What day is the Spring Festival in 2020 and what are the customs?
A year-old addition to the sound of firecrackers , Spring Festival is a traditional festival in China, representing the alternation of New Years.The Spring Festival in 2020 falls on Saturday, January 25th, which is the first day of the first month of the Gengzi Year of the lunar calendar.On this day of the Spring Festival, the folks have the following customs:cleaning the house, eating dumplings, pasting Spring Festival couplets, etc.
Chinese culture has been passed down for thousands of years, so there are many traditional festivals, but among the many traditional festivals, the most important and grandest is the Spring Festival.Because the Spring Festival represents the alternation of the new year and the old year, it is a good day to get rid of the old and welcome the new.It has been valued by people since ancient times.There is even a poem that records "Thousands of households are on the same day, always replacing new peaches with old symbols." It can be seen how important the Spring Festival is for Chinese people.
When is the Spring Festival in 2020
New Year"s Day refers to January 1, 2020, which is the first day of the new year in the Gregorian calendar.But the Spring Festival is not calculated according to the Gregorian calendar year, because it is our traditional festival, so it has always been calculated according to the lunar year, which is the first day of the new year of the lunar year.The Spring Festival in 2020 is the first day of the first lunar month in the Gengzi year.After conversion, it is January 25, 2020 in the Gregorian calendar year, which is Saturday.
What are the customs during the Spring Festival in 2020
1.Cleaning the house:The Spring Festival is a day to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, so every household has to clean the room before the Spring Festival.In ancient times, it was called "dusting and sweeping the house", which means to remove Chen (dust) and welcome the new.
2.Eating dumplings:Dumplings must be eaten during the Spring Festival, because the homonym of dumplings is also called Jiaozi, which means that when two years meet, eating dumplings can bid farewell to the old and welcome the new.The fortune of the year can be more prosperous.
3.Paste the Spring Festival couplets:In myths and legends, the Spring Festival couplets are used to drive away the New Year"s beast "Xi", because people think that evil things are afraid of red, and the Spring Festival couplets are made of black characters on a red background.It can exorcise evil spirits and bring fortune and prosperity.
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