There is a history about the New Year simpler .

The origin of the Chinese New Year.

According to legend, there was a name in ancient China called"years"The monster has a long head and antennae, and it is extremely ferocious. "years"He has lived deep at the bottom of the sea for many years, and only climbs ashore on Chinese New Year's Eve, devouring livestock and harming human life. Therefore, on Chinese New Year's Eve, people in villages and villages help the old and young flee to the mountains to escape"years"Beast damage.

On Chinese New Year's Eve this year, the people of Peach Blossom Village were helping the old and young to take refuge in the mountain, and an old man begging came from outside the village. Some of the villagers sealed the windows and locked the doors, some packed up, some led the cattle and drove the sheep, and people everywhere shouted and neighed, a scene of panic in a hurry. At this time, who still has the heart to care for this begging old man.

Another name for the Spring Festival is the New Year, so the New Year refers to the Spring Festival. In the legends of the past, Nian was an imaginary animal that brought bad luck to people. When the "year" comes, the trees wither and the grass does not grow; As soon as the "year" passes, everything grows and flowers are everywhere.

How can the year pass? It is necessary to use firecrackers, so there is a custom of lighting firecrackers, which is actually another way to set off the lively scene.

Expansion: Chinese New Year is a time for family reunions, similar to Christmas in the West, when children who are away from home have to travel thousands of miles back to their parents' homes. The night before the real New Year is called "Chinese New Year's Eve", also called "reunion night", "reunion year".

On the night of the reunion, families gathered together, talked about the old and the new, and congratulated and encouraged each other.

There is a custom of eating dumplings in the northern region of our country at this time, and the way to make dumplings is to first make noodles, and the word "and" is "together"; The dumplings of dumplings are homophonic with "Jiao", and "He" and "Jiao" have the meaning of getting together, and take the meaning of "Jiaozi of the year". So dumplings were used to symbolize reunion. And in the south, there is a habit of eating rice cakes, which symbolizes the step by step of life.

Keep the New Year, like to paste the Spring Festival couplets, beat gongs and drums, put up lights, and send the old and welcome the new The activities are very lively.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, how much do you know about the origin of these customs for the New Year?

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, ancestor worship was an important activity and custom of the Spring Festival. According to Cui Ti's "Four People's Moon Order": "The new moon of the first month is the first day.

Bow to your wife and children, and worship your ancestors. And the day of worship, into the wine to descend to the gods, is the family respect, no big and no small, in order to rank before the ancestors, children and great-grandchildren, each on the pepper wine in the parents, called the longevity, happy as also. ”

During the Southern Dynasties, families congratulated each other, drank and feasted, and carried out entertainment activities during the Spring Festival. According to the Liangren Zongyi's "Jing Chu Years Chronicles": "The first day of the first month ,...."The elder and youngest are dressed and congratulated.

Enter the pepper cypress wine, and the peach soup. Enter Tusu wine, glue tooth dumpling, and go down to five Xin plates. "There are also games such as painting chickens, lighting firecrackers, hanging ropes, and begging for wishes.

During the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, the ceremonial elements in the Spring Festival food customs gradually increased. According to the Southern Song Dynasty Wu Zi's "Dream Liang Lu" record: "The soil doctors all congratulate each other, and the men and women of the fine people are also freshly dressed, and they come and go to worship the festival", and the "Brahma Lu Conglu" records:

Men and women worship their elders in turn, and the master leads the young to pay homage to relatives and friends, or stops sending children to congratulate them, which is called New Year's greetings"; "Qingbo Magazine" contains: "During the Song Yuanyou period, during the New Year, servants were often used to hold their names and thorns." Relatives and friends greet the New Year, the main family must set up a banquet to entertain, and the wine and meat are abundant.

According to the record of "Jia Tai Hui Ji Zhi": "On New Year's Day, men and women are happy, the head of the family sets up wine and fruit to lay, men and women worship in order, complete the dress, congratulate relatives, set up wine and food, day and year leave, and all five days are over." "To the Qing Dynasty, "Ji Sheng in the Years of Dijing" cloud:

The people's house, add clothes and crowns, wear belts, worship gods and ancestors; After the burning of the silk, the taste is cool and the family worships, offering pepper plates, pouring cypress wine, steaming cakes, and sipping powder soup. Go out to welcome the joy, the temple of ginseng, the shadow hall, and the Cambodian Festival. When you meet relatives and friends on the road, you will bow down to the long-term, and wish the day of the New Year's blessing", for the coming to pay respects to the New Year's Spring, "even if it is not friendly, it will also serve three glasses of festival wine."

If you forget your feelings, why not get drunk! As the saying goes, it is called the New Worship Festival, and it is better to sit in one house than to go to a thousand homes. And the cars and horses are noisy, chasing joy and joy, which can be described as a temporary victory."