We all know that new year is the first day of the lunar new year, so the lunar calendar and the first day of the lunar new year are the big year. There are small years before the big year. So what year is the small year? How many days is the difference between big and small years? What's the difference between big year and small year?
How many days is the difference between the big year and the small year
The Lunar New Year is generally the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month. In some places, it is the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month. After six or seven days, it will be the 30th day of the lunar new year.
Xiaonian, literally, there are three explanations. First, it refers to the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month. Second, it refers to festivals. On the 23rd or 24th of the twelfth lunar month, the old custom worships the stove on this day. The third explanation refers to the years when there are few fruit trees and slow growth of bamboo trees. As a festival day, due to the differences of regional customs, the meaning and customs of Xiaonian are also different throughout the country. For example, most areas in the North call the kitchen sacrifice Festival on the 23rd or 24th of the twelfth lunar month as Xiaonian; Many areas in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai call the fifth day of the first month a small year; Many areas in China also call the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month as the small year, and some places call the winter solstice the small year.
New year's Eve is often referred to as new year's Eve. New Year's Eve refers to the night on the last day of the twelfth lunar month every year. It is connected with the Spring Festival (the first day of the first lunar month). On New Year's Eve, people have to get rid of the old and welcome the new. It means to get rid of the old year and change a new year in the coming year. This is also the best time for children to understand the traditional Spring Festival and receive traditional education. Northerners are used to eating dumplings during the new year. In the south, there is a custom of eating wonton in the new year. Eating noodles in the new year is a wish for a long life.
The difference between big year and small year
The dates and customs of the small year and the big year are different
The Lunar New Year is the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, which is the day of folk sacrifice to stoves. It is said that on this day, the kitchen god would go up to heaven to report the good and evil of the family to the Jade Emperor for reward and punishment. When offering sacrifices to the kitchen god, he had to melt Guandong sugar with fire and put it on the kitchen god's mouth, so that he could not speak ill of the Jade Emperor. " Men don't worship the moon and women don't worship the stove. Therefore, sacrificing the kitchen god is limited to men. Because the Chinese basically eat rice, cooked food is generally difficult to preserve and must be cooked at any time.
The lunar new year begins on the last day of the twelfth lunar month. It is generally believed that until the Lantern Festival on the 15th of the first lunar month, there is also a saying that the first lunar month is the year. During the festival, the main traditional folk activities include ancestor worship, pasting door gods, setting off firecrackers, giving new year's money, eating New Year's Eve dinner, sending the God of wealth, etc.