Origin of the Spring Festival（春节的来历）:
1、The Spring Festival is the first year of the lunar calendar. Another name of the Spring Festival is the Spring Festival. It is the biggest, busiest and most important ancient traditional festival in China. It is also a unique festival for Chinese people.
（春节是农历的第一年。春节的另一个名称是春节。它是中国最大、最繁忙、最重要的古代传统节日。它也是中国人独特的节日。）
2、It is the most concentrated expression of Chinese civilization. Since the Western Han Dynasty, the custom of Spring Festival has continued to this day. Spring Festival generally refers to New Year's Eve and the first day of the first lunar month.
（它是中华文明最集中的表现形式。自西汉以来，春节的习俗一直延续到今天。春节一般指除夕和正月初一。）
3、But in the folk sense, the traditional Spring Festival refers to the sacrificial sacrifice on the eighth day of the eighth month or the sacrificial stove on the twenty-third or twenty-fourth day of the twentieth month until the fifteenth day of the first month, with the New Year's Eve and the first day of the first month as the climax.
（但在民间意义上，传统的春节是指以除夕和正月初一为高潮，在八月八日的祭祀活动或在十二月二十三日、二十四日至正月十五日的祭祀炉灶活动。）
4、How to celebrate this festival has formed some relatively fixed customs and habits in the historical development of thousands of years, many of which are still handed down today. During the traditional festival of Spring Festival, the Han and most minority nationalities in China have to hold various celebrations.
（在几千年的历史发展过程中，如何庆祝这个节日已经形成了一些相对固定的风俗习惯，其中许多至今仍在流传。在传统的春节期间，汉族和中国大多数少数民族都要举行各种各样的庆祝活动。）
5、Most of these activities mainly focus on sacrificing gods and Buddhas, sacrificing ancestors, removing old cloth and new cloth, celebrating the New Year, and praying for a good year.
（这些活动大多集中在祭祀神佛、祭祖、脱去旧布新布、庆祝新年、祈祷新年等方面。）
6、The forms of activities are rich and colorful, with strong national characteristics. On May 20, 2006, "Spring Festival" folklore was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.
（活动形式丰富多彩，具有较强的民族特色。2006年5月20日，“春节”民俗被国务院批准列入第一批国家级非物质文化遗产名录。）
The custom of Spring Festival（春节的习俗）:
Paste New Year's pictures（贴年画）, watch the New Year's Day（守岁）, eat dumplings（吃饺子）, set off firecrackers（放鞭炮）, send red envelopes（发红包）, sweep dust9（扫尘）, celebrate New Year's Day（拜年）。
source:
1.A long time ago, there was a monster called "Nian". It often bullied the people living in the mountains in winter. Some people wanted to get rid of it, and some people wanted to drive it away. One day "Nian" came again, and many people's homes were attacked.
很久很久以前，有一个叫“年”的怪物，它经常在冬天欺负住在山里的人们，有一些人想把它除掉，也有一些人想把它赶走。有一天“年”又来了，许多人家里都遭到了袭击。
2.Only a few houses were hung with red curtains, and there were no injuries to those who had lit fires or knocked on the outside of their doors, so the people in the mountains knew that "Nian" was afraid of three things. 只有几户挂着红布帘，门外生着火堆或敲敲打打闹翻天的人家没有受到伤害，因此山里的人们知道了“年”怕三样东西。
3.When "year" comes again, people use these three kinds of things to drive away this big monster, from then on dare not to hurt people. From one generation to the next, the custom of celebrating the Lunar New year has come into being. 当“年”再来的时候，人们用这三样东西把这个大怪物给赶走了，从此都不敢来伤害人们了。以后代代相传，便形成了过年热闹的习俗。
convention:
It is one of the most important activities of the Spring Festival for New Year's Eve to stay in the evening.
大年三十守岁是春节最重要的活动之一。
2.On this day of the Spring Festival, you can't take out the garbage. You have to leave it until after the 2nd day of the Spring Festival.
春节这天家里不能倒垃圾要留到初二倒
3.When the Spring Festival, every family will paste couplets hung with bright red lanterns, very festive.
春节的时间家家户户会贴春联挂红灯笼，非常的喜庆。
The Spring Festival is evolved from the annual prayers.In the ancient times, after the end of the year, the people started the new year in the beginning of the new year, and held a ceremonial event to pay tribute to the gods and ancestors of the heavens and the earth, and pray for a good harvest.
Although the ancient rituals are difficult to understand, they can still find some ancient ruins from the rituals of later generations. For example, in parts of Lingnan, there is a custom of worshipping the age of the new year, and during the New Year period, the grand ceremonial ceremonies of the ancestral ceremonies, which show the sacred rituals of the ancient times.
In the original sense, the first year refers to the "Lichun" of the dry-branch calendar. When the day is like "the handle of the handle", the conversion of yin and yang, the yang and the squatting, and the goods are all spring, meaning that a new reincarnation has been opened.The origin and development of the Spring Festival is a process of gradual formation and subtle improvement and popularization.
As an important part of Chinese traditional culture, the festival culture reflects the profound Chinese cultural connotation and records the rich and colorful social life culture content of ancient people.
1、The Spring Festival is the first year of the lunar calendar. Another name of the Spring Festival is the Spring Festival. It is the biggest, busiest and most important ancient traditional festival in China. It is also a unique festival for Chinese people.
（春节是农历的第一年。春节的另一个名称是春节。它是中国最大、最繁忙、最重要的古代传统节日。它也是中国人独特的节日。）
2、It is the most concentrated expression of Chinese civilization. Since the Western Han Dynasty, the custom of Spring Festival has continued to this day. Spring Festival generally refers to New Year's Eve and the first day of the first lunar month.
（它是中华文明最集中的表现形式。自西汉以来，春节的习俗一直延续到今天。春节一般指除夕和正月初一。）
3、But in the folk sense, the traditional Spring Festival refers to the sacrificial sacrifice on the eighth day of the eighth month or the sacrificial stove on the twenty-third or twenty-fourth day of the twentieth month until the fifteenth day of the first month, with the New Year's Eve and the first day of the first month as the climax.
（但在民间意义上，传统的春节是指以除夕和正月初一为高潮，在八月八日的祭祀活动或在十二月二十三日、二十四日至正月十五日的祭祀炉灶活动。）
4、How to celebrate this festival has formed some relatively fixed customs and habits in the historical development of thousands of years, many of which are still handed down today. During the traditional festival of Spring Festival, the Han and most minority nationalities in China have to hold various celebrations.
（在几千年的历史发展过程中，如何庆祝这个节日已经形成了一些相对固定的风俗习惯，其中许多至今仍在流传。在传统的春节期间，汉族和中国大多数少数民族都要举行各种各样的庆祝活动。）
5、Most of these activities mainly focus on sacrificing gods and Buddhas, sacrificing ancestors, removing old cloth and new cloth, celebrating the New Year, and praying for a good year.
（这些活动大多集中在祭祀神佛、祭祖、脱去旧布新布、庆祝新年、祈祷新年等方面。）
6、The forms of activities are rich and colorful, with strong national characteristics. On May 20, 2006, "Spring Festival" folklore was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.
（活动形式丰富多彩，具有较强的民族特色。2006年5月20日，“春节”民俗被国务院批准列入第一批国家级非物质文化遗产名录。）
Reunion Dinner: Families gather for a special dinner on New Year's Eve to celebrate and welcome the new year together.
Red Decorations: Red is considered an auspicious color in Chinese culture. People decorate their homes with red lanterns, couplets, and posters to bring luck and ward off evil spirits.
Fireworks: Fireworks and firecrackers are set off to drive away evil spirits and welcome good fortune. However, in many cities nowadays, due to safety concerns, there are restrictions on fireworks.
Red Envelopes: Elders give red envelopes (hongbao) filled with money to children and unmarried adults to bring luck and blessings in the coming year.
Lion and Dragon Dances: Colorful lion and dragon dances are performed during the Spring Festival parades and celebrations. They are believed to bring prosperity and ward off evil spirits.
Temple Visits: People visit temples to pray for good fortune and make offerings to deities during the Spring Festival.
Lantern Festival: The Spring Festival concludes on the 15th day with the Lantern Festival. People light and release lanterns into the sky and enjoy various cultural activities.
These are just a few of the many customs and traditions associated with the Spring Festival. It is a time for family gatherings, joyous celebrations, and best wishes for a prosperous year ahead.
