Chinese New Year

The Spring Festival is one of the grandest and most distinctive traditional festivals in China. Generally refers to the New Year's Eve and the first day of the first month, is the first day of the year, also known as the lunar year, commonly known as "Chinese New Year".
The Spring Festival has a long history, originated from the primitive belief and nature worship of early human beings, and evolved from the ancient times to pray for the beginning of the year. It is a primitive religious ceremony. People will hold sacrificial activities at the beginning of the year to pray for the harvest and prosperity of people and animals in the coming year. This sacrificial activity gradually evolved into various celebrations over time, eventually forming today's Spring Festival.
During the Spring Festival, the Han people and many ethnic minorities in China hold various activities to celebrate. The main contents of these activities are ancestor worship, Thanksgiving and prayer for the elderly, family reunion, eliminating the old and the new, welcoming the jubilee and receiving the blessing, and praying for a good harvest, with strong national characteristics. Many folk customs of the Spring Festival, including drinking Laba porridge, offering sacrifices to the kitchen god, sweeping dust, sticking couplets, sticking New Year pictures, sticking blessings, New Year's Eve, eating dumplings, New Year's money, visiting temple fairs, etc