "spring rice". Spring rice is a symbol of "more than one year". In Guangdong, on New Year's Day, the elders will reward the younger generation with red envelopes or oranges, which is also a symbol of good luck and balance in the coming year.