Spring Festival, namely the Chinese Lunar New Year, commonly known as "Spring Festival", "New Year", "Nian" and so on, also known as "Guo Nian" and "Nian", is a collection of old and new, worship gods and ancestors, praying for good luck and evil spirits, family reunion, celebrating entertainment and eating as one of the folk festival.
The Spring Festival has a long history, from the ancient times to pray for the beginning of the year evolved. All things this day, this is the ancestor, pray, worship day Fazu, report the reverse beginning also. The origin of the Spring Festival contains profound cultural connotation, carrying rich historical and cultural deposits in the process of inheritance and development. During the Spring Festival, all over the country are held to celebrate the Spring Festival activities, with strong local characteristics. [1]
In the early time, according to the change of time, "Dou handle Huiyin" for the beginning of the year. "Bucket handle Huiyin" the earth returns to spring, ends and begins again, everything is renewed, and a new cycle is thus opened. In the traditional farming society, the beginning of spring is of great significance, which has derived a large number of related New Year festival culture. In the historical development, although different calendars are used and the dates of the first festival are different, the festival framework and many folk customs have been inherited. In modern times, people put the Spring Festival on the first day of the first lunar month, but generally does not end until the 15th day of the first lunar month. [2] [64]
The Spring Festival is the most solemn traditional festival of the Chinese nation. Influenced by Chinese culture, some countries and regions in the world also have the custom of celebrating the Spring Festival. According to incomplete statistics, nearly 20 countries and regions have set the Chinese Spring Festival as a legal holiday for the whole or part of the cities under their jurisdiction. Spring Festival is one of the four traditional Chinese festivals, along with Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival.
The Spring Festival folk custom has been approved by The State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.
