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Happy New Year 2022
January 28 , 2022The Spring Festival, the Chinese New Year calculated according to the traditional calendar, is the first of the four traditional festivals in China.Since the Ming Dynasty, Chinese New Year celebrations generally do not officially end until after the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month.The Spring Festival is a day to get rid of the old and clothe new ones.
Although the Spring Festival is set on the first day of the first lunar month, the activities of the Spring Festival are not limited to the first day of the first lunar month.Since the end of the year, people have begun to make various preparations to welcome the new year: offering sacrifices to the stove, sweeping the dust, purchasing New Year's goods, pasting couplets, etc. All these activities have a common theme, namely, "farewell the old and welcome the new." ".The Spring Festival is a festival of joy, harmony and family reunion. It is also a carnival and eternal spiritual pillar for people to express their yearning for happiness and freedom.
The traditional customs
Family reunion dinner of Chinese new year's Eve,The Family reunion dinner of Chinese new year's Eve is the highlight of the year, not only colorful, but also very particular about the meaning.Before eating the reunion dinner, worship the gods and ancestors, and then start the meal after the worship ceremony.This is the most hearty and important dinner at the end of the year.
Lucky money: one of the customs,after the Family reunion dinner, the elders should distribute the pre-prepared lucky money to the younger generation. It is said that the lucky money can suppress evil spirits, and the younger generation can spend the year safely with the lucky money.lucky money in folk culture means to ward off evil spirits and exorcise ghosts and bless peace.The original purpose of lucky money was to suppress evil and exorcise evil spirits.Because people think that children are vulnerable to sneaky attacks, they use lucky money to exorcise evil spirits.