What is the date of the new year in 2022? What are the customs of the Spring Festival?
The Chinese New Year in 2022 falls on February 1, 2022, which is the first day of the New Year in 2022 in the lunar calendar, that is, the first day of the new year, which is Tuesday.New Year’s Eve falls on January 31, 2022, the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, Monday.The Spring Festival is the most solemn and meaningful traditional festival in my country, with a long history.It evolved from ancient times, when people would pray for the New Year at the beginning of the New Year.
There are What traditional customs?
1.Dust sweeping:"On the twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, dust and sweep the house." The meaning of "new" is to sweep out all the bad luck and bad luck.
2.Every year on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, every household would worship the Kitchen God and put maltose on the Kitchen Lord’s mouth, so that the Kitchen Lord would not speak ill of God.
3.Post the door god.The original door god was carved in peach wood in the shape of a human and hung next to the person.Later, it was painted as a portrait of the door god and posted on the door.The earlier door gods were the two brothers, Shen Tu and Yu Lei, who specialize in the management of ghosts in the legend.Later, they were changed to other characters.To keep the family safe.
Post Spring Festival couplets, window grilles, the word "Fu", and New Year pictures.The word "Fu" on the gate is pasted upside down, indicating "Happiness has arrived" and "Blessing has arrived".
4.Eating New Year’s Dinner:In the past, it was mostly Lunar New Year’s Eve dinner, and there must be meatballs and whole fish on the table, which means reunion and more than every year.In some places, the fish is "watched the fish" and is not eaten.
5.Keeping the New Year’s Eve:Keeping the New Year’s Eve is one of the most important New Year’s activities, or keeping it all night, at least until the first child.Firecrackers:Begin to set off at the turn of the new year and the old year.The purpose is to drive away the monster called "Nian", so as not to harm people and animals.
The origin of the Spring Festival
The Spring Festival is one of the top ten traditional festivals in China with a long history.The origin and development of the Spring Festival is a process of gradual formation, subtle improvement and popularization.It evolved from the ritual of praying for the year at the beginning of the year in ancient times.It is related to ancient primitive beliefs, sacrifices on auspicious days, as well as human and natural cultural contents such as astronomical phenomena and calendars.In ancient times, people held sacrificial activities at the beginning of the new year after the end of one year of farming, to thank the gods of heaven and earth, repay the kindness of ancestors, and pray for a good harvest in the coming year.
The Chinese New Year is centered on offering sacrifices and praying for the new year, and unfolds in the form of removing the old and clothing the new, worshiping gods and ancestors, exorcising evil, and praying for a prosperous year.Cultural essence.During the Spring Festival, various Lunar New Year activities are held all over the country.Due to different regional cultures, there are differences in customs content or details, with strong ethnic characteristics.
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