When is the Spring Festival in 2021, what preparation activities need to be done in advance
The Spring Festival in 2021 is every year The first day of the first month of the lunar calendar is February 12 of the Gregorian calendar.This is the grandest festival in our country, so whenever this day comes, we need to clean up the sound, paste couplets, prepare New Year’s goods, and reunite with our ancestors.
The Spring Festival time in 2021
In ancient folk, people started the "busy year" from the 23rd or 24th of the year, and the new year did not end until the 19th day of the first lunar month.In modern times, people set the Spring Festival on the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar, that is, July 1913 (the second year of the Republic of China).Yuan Shikai approved the first day of the first month as the Spring Festival, and agreed that the Spring Festival would be a regular holiday, which began in 1914.Since then, the beginning of the Lunar New Year has been changed from the previous "New Year" to "Spring Festival".Therefore, the Gregorian date of the Spring Festival in 2021 is February 12, 2021.
Folk Customs Activities Before the Spring Festival
1.Cleaning
For thousands of years, people have made New Year celebrations very colorful.From the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month to the 30th day of the lunar calendar, the folks call this period the "Spring Day", also known as the "Dust Cleaning Day".It is a traditional custom of the Chinese people to clean up the dust before the Spring Festival.
2.Paste couplets
On the 28th of the year, remove the old and cloth with new ones, and remove the old year red.There is a saying in Guangdong, "the twenty-eighth of the new year, wash the sloppy", which means that on the twenty-eighth day of the lunar calendar, the whole family should stay at home to clean up, stick the New Year’s red, and welcome the new year.
3.Ancestor worship and reunion
New Year’s Eve is a day to remove the old and clothe the new, reunite the family, and worship ancestors.Festival.New Year’s Eve has a special meaning in the hearts of Chinese people.This is the most important day at the end of the year.No matter how far away, the wanderer has to rush home to reunite with his family, bid farewell to the old year with the sound of firecrackers, and welcome the new year with fireworks.On New Year’s Eve, ancestor worship and reunion dinner are held.After the New Year’s Eve dinner, there is the custom of distributing New Year’s Eve money and keeping New Year’s Eve.
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