2024 Chinese New Year outlook
The first day of the first lunar month is the Chinese New Year, which is the most important ancient festival for Chinese people all over the world. In the long river of historical development, it is a mixture of many places and various folk customs of the Chinese nation, and has a rich and colorful festival cultural heritage.
The origin of the "official" version of the Spring FestivalFirst of all, the ancient Chinese, as an agrarian people, attached great importance to farming, and formed the "24 solar terms" festival very early, of which the first of the year is "Lichun", so a large number of popular festivals of praying for the year and sacrificing were derived on the day of Lichun. In ancient China, major ceremonies such as worshipping gods, worshipping ancestors, praying for the New Year, welcoming spring, and agricultural celebrations were all arranged to be held on the day of the beginning of spring or a few days before and afterThis is the prototype of the Spring Festival
Secondly, the Western Han Dynasty promulgated and implemented the "Taichu Calendar" during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, which is the prototype of today's lunar calendarIt is actually a lunar and yang calendarIt is characterized by a 365-day orbit of the Earth around the Sun in a year, 29 or 30 days of orbit around the Moon in January, and a leap month outside of 12 months of the year. In this set of legislation, spring is no longer a fixed date, so the solar terms and festivals are separated, and the first year of each year becomes the first day of the first lunar monthIt's the Spring Festival
Chinese New YearThe night before, the night before and the end of the year, is called "Chinese New Year's Eve"., implying that at the end of the year, the old cloth is new, and it is the most important time junction point in the New Year's customs. The earliest surviving document mentioning the name "Chinese New Year's Eve" is the local customs and customs chronicle "Fengtu Ji" compiled by the Zhou Department of the Western Jin Dynasty. It is precisely because Chinese New Year's Eve is on the eve of the New Year, representing the removal of the old and the new, which has aroused infinite emotion among the literati of all generations, and the poem "Yuan Ri" by the Song Dynasty politician Wang Anshi is the most catchy and well-known:"In the sound of firecrackers, the spring breeze sends warmth into Tusu. Thousands of households always replace the new peach with the old one. "Point out the Spring Festival customs such as setting off firecrackers, changing peach charms, and drinking Tusu wine (rice wine brewed with multi-flavored Chinese herbs), especially hanging peach charms to ward off evil spirits and drive away ghosts!
Chinese New Year's Eve"Keeping the New Year".tooChinese New YearThe most important customsThe custom of keeping the New Year originated from the ancient "expulsion", that is, people played all night on Chinese New Year's Eve, beating drums, firecrackers, driving away epidemics, and chasing evil spirits. With the development of Spring Festival culture, the Chinese New Year's Eve vigil has gradually become the main body of Spring Festival customs, and has been widely popular in the Tang DynastyOne night is two years old, and five watches are divided into two years"On Chinese New Year's Eve, the family sits around the fire, sleepless all night and waits for the dawn, which contains two meanings:OlderPersonYesSay goodbye to the old yearsCherish the time; Young peopleYesExtend the life of your parents。describes the customs of keeping the year, as well as the poem of the Tang Dynasty poet Chu Guangxi: ".Close the door and guard the **, and burn the fire until early in the morning. "The poem of the Song Dynasty poet Lu You:"Children do not sleep, and they keep vigil and make noise.
Lu You is a prolific poet known as "10,000 poems in 60 years" (9,300 in existence), and he has written many poems related to the Chinese New Year's Eve, the famous "New Year's Eve": ".The whole family stayed awake at night, and the cups and plates were messed up in front of the lamp. Looking at each other, I feel that time is faster, and the laughter is the next year. "The festive and joyful atmosphere is on the page.