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春节的由来

春节和年的概念，最初的含意来自农业，古时人们把谷的生长周期称为“年”，《说文·禾部》：“年，谷熟也”。在夏商时代产生了夏历，以月亮圆缺的周期为月，一年划分为十二个月，每月以不见月亮的那天为朔，正月朔日的子时称为岁首，即一年的开始，也叫年，年的名称是从周朝开始的，至了西汉才正式固定下来，一直延续到今天。但古时的正月初一被称为“元旦”，直到中国近代辛亥革命胜利后，南京临时政府为了顺应农时和便于统计，规定在民间使用夏历，在政府机关、厂矿、学校和团体中实行公历，以公历的元月一日为元旦，农历的正月初一称春节。

1949年9月27日，新中国成立，在中国人民政治协商会议第一届全体会议上，通过了使用世界上通用的公历纪元，把公历的元月一日定为元旦，俗称阳历年；农历正月初一通常都在立春前后，因而把农历正月初一定为“春节”，俗称阴历年。

传统意义上的春节是指从腊月初八的腊祭或腊月二十三的祭灶，一直到正月十五，其中以除夕和正月初一为高潮。在春节这一传统节日期间，我国的汉族和大多数少数民族都有要举行各种庆祝活动，这些活动大多以祭祀神佛、祭奠祖先、除旧布新、迎禧接福、祈求丰年为主要内容。活动形式丰富多彩，带有浓郁的民族特色。

TheSpringFestival

(thelunarcalendar)

TheoriginoftheSpringFestival

TheSpringFestival,isthefirstdayofthelunaryear,alsocalledcelebratedonthefifteenthday,commonlyknownastheChineseNewYear.Thisisourcountryfolkceremoniousandnoisiestatraditionalfestival.SpringFestival'shistoryislong,whichoriginatesfromthesacrificesofSuiWeishellsperiodyearsworshippinggodactivities.AccordingtoChina'slunarcalendar,thedayofthefirstmonthYuanRi,yuanCalvin,anyangpositiveandyuanRMBshomer,NewYear'sday,etc,commonlyknownastheperiodoftherepublicofChina,onNewYear'sday,toswitchGregoriancalendar,calendaronJanuary1,thelunarNewYeariscalledtheJanuary1calltheSpringFestival.

TheoriginoftheSpringFestival

TheSpringFestivalandyearsofconcept,originalmeaningfromagriculture,ancientpeopletothevalleyofthegrowthcyclecalledyear,saidevanhetiandepartment:year,ripealso.ThevalleyInthedynastiesofxiaandshangproducedXiaLitothemooncyclesformonthsandoneyearisdividedinto12months,monthlyinsightonthedayofthenewmoon,forthehouseofShuoRicalledatthebeginningofayear,namely,alsocalledinthenameofthezhoudynasty,yearsfromthestartofthewesternhandynasty,tonotformallyfixeddown,continuetotoday.ButthefirstmonthoftheancientscalledmodernChineseNewYear'sday,untilthe1911revolutionvictory,nanjinginterimgovernmentinordertoconformtofarmingandfacilitatethestatistics,stipulateinfolkuseXiaLi,ingovernment,mines,schoolsandorganizationstocarryoutaGregoriancalendarforJanuary1oftheGregoriancalendarofthefirstmonthofthelunarNewYear'sday,SpringFestivalsaid.

Onsep.27,1949,thefoundingoftheChinesepeople'spoliticalconsultativeconferenceofthefirstplenarymeeting,throughtheuseofworlduniversalGregoriancalendarera,theGregoriancalendaronJanuary1stasNewYear'sday,commonlyknownasYangLiNian;Thelunarcalendaryearusuallyherebeforeandturnedonthelunarcalendar)asSpringFestival,commonlyknownascelebratedonthefifteenthday.

ThetraditionalsenseoftheSpringFestivalfromDecember8threferstothewaxofferingormonth,23ofpeople,untilthefifteenth,amongthemwithNewYear'seveandthefirstdayofthefirstclimax.DuringtheSpringFestivalthistraditionalfestival,China'shanethnicandmostoftheminoritypeopleshavetoholdvariouscelebrationactivities,theseactivitiesareofferedhit,theworshipofancestors,themillenniumbringersofgoodfortune,andmakeprayertoharvestasthemaincontent.Activitiesformrichandcolorful,withstrongethniccharacteristics