When does the Year start and end?

The small year generally refers to the 23rd day of the lunar month.

Xiao Nian does not refer to a festival specifically, and due to local customs, the festival called Xiao Nian is also different. During the small year, the main folk activities include sticking spring couplets, sweeping dust, sacrificing stoves, etc.

The small year has different concepts and dates in various places, the northern region is the 23rd month of the lunar month, some southern regions are the 24th of the lunar month, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai regions call the "24th month of the lunar month" and "the night before Chinese New Year's Eve" both refer to the small year, the Nanjing region calls the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month as the small year, some areas of Yunnan are the 16th of the first lunar month, and some ethnic minority areas in the southwest and north are Chinese New Year's Eve.

The small year also means that people begin to prepare for the New Year, ready to have a good year, indicating that the new year should have a new atmosphere, expressing a kind of good wish of the Chinese working people to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new.

The origin of the little year.

The 23rd and 24th day of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar are the traditional Chinese folk sacrifice stove days, also known as "small years". Legend has it that the prince of the stove was originally a commoner Zhang Sheng, and after marrying a wife, he spent all day drinking, losing his family business and begging on the street. One day, he begged to his ex-wife Guo Dingxiang's house, was ashamed, and burned to death under the stove.

After the Jade Emperor knew, he thought that Zhang Sheng could change his mind and not break to the end, since he died at the bottom of the pot, he was named the king of the stove, every year.

Two. Ten. 3. The 24th will report to the heavens, and the Chinese New Year's Eve will return to the bottom of the stove. The common people feel that the king of the stove must be respected, because he has to report to heaven. As a result, the folk had the wax moon.

Two. Ten. The "Little Year" of the 3rd and 24th sacrificial stoves pray for peace and good fortune in the coming year.

Fan Chengda of the Song Dynasty said in his "Poem of Sacrificing the Stove": "In ancient times, on the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, the king of the stove wanted to say something. The cloud car wind horse is small and stays, and the family has a cup and plate ceremony.

The pig's head is rotten and hot double fish fresh, and the bean paste is sweet pine powder bait. The man sacrificed his daughter to avoid, and drank and burned the money stove Junxi. The servant fights against the king, and the cat and dog horns are filthy; Send the king drunk and full to the gate of heaven, the long ladle and the short ladle do not return to the clouds, and beg for the return of the city.

It can be said that this poem vividly illustrates the customs and habits of the ancient Chinese people about sacrificial stoves. Of course, this is just folklore and is not to be believed.

From the twenty-third day of the lunar month to Chinese New Year's Eve.

The New Year is the 24th or 23rd day of the lunar month.

Xiao Nian does not refer to a single day, and due to the different customs in different places, the days called "Xiao Nian" are also different. In the north, it is the 23rd day of the lunar month, and in the south, it is the 24th day of the lunar month. The traditional day of the folk sacrifice stove is the 24th day of the lunar month, and most of the southern regions still maintain the ancient tradition of celebrating the 24th lunar month.

From the middle and late Changhe period of the Qing Dynasty, the emperor's family held a ceremony to worship the heavens on the 23rd day of the lunar month, in order to "save money", by the way, the king of the stove also worshipped, so the northern region mostly celebrated the New Year on the 23rd of the lunar month.

Xiao Nian has different concepts and dates in different places, with the 23rd lunar month in the northern region and the 24th lunar month in most southern regions. Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai refer to "the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month" and "the night before Chinese New Year's Eve" as the "Little Year"; the Nanjing region calls the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month the small year; some areas in Yunnan are splitting the sixteenth month; and some ethnic minority areas in the southwest and north are Chinese New Year's Eve.

Nanning people have the custom of eating "New Year's dumplings" in small years, and New Year's dumplings are a symbol of auspiciousness in the New Year, as the saying goes: "Nian Zong, Nian Zong, every year high school (Zong)". The New Year's dumplings are different from the cold dumplings of the Dragon Boat Festival, it has filling, large and small, long and short, round and flat.

Rice cake is also known as "New Year Cake", which is homophonic with "high every year", which means that people's work and life are improving year by year. After Chinese New Year's Eve (the 23rd day of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar), the lively scene of killing the New Year pig will be regarded as the stage. Pick the best meat, stir-fry or stew, cook it carefully, pour a glass of wine, and invite friends and family to share the first fresh meat soup after the slaughter of the pigs in the new year.

It is different in different places, there are 23 months of the lunar month, 24 of the lunar month, and 25 of the lunar month.

The small year is the beginning of the New Year, and everyone's busy year is also the beginning of the cherry tree at the moment of the small year, but the small year time is different in the north and south regions, most of the northerners are the twenty-third day of the lunar month, and the southerners are always the twenty-fourth of the lunar month.

The twelfth and twenty-fourth of the lunar calendar are the traditional days of the Han people, also known as the "small year". The Han people have a wax moon.

Two. Ten. Three, twenty-four thick oak sacrificial stove "small year", pray for peace and fortune in the coming year.

This depends on the customs of various regions, some places are December 23 of the lunar calendar, some places are December 24 of the lunar calendar, and some are December 25 of the lunar calendar.

The New Year is generally on the 2nd or 3rd day of December in the lunar calendar.