In different regions of our country, the time and way of celebrating the festival are different, so the time for the north and the south to celebrate the festival is also different. In the coming festival, we can first understand the time for the north and the south. Now let's take a look at the date of 2020? What day is the Lunar New Year's Eve in 2020?
What is the date of Lunar New Year's Eve in 2020? Lunar New Year's Eve in 2020:
New year's Eve 2020: Friday, January 17, 2020 (December 23, the year of the pig)
Xiaonian does not specifically refer to a day. Due to local customs, the days called 'Xiaonian' are also different. During the small year, the main folk activities include dust sweeping, offering sacrifices to cookers, etc.
The folk tradition of offering sacrifices to the stove is the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month. In most parts of the south, the ancient tradition of celebrating the lunar new year on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month is still maintained.
Since the middle and late Qing Dynasty, the emperor's family held a heaven worship ceremony on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. In order to "save money", the kitchen Lord was worshipped by the way. Therefore, most of the northern areas celebrated the lunar new year on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month.
New year's Eve has different concepts in the South and North. The north is December 23 and the south is December 24 People call it Xiaonian, which means the end of the year. But in some places (such as Shanghai), people used to call the day before New Year's Eve little new year's Eve.
New year's Eve is a traditional festival of offering sacrifices to the Han nationality in China. It is also known as Xie Zao, sacrifice to the kitchen, kitchen King's day and sacrifice to the kitchen. The dates are different in different places. After the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, the royal family usually chose to sacrifice stoves on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month. The draft of the history of the Qing Dynasty has the record that "only on December 23rd, the sacrifice of stoves in the palace is considered constant". During the Jiaqing and Daoguang periods in the middle of the Qing Dynasty, due to the proximity to the political center, the time of offering sacrifices to cookers in the northern folk New Year gradually changed to the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month under the influence of the government, and the old calendar was used in most parts of the South.
Which day is the Lunar New Year's Eve in 2020, the 23rd or the 24th of the twelfth lunar month?
The eve of the lunar new year was originally a day for offering sacrifices to the kitchen god in the ancient imperial palace. Most of the folk time of the lunar new year was on the 23rd and 24th of the twelfth lunar month. According to the local scenery Chronicle "records of Customs" written by Zhou Chu, a famous person of the Jin Dynasty: "on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, offering sacrifices to the Kitchen God means that the Kitchen God goes to heaven the next day and is a year old, so it is first offered one day." Since the middle and late Qing Dynasty, the emperor's family held a heaven worship ceremony on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. In order to "save money", the kitchen Lord was worshipped by the way. Therefore, most of the northern areas celebrated the lunar new year on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. In most parts of the south, the ancient tradition of the Lunar New Year is still maintained.
Most areas in the North: the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month -- 'northern Lunar New Year'
Since the middle and late Qing Dynasty, the emperor's family held a heaven worship ceremony on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. In order to "save money", the kitchen Lord was worshipped by the way. Therefore, most of the northern regions celebrated the lunar new year on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month.
Most parts of the South: the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month -- 'folk traditional year'
As early as the Song Dynasty, it has long been recorded that "the 24th lunar month celebrates the Lunar New Year". Most parts of the South still maintain the ancient tradition of celebrating the lunar new year on this day.
Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai: the day before New Year's Eve -- 'New Year's Eve'
Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai are used to calling New Year's Eve 'New Year's Eve', corresponding to it, the night before New Year's Eve is called 'small New Year's Eve', and this day is also called small New Year's Eve. In history, on the 24th night of the twelfth lunar month, Wu called it the 24th night, which is the day to send stoves, because it is called the little new year's Eve.
Parts of Sichuan and Guizhou: New Year's Eve -- 'Xiaonian'
In some areas of Southwest China, people celebrate the lunar new year on New Year's Eve, and their lunar new year is mostly on the 14th or 15th of the first month.
Nanjing, Jiangsu and other places: the 15th day of the first month -- 'Xiaonian'
It is said that after Zhu Di, the emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty, usurped power and usurped the throne, the people of Nanjing complained about its cruelty and tyranny. Through the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month, they missed the leniency of the last emperor, so the Lantern Festival became a small year in Nanjing.