The Spring Festival is a grand traditional festival for the Chinese people. Every year on the first day of the lunar calendar, the whole country is immersed in jubilation. New clothes and festive fireworks imply the expulsion of ominousness and the welcome of new atmosphere. The Spring Festival has a long history, and in ancient folklore, people were busy from the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month until January 19th. Today, the celebration continues from the first day of the first lunar month to the end of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Although the title of "Spring Festival" was produced in the ** period, there were once titles such as Shangri, Yuanri, Three Dynasties, Zhengri, Yuanchen, Xinzheng and so on. In 1914, ** proposed in a submission to the Ministry of the Interior that "it is proposed to designate the New Year's Day of the lunar calendar as the Spring Festival", so the term "Spring Festival" gradually spread.
Despite the name change, the date remained largely in ancient tradition, so it was readily accepted. However, since the establishment of **, it has been committed to "abolishing old customs", such as "binding feet", "braiding" and other bad Xi, which were expressly banned during the ** period.
Although these bans are aimed at traditional bad Xi, some radicals also emerged during the ** period, and even put forward the idea of "abolishing Chinese characters" and the traditional Chinese festival "Spring Festival". In Chinese history, there are not only feudal superstitions, but also cultural essences that have evolved over thousands of years.
If all of them are abolished and blindly westernized, will China still exist as one of the four ancient civilizations?
In particular, the Spring Festival, the most representative traditional festival, has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of every Chinese. Therefore, the abolition of the Spring Festival will naturally be met with strong opposition. So, in 1929, ** issued an order to "adjust" the date of the Spring Festival, adjusting the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar and the first day of the first month of the New Year to the first day of the first month of the Gregorian calendar. And during this time, which is the Lunar New Year, the people are forbidden to celebrate. Schools, shops, and units are not allowed to take holidays and operate as usual.
New Year's goods are also not allowed to be sold on the streets, especially couplets and window grilles, which will be confiscated immediately and even fined. During the Lunar New Year, a large number of officers and soldiers were also dispatched to patrol the streets to arrest people who danced dragons and lions or resold Chinese New Year goods. Even people who carry "gifts" to the streets and alleys to pay New Year's greetings will be interrogated. If you claim to be going to pay New Year's greetings, you will probably spend the year in prison. Subsequently, this prohibition became more and more stringent, and regulations such as the "Amendment to the Regulations for School Year Semesters and Vacation Days" were promulgated, stipulating the vacation time of each unit. Any celebration during the Lunar New Year is considered "illegal" and even saying "Wishing you prosperity" on the street can lead to arrest.
However, despite this, people still visit relatives and friends, burn door papers, worship ancestors, and secretly celebrate the New Year during this time. Someone even wrote a couplet to express their dissatisfaction with the cancellation of the Lunar New Year: "Equal rights for men and women, the public says that the public is reasonable, and the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is reasonable;."The lunisolar calendar, you live your year, I live my year. Eventually, the ban had to be repealed in 1934. For five years, it has not curtailed people's enthusiasm for the Spring Festival.