Publish Time: 2025-01-24 Origin: Site
Chinese Lunar New Year - Spring Festival
Date of the festival: The first day of the first month of the lunar calendar, which varies between late January and late February of the Gregorian calendar.
Origin of the festival: The Spring Festival has a long history and evolved from the ancient times when the first year of the year was celebrated with prayers and sacrifices. All things are based on the sky, people are based on the ancestors, praying for the yearly sacrifice, honoring the sky and the ancestors, to report the origin of the beginning. The origin of the Spring Festival contains profound cultural connotations and carries a rich historical and cultural heritage in the development of inheritance.
Celebration: The Spring Festival is the most important traditional festival in China and is celebrated in a variety of ways. People will clean up, put up spring couplets and lanterns to create a festive atmosphere. On New Year's Eve, the whole family sits around to have a reunion dinner, watch the Spring Festival Gala, and observe the New Year's Eve to welcome the New Year. Starting from the first day of the Lunar New Year, people will visit their relatives and friends, pay respect to each other, and the elders give red envelopes to the younger ones. There are also traditional folk activities such as dragon dances, lion dances and temple fairs.