What activities will people celebrate during the Spring Festival?

(1) Activities to welcome the New Year \ x0d \ x0d \ 00 were prepared as early as after Laba, such as buying new year's goods, writing couplets and making rice cakes. Regardless of festivals or celebrations, we all pray for wealth, peace and family reunion. The Spring Festival is no exception. People who went out came back one after another. Every family should have a reunion dinner and drink Tu Su wine to show family unity and harmonious blind date. \ x0d \ x0d \ 00 During the Spring Festival, we must worship our ancestors, remember our ancestors and inspire future generations. On the first day of the first month, ancestral tablets should be enshrined in the main hall, or paper-cuts symbolizing ancestors should be hung, and offerings, candles, incense and other things should be placed. In addition to offering sacrifices to ancestors in nave and ancestral temples, there are also grave-sweeping sacrifices, commonly known as tomb sacrifices, which mainly burn incense, sacrifice and worship in graves. In modern times, people usually go to the graves of relatives to worship. After the ancestor worship, according to the auspicious direction shown in the almanac, light lanterns, burn incense and set off firecrackers, open the door and travel, and place offerings to welcome the Western gods. Then people walk in the direction of the western gods, burn incense and bow down in the temple, and pray for good luck for a year. The offerings to XiShen are mostly sweet materials-red dates, wax gourd, peanuts, candy, etc. As the Spring Festival is an auspicious day, ancient local officials often flatter the emperor. The so-called "golden harvest in Cao Ling" is an example. Folk also insert sesame seeds in the Spring Festival. \ x0d \ x0d \ 00 firecrackers will be set off during the Chinese New Year. Firecrackers have a long history. It turned out that bamboo joints were used to barbecue on the fire, which made a loud noise and was used to ward off evil spirits. There are many kinds of firecrackers, such as single-ring, double-ring, three-legged gun, two-kicking, multi-ring firecrackers, dragon gun, water mandarin duck, mouse gun, sky gun and so on. Firecrackers originated from exorcism, and later added witchcraft meanings such as "Old Year" and "Not Coming Year", and even became a symbol of praying for peace. However, setting off firecrackers is easy to hurt people and pollute the environment. Now some cities have banned setting off firecrackers, so there are many substitutes. \ x0d \ x0d \ 00 (2) New Year greetings \ x0d \ x0d \ 00 One of the most prominent features of the Spring Festival is the New Year greetings, also known as spring outing and tanchun. In the past, if the host had many relatives and friends and could not come to worship, the servant would send a business card or a blessing, which was the embodiment of the "fraternity" of the upper class in the New Year. When visiting New Year, New Year visitors usually give lucky money to the younger generation. Folk New Year greetings also have a certain influence on the upper class. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, group worship was also popular in the court. The New Year's group worship of the Qing government in Dianshizhai Pictorial is the record of the above official activities. This activity is still popular with people. \ x0d \ x0d \ 00 (3) Festival activities \ x0d \ x0d \ 00 The Spring Festival is not limited to the first day of the first month, but actually includes many activities in the first month. \x0d\\x0d\00 In Shiwan Mountain area at the junction of Hunan and Jiangxi, on the first day of New Year's Day, we should draw water from the well, make tea and burn incense, and celebrate the Water-splashing Festival. \x0d\\x0d\00 It's still the second day of the New Year, and it's also the mothering day for married daughters, to reunite with their parents, brothers and sisters and talk about the feelings of flesh and blood. But the most prominent activity of this day is to meet the god of wealth. The Wuxian Temple in Beijing was once a place where people must go to worship that day. Every household puts up an auspicious picture. There are also furnace jumping activities in some places. Every household lights up at night. The second day is still an interesting day. Ningbo, Zhejiang is also called the God of Wealth Festival. Everyone should bathe and change clothes, worship Guan Yu and the statue of God of Wealth in the room, offer rich offerings and drink the wine of God of Wealth. \x0d\\x0d\00 There are also many activities in Grade Three. In Hangzhou, people who have wells near their homes burn incense and are vegetarian in the morning. On New Year's Eve, they remove the red paper sealed on the wells, which is called "opening wells". Taiwan Province residents think that the third day is off-year and "Red Dog Day", so they generally don't go out to treat people. According to local folklore, the third night is the day when mice get married. Therefore, no lighting in the middle of the night, sprinkling rice and salt on the ground, and going to bed in the morning will not affect the happy event of mice. On the surface, this is to celebrate the marriage of mice and pray for their offspring to reproduce. In fact, on the contrary, it uses the witchcraft of mice marrying women to send mice out to prevent them from doing evil at home. Originally, rats are harmful to people. Usually, people regard catching rats as an important task. At this time, people think that rats can be prevented through these activities. \x0d\\x0d\00 The fourth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar is God-welcoming day. The fairy will come to earth, but you must meet the fairy in the afternoon. Offerings include incense, food, fruit, firecrackers, burning gods and heavenly soldiers, symbolizing praying for God. Then the gods rode to earth. \x0d\\x0d\00 The fifth day is "Breaking Five". After the fifth month of the lunar calendar, people can officially cook and take out the garbage, which is called "dumping residual soil" by the people. The fifth day is also a day of sacrifice, and people judge the safety of livestock in a year according to the sunny weather. On the fifth day, it was the birthday of the Five-Road God of Wealth. All the shops offered sacrifices to Lishi Xian Guan, opened the market and hung red cloth on the Zhao Bo. \ x0d \ x0d \ 00 The sixth day of the sixth lunar month is an important holiday activity. Yao He, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote "Three Poems to Send to Poverty Day", and one of them said: \ x0d \ x0d \ 00 arrives on this day every year and falls on the street. \ x0d \ \ x0d \ millions of households are watching, and no one does not send the poor. \x0d\\x0d\00 On the fifth day of the first month in western Henan, my parents presided over and sent the garbage piled up on the first day outside the village, saying, "Poor, poor, poor, you go, my family has no money to send it away!" And grab a few handfuls of soil from the wheat field and scatter it in the yard, calling it "welcoming money". Some places have begun to clean toilets. \x0d\\x0d\00 Han people in Taiwan Province Province celebrate the birthday of Qingshui, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty. \x0d\\x0d\00 The seventh day is a day for people or a festival for people to win. \x0d\\x0d\00 The eighth day is also an important day. According to folk belief, everyone has a year to be a star, and the fate of a year is in the hands of the star. On the eighth day, the stars gathered to worship the star king. Light a lamp at night, make an offering, and then scatter lanterns. Hunan and Hubei regard the eighth day as "Valley Day". Beijing residents are used to visiting the Star King in Baiyun Temple. Visiting temple fairs, enjoying flowers, buying toys and holiday food, candied haws in the market are a must for children. Some places are still in the eighth grade. In Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi and other places, the eighth day is called the Eight Immortals Festival. \x0d\\x0d\00 The ninth day is the birthday of the Jade Emperor. The Jade Emperor, also known as Tiangong, Tiangong Zu, Haotian God, Jade Emperor and Yuanshi Tianzun, is the highest god of Taoism. Therefore, the ninth day of the ninth lunar month should pay attention to harmony and not offend the gods. \x0d\\x0d\00 On the 10th day of the first lunar month, Henan is a "stone birthday", so children should be worshipped as "stone fathers". Guangxi Cenxi celebrates Lantern Festival. In addition, on the eleventh day of the first month, Henan Baofeng crossed the Majie Market; 12, Shandong Huimin passed the Huji Book Fair; 13, Anhui Fanchang passed the Six Dragons Meeting; 14, White Tiger Festival is popular in Shaoxing, Zhejiang. On the 25th day of the first month, it is a festival to make up the position, and it is popular to offer sacrifices to gods. \ x0d \ x0d \ 00 (4) Playing with ghosts \ x0d \ x0d \ 00 Legend has it that during the Spring Festival, the gods will return to heaven to report their work, and at this time, all kinds of ghosts will be dispatched one after another to do evil and harm the people. Therefore, during the Spring Festival, there are a series of activities to exorcise ghosts and avoid evil spirits, and there are still many taboos. \ x0d \ x0d \ 00 The exorcist is Zhong Kui. Zhong Kui is a figure in ancient myths and legends. Legend has it that Tang saw a kid in his dream, that is, Zhong Kui. He failed in martial arts before his death, but after his death, he cherished a dream and was determined to eliminate all the monsters in the world. When Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty woke up, he ordered Wu Daozi, a painter, to paint a portrait of Zhong Kui, and it spread like wildfire. Therefore, on New Year's Eve or Spring Festival, every household hangs a portrait of Zhong Kui to save the ghost. There is also a folk legend that Zhong Kui married his sister. In some places, ghost fighting and exorcism will continue until the end of the month. There are also many decorative paintings to ward off evil spirits during the Spring Festival, such as door gods, among which civil and military door gods are the main ones. \ x0d \ x0d \ 00 Up to now, during the Chinese New Year, tiger paintings and phoenix paintings are pasted, or some paper chickens are cut and pasted on doors, windows and walls. The above-mentioned paper-cuts are generally images of various cocks announcing the dawn. Folk believe that chickens can herald the dawn, ward off evil spirits and make money. There is a folk saying that "every household sticks a chicken and everyone adds an official." Peach characters should also be hung in the Spring Festival. Later, on the basis of hanging peach characters, it developed into couplets. Folks also like to post pictures of cows, symbolizing world peace. Shanxi promotes the concept of mother goddess to prevent earthquakes. \x0d\\x0d\00 There are many taboos in the Spring Festival, for example, women don't go out to pay New Year greetings and say "no entry"; Women in grade one are not allowed to go back to their parents' home; Children are not allowed to cry; No one, old or young, should say unlucky things; Neighbors can't quarrel; Do not damage tools and furniture; Can't ask a doctor; From grade one to grade four, you can't move needles and scissors; Will not sweep the floor; You can't eat porridge during the Spring Festival, and so on. \x0d\\x0d\00 (5) Entertainment \x0d\\x0d\00 During the Spring Festival, it is not only a day for offering sacrifices to gods, but also a day with the most entertainment activities. In ancient times, there were many popular toys and games, such as white play, liubo, pot tossing, monkey playing, fishing, walking on stilts, pilling, shuttlecock kicking, puppet playing, gyro riding, bamboo horse riding, eagle catching chicken, hook hiding, acrobatics and playing cards. In modern times, there are dice throwing, pai gow pushing, mahjong playing, four-color cards and small songs. Manchu, Korean, Oroqen, Ewenki, Hui, Dongxiang, Tu, Yugur, Xibo, Yi, Bai, Hani, Lisu, Lahu, Naxi, Jingpo, Achang and other ethnic minorities also enjoy the Spring Festival. \x0d\\x0d\00 Throughout the Spring Festival activities, we all bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, and pray for a better life, including a prosperous population and a bumper harvest of crops.