The origin and significance of the Spring Festival on New Year’s Eve
New Year’s Eve is the last day of each year in the lunar calendar, and the Spring Festival is The first day of each year in the lunar year, so these two days are next to each other.The New Year’s Eve and the Spring Festival originated from people’s worship of ghosts and astrology in ancient times, and have a very long history.
The origin and significance of New Year’s Eve
New Year’s Eve is the night of New Year’s Eve, which is connected with the beginning of the year (New Year’s Eve).The old year is eliminated on this eve, and the new year is changed the next day, so it is customary to call it New Year’s Eve.As a festival at the end of the year, New Year’s Eve originated from the custom of removing the old and clothing the new and worshipping ancestors at the end of the year in ancient times.There is a saying in ancient books:"Heaven and earth are the foundation of life; ancestors are the foundation of kindness." This means that heaven and earth are the foundation of life, ancestors are the foundation of our human beings, and ancestor worship is a custom of inheriting filial piety.
The earliest mention of the name "New Year’s Eve" in the extant literature is the local landscape record "Fengtu Ji" written by Zhou in the Western Jin Dynasty.Later, the day before New Year’s Eve is called the small division, that is, the small New Year’s Eve; the New Year’s Eve is the big division, that is, the New Year’s Eve.In addition, according to "Lu Shi Chunqiu Ji Dong Ji", the ancients used the drumming method to expel the "epidemic ghost" on the day before the new year.It is said that this is also one of the customs of the "New Year’s Eve" festival at that time.
The origin and significance of the Spring Festival
The Spring Festival, also known as the Lunar New Year, is the beginning of the year and a traditional festival.Commonly known as New Year, New Year, New Year, etc., orally also known as New Year, New Year.The Spring Festival has a long history, which evolved from the prayers and sacrifices for the first year of the year in ancient times.All things originate from the sky, and humans originate from their ancestors.Praying for the New Year, offering sacrifices, and respecting the ancestors of the heavens and the ancestors, it is also to repay the origin and reverse the beginning.The origin of the Spring Festival contains profound cultural connotations, and it carries a rich historical and cultural heritage in its inheritance and development.During the Spring Festival, various activities to celebrate the Spring Festival are held all over the country, with strong regional characteristics.The main content of these activities is removing the old and making the new, exorcising evil spirits, worshipping gods and ancestors, and praying for the New Year.
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