Spring Festival is the Chinese people the most solemn of the most unique traditional festival,is the most solemn of our civil society,the most popular of an ancient festival.Generally refers to the first New Year's Eve and New Year is the first day of the year,also called the lunar year,commonly known as "Chinese New Year." But in private,the traditional sense of the Spring Festival is the eighth of the fourth month from the臘月Prince臘月Festival or 23 or 24 of祭灶until the fifteenth day,of which the first New Year's Eve and New Year for the climax.During the Spring Festival,China's Han ethnic minorities and many have held various activities and celebration.These activities are designed for worship deities,worshiping ancestors,除舊布新,Fu Ying Jubilee then,pray for a good harvest for the main content.Activities are rich and varied,with strong ethnic characteristics.Spring Festival in Tianjin have also linked the habit of Chinese knots,before the Chinese New Year's Eve there Tianjin Tianjin Ancient Culture Street Joe Shannon Court,requested the Chinese knot customs,check Joe Shannon Hannaford meaning.
Spring Festival is the most important festival in the Han nationality,and age,Mongolia,Yao,Zhuang,white,mountains,Hezhe,Hani,Daur,Dong and Li,more than a dozen ethnic minorities also had the custom of the Spring Festival,but the form of holiday has its own characteristics.
Spring Festival have different names in different times.When in the pre-Qin called the "day","元日","reform-year-old","Xian-year-old" and so on; to the Han Dynasty,also called for the "Three-North Korea","Dan-year-old","正旦","is Day" ; Wei and Jin referred to as "meta-chen","元日","Head of State","North Korea-year-old" and so on; to the Tang and Song Yuan and Ming,then known as the "New Year's Day," "element","-year-old Japanese","new is "," S "and so on; and the Qing Dynasty,has been called the" New Year's Day "or"元日."
Since the Western Han Dynasty,the Chinese New Year custom has continued to this day.
May 20,2006,"Spring Festival" Folk approved by the State Council included the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage.