The traditional Chinese New Year customs are very local and Chinese

Mondo Culture Updated on 2024-02-07

China is a country based on agriculture and is known for filial piety, so for the New Year's Festival, the February ** dynamic incentive plan will never have three meanings: respecting ancestors, rewarding gods, and entertainment.

New Year's Day. The Book of Jin "Emperor Zhuan took the first month as the yuan, when it was the beginning of spring, and the later generations called New Year's Day.

Press: New Year's Day is the first day of the year, it is the day when every family hangs lanterns, every household hangs colors, the Spring Festival couplets are lit, the family holds a group worship, and relatives and friends celebrate each other, rejoicing, nothing more than wishing the New Year a safe meaning.

Shangyuan Lantern Festival. The fifteenth day of the first month of the examination of "Ciyuan" is the Shangyuan, and the ancient Shangyuan Zhang Deng, especially in the Tang and Song dynasties, is commonly known as the Lantern Festival Yuan.

Note: A few days before the Lantern Festival, Fujian customs buy lanterns and give gifts to each other, especially the in-laws' daughters-in-law's families give lanterns to their sons-in-law's families, taking the meaning of adding Ding. The Luli society often plays dragon lanterns on the night of the Lantern Festival to represent the scene of peace.

Tomb sweeping during the Qingming Festival. Qing "Tong Ji": "Year, cold food and frost festival, worship sweeping, the period of plain clothing to the tomb, with wine and food and cutting grass and wood vessels, Zhou Xuan sealed the tree, eradicated the vines, so it is called sweeping the tomb." The Confucianism of the Jin and Tang dynasties is said to have no tomb sacrifice in ancient times; Shangling began in the Han Dynasty, and cold food and going to the tomb began in the Tang Dynasty; Mencius is the one who sacrifices to the East Guo Burnt, and its custom began in the Warring States Period.

Press: Tomb sweeping during the Qingming Festival is a legacy of China's ancestor reverence and pursuit, so it shows the meaning of the future.

Duanyang Race. Chronicles of the Jing Chu Years》 Qu Yuan threw himself into the Miluo River on May 5, so Jiangling used this day as a dragon boat race, and wrapped it in horned millet with five-colored silk, and threw it into the river to recruit him.

According to the Dragon Boat Festival in the provinces south of the Yangtze River along the trend, for the folk competition entertainment of a kind of people's competition, people to a few days before the festival, hold a family cleaning, residential utensils are washed new. And the festival home sprinkled realgar wine, released realgar explosion, cancel the meaning of poison and hygiene.

Zhongyuan thinks of relatives. Taoism takes the 15th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar as the middle yuan. In the middle of July, the secular monks will conclude the Bon Festival (commonly known as the flame mouth) to chant sutras and give food to save the souls of the dead.

Press: Fujian custom burns paper clothes and paper money every day, thinking that the late princess is for the purpose of burning paper clothes, and men and women go out, they will go home on this day, and they will kiss. I know that the Midyear Festival has two meanings: one is to remember the ancestors, and the other is to meet relatives and cover the righteousness of respecting ancestors and relatives.

Mid-Autumn Festival moon viewing. On the fifteenth day of August of the lunar calendar, it is in the middle of autumn, hence the name. **Take this day as the autumn festival.

Press: Mid-Autumn season, the sky is high and refreshing, the moon is empty, so the poet bachelor recites poetry to the moon, drinking, adding Yaxing, vulgar cake bait symbolizes the full moon, take the moon is always full, and the flower is often good. Therefore, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also known as the Reunion Festival. And the autumn festival is the beginning of the autumn harvest; The farmers in the field look back on the hard work of spring plowing and summer ploughing, and look forward to the autumn harvest and winter storage, and their appreciation of the Mid-Autumn Festival is also valuable.

Heavy nine ascending. Fei Changfang ordered Huan Jing to climb and avoid disaster on September 9. This is the beginning of the heavy nine ascension.

Press: Nine is the number of yang, and the sun and the moon should be combined, and the name is commonly known, and it is thought that it should be long, so it is the day to enjoy the feast in the high, commonly known as ascending. Or take a walk in the wilderness, fly kites, change the environment, and actually understand the way of hygiene in the wilderness.

Harvest thanksgiving. From December 20th to 23rd in the solar calendar, ** is designated as the Winter Festival, or Farmers' Day.

Press: It is customary to grind glutinous rice into pills on the eve of the day, which is called rubbing round. The next morning, it is cooked and glued to the door to ward off ghosts, and then mixed with sugar and eight fruits, which can be shared with the family, covering the meaning of unity, love and sweetness. In the countryside, there are more performances to reward the gods, enjoy joy, and be grateful for the farmers' harvest.

Prayer Stove. Kao Song Zhou Mi "Wulin Old Things" On the 24th, with flower tin and rice bait, it can be seen that this style has been popular in the Song Dynasty.

Note: On the 24th day of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, superstitious people call the god of the stove to heaven, and the good and evil in the world will be played in the heavens, and then on the fourth day of the first lunar month, the world will dominate the family. Therefore, on the eve of his ascension to heaven, people set up a banquet for his ancestors, begging him to forgive people when he plays, hide evil and promote good, and reduce the disaster in the coming year. This is the principle of the ancient Shinto religion, which wants to make the aunts, sisters-in-law, brothers and sisters in the family harmonious and affectionate. In this way, the god of the stove oversees the sacrifice of good and evil, and takes it as a warning.

Chinese New Year's Eve. The 30th day of December in the lunar calendar, commonly known as Chinese New Year's Eve, takes the meaning of removing the old update. "Wind and Soil" Chinese New Year's Eve sleepless, called the New Year. Note: On this day of the world, every household offers sacrifices in front of their doors and temples, which is intended to thank the heavens for their grace, such as setting off firecrackers, sacrificing ancestors, feasting relatives and friends, giving gifts to each other, and showing a safe and prosperous year.

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