The origin and meaning of the small year.
Xiao Nian is an important solar term in the traditional Chinese Han festivals, usually referring to the 23rd day of the lunar month, and is an important prelude to Chinese New Year's Eve. The New Year is also an important festival of Chinese folk, a traditional festival worthy of attention. On this day, people are busy preparing for the New Year, every household has to sweep the dust and clean their homes, sacrifice to the gods and ancestors before the New Year, and paste couplets to the door gods. At the same time, the small year also symbolizes the end of the year and the beginning of the new year, and is an important moment for people to be grateful and pray for a better new year.
Traditional customs of the young year.
On this day, the whole family sits together to perform sacrifices to the ancestral gods to show their nostalgia and gratitude. On this day, people also paste couplets to the door god, which is to drive away the bad luck of the year and bless the safety and happiness of the family on the occasion of the new year. In addition, some special celebrations will be held in some places, such as "stilt walking", "lion dance", "dragon dance" and other folk performances in some areas in the north, and some areas in the south will have cultural activities to pray for the New Year, such as lion dance, dragon playing, worship gods, etc. The customs of the traditional Xiaonian are rich and colorful, full of strong local flavor and strong folk culture.
The contemporary meaning and heritage of Xiao Nian.
As an important traditional festival, Xiao Nian not only carries rich cultural connotations, but also is an important part of China's rich traditional culture. The customs and customs of Xiaonian have penetrated into the daily life of Chinese and become a kind of faith and spirit of people. With the development of society and the changes of the times, some customs of Xiaonian are also quietly changing, but the importance and significance of Xiaonian remain unchanged. In contemporary society, people still remember their ancestors, pray for their families, and pray for a better New Year with a grateful heart on the day of the New Year. Therefore, as a traditional Chinese festival, Xiao Nian is not only a custom activity in people's lives, but also an important representative of traditional Chinese culture, carrying rich historical and cultural connotations, and blooming with unique charm in inheritance and development.