lunar New Year's Day

The other words:Spring Festival ,the Spring Festival,Chinese New Year's Day.

Chinese New Year is the most solemn , distinctive folk tradition of festivals, and the most lively of an ancient festival.Generally refers to New Year's Eve and the first month who started the first day of the year, also known as the lunar year, commonly known as "Chinese New Year."However, in civil society, traditional sense of the Spring Festival is the eighth day from the twelfth lunar month, or the twelfth lunar month 23 or 24, until the fifteenth day, of which New Year's Eve and the first month started this as a climax.During the Spring Festival, China's Han and many other ethnic minorities to be held in a variety of activities to mark the occasion. These activities are worship deities, and pay homage to their ancestors, satisfied to welcome good fortune, to pray for good harvest as the main content. Rich variety of activities, with strong ethnic characteristics. The Spring Festival in Tianjin, there is the habit of hanging Chinese knot.

Spring Festival is the most important festival in the Han, Manchu, Mongolian, Yao, Zhuang, white, mountains, Hezhen, Hani, Daur, Dong, Li and dozens of ethnic minorities also had the custom of Chinese New Year, but in the form of festivals each with their own national characteristics.

A kind of legend:

In ancient times, there is a monster called "Year" , have length antennae and ferocious."Year" lived in the sea for many years, every New Year's Eve to climb cliffs, and devour livestock lethal.Therefore, every New Year's Eve , people young and old who stockaded village fled to the mountains to escape the "Year" animal's damage.

New Year's Eve one year, an elderly begging come from the village outside, to escape the "year", villagers a scene of panic haste,only an old lady give some food to the elderly,and advised him to escape the "Year" into the mountains soon.The old man pulled up to the mustache smiled: "If you let me stay at home one night, I have to put 'Year' animal away." The old lady still to persuade the old man,elderly just laughed.

Middle of the night, The "Year" broke into the village.It found that the atmosphere of village unlike in previous years:The old lady's home ,the door paste large red paper, brightly lit candle inside.The beast shake the whole body and shouted.Close to the door, a sudden "pop pops" noise came from the yard."Year" trembling and then not forward scrape together. It turned out that "year" are most afraid of red, fire and exploding.At this time, the door of the house wide open, we saw the elderly people wearing red clothes, laughing in the yard."Year" scaring and jump up in panic to escape.The next day,people who asylum back see the village safe very surprised.At this time, the old lady rushed off to tell the folks which the begging for the elderly promise.This incident spread around the village soon,all people are aware of the way which to eviction The "Year".From then on New Year's Eve every year, every household paste red couplets, firecrackers; every household brightly lit candle.This customs have spread and became the most solemn of traditional Chinese folk festival.