The original meaning of the concepts of Spring Festival and Nian comes from agriculture. In ancient times, people called the annual cycle of grains Nian, saying that the grains were ripe every year in the Ministry of Wenhe. In the Xia and Shang dynasties, the lunar calendar was produced, which was based on the moon. The cycle of waxing and waning is the month, and a year is divided into twelve months. The day when the moon is not visible is the new moon of each month. The twelfth hour of the first lunar month is called the beginning of the year, that is, the beginning of the year is also called the year.

The name of the year began in the Zhou Dynasty, and was not officially fixed until the Western Han Dynasty. It continues to the present. The Spring Festival is one of the four traditional festivals in China. It is the traditional Lunar New Year. The Spring Festival is commonly known as the New Year. The traditional names are "New Year", "New Year", "Tianla" and "New Year". Orally, it is also called "Dusui", "Celebrating the New Year" and "Celebrating the New Year".

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Spring Festival customs:

1. Make new year's goods. China's New Year customs and culture have a long history, and various New Year customs have been derived from various parts of the country, which are very different from the north to the south and each has its own characteristics. Although customs vary from place to place, preparing New Year goods and giving New Year gifts are “necessities for the New Year” almost across the country.

2. Sacrifice the stove. Sacrifice to the stove is held on the 23rd/24th day of the twelfth lunar month. Folk sacrifices to stoves originated from the ancient custom of worshiping fire. "Release of Names": "Stove. Creates and creates food." The responsibility of the Kitchen God is to control the stove fire and manage the diet. Later, it was expanded to examine the good and evil in the world to reduce blessings and disasters. Sacrificing stoves has a history of thousands of years among Chinese people. The belief in the Kitchen God is a reflection of the Chinese people's pursuit of the dream of "having enough food and clothing". ?

3. New Year’s Eve dinner. Also known as New Year's dinner, reunion dinner, reunion dinner, etc., it refers specifically to the family dinner at the end of the year and New Year's Eve. The New Year's Eve dinner originates from the ancient year-end sacrificial ceremony, where people gather together for a meal after paying homage to gods and ancestors. The New Year's Eve dinner is the highlight of the year. It is not only colorful, but also very special.