Spring Festival, commonly known as "New Year", "New Year", "New Year's Day" and so on, is a folkloric festival that integrates the removal of the old and the new, worship of gods and ancestors, praying for blessings and warding off evil spirits, family and friends reunion, celebration and entertainment, and food. Spring Festival", also known as "New Year", is a folk festival that integrates the removal of the old and the new, worshiping the gods and ancestors, praying for blessings and warding off evil spirits, family and friends reunion, celebration and entertainment, and food.

Spring Festival has a long history and evolved from the ancient era of the first year of praying for the year's sacrifice. All things are originally from the sky, people are originally from the ancestors, pray for the year rituals, respect for the sky and the ancestors, and the beginning of the rewards. The origin of the Spring Festival contains a profound cultural connotation and carries a rich historical and cultural heritage in the inheritance and development. During the Spring Festival, various activities are held all over the country to celebrate the New Year, with strong local characteristics. 

In traditional agrarian societies, the Chinese New Year is of great significance and has given rise to a large number of folk cultures related to it. Although the calendar is different, the festive framework and many folk customs have been passed down throughout history. In modern times, people set the Spring Festival on the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar, but generally, the New Year does not end until at least the 15th day of the first month. 

The Chinese New Year is the first of all festivals and is the grandest traditional festival of the Chinese people. Influenced by Chinese culture, some countries and regions around the world also have the custom of celebrating Chinese New Year. According to incomplete statistics, nearly 20 countries and regions have designated the Chinese Spring Festival as a legal holiday for the whole or some cities under their jurisdiction. Spring Festival is one of the four traditional Chinese holidays, along with the Qingming Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival, and the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The Spring Festival is a time to get rid of the old and bring in the new. Although the Spring Festival is scheduled for the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar, the activities of the Spring Festival do not stop on the first day of the first month. From the end of the year, people start to "busy New Year": sacrificing stoves, sweeping dust, buying New Year's goods, posting New Year's red, washing hair and bathing, decorating with lights, etc. All these activities have a common theme, namely "resigning the old and welcoming the new". Spring Festival is a joyful and peaceful, family reunion festival, but also a carnival of people to express their desire for happiness and freedom and the eternal spiritual pillar. Spring Festival is also a day to worship ancestors and pray for the New Year. Rituals are a kind of faith activities, which are created by human beings in ancient times to survive and expect a harmonious coexistence with heaven, earth, and nature.

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