What is the month and day of the Spring Festival in 2024?
The Spring Festival in 2024 is February 10, the first day of the first lunar month, Saturday. This day is the first day of the 2024 New Year of the lunar calendar, which is the first day of the Lunar New Year.
The Spring Festival is the most solemn and meaningful traditional festival in China, with a long history and ancient history. It evolved from ancient times when people would pray for the new year at the beginning of the year.
The origin of the Spring Festival.
The Spring Festival is one of the top ten traditional festivals in China and has a long history. The origin and development of the Spring Festival is a process of gradual formation, imperceptible improvement and popularization, which evolved from the first year of the year in ancient times, and is related to the ancient primitive beliefs, auspicious day sacrifices, celestial phenomena, calendars and other humanistic and natural cultural contents. In ancient times, people held sacrifices at the beginning of the new year after the end of the year's farming to thank the gods of heaven and earth, repay the kindness of ancestors, and pray for a good harvest in the coming year.
Inventory of traditional customs of the Spring Festival.
1. New Year's money.
The New Year's money is given by the elders to the younger generations, and the children and grandchildren are encouraged to learn and grow in the new year and be good people. Some people are parents who put their children under their pillows at night after they are asleep, and more people are children who gather in the main hall, shouting happy new year to grandparents, parents and parents, and bow down in lineThen reach out and ask for a red envelope. The New Year's money reflects the care of the elders for the younger generations and the respect of the younger generations for the elders.
2. Drink Tusu wine.
Tusu wine is a medicinal wine. In ancient customs, the whole family drank Tusu wine on the first day to dispel unhealthy spirits. The average person who drinks alcohol always starts with the elderly;But drinking Tusu wine is just the opposite, starting from the youngest. Probably the younger ones grow up day by day and drink first to congratulate them, while the older ones drink later to show their retention. The Song Dynasty writer Su Zhe's poem "Except for the Sun" said: "Every year, I finally drink Tu Su, and I don't feel that I have been more than 70 years. That's what we're talking about. This unique drinking order has always evoked various emotions in ancient times, so it leaves a deep impression on people.