The Spring Festival is our traditional folk festival. In addition to our country, there are many countries in the world that have the custom of celebrating the Spring Festival, mainly some Southeast Asian countries influenced by Chinese culture, such as South Korea, North Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Singapore 1, Korean Spring Festival

Our northeastern neighbor South Korea celebrates the Spring Festival. The Korean Spring Festival is very similar to China. The importance of the festival is also the same. It is the most important festival. They also call it "New Year" , there is also the "Chinese Spring Festival Transport", which means that no matter how far away you are, you have to go home to celebrate the New Year, that is, leaving the bustling cities (such as "Seoul") and returning to your hometown and countryside. Traffic jams during the Spring Festival and news about traffic jams are very similar to the Spring Festival in China. There are also different Chinese New Year celebrations. For example, we Chinese eat dumplings in some places, while Koreans eat "rice cake soup." For example, our Spring Festival couplets are written in black and red on red paper, while Korea’s Spring Festival couplets are written in black and white. Do you think it’s strange? But they don't think it's strange, they think it's natural. 2. Vietnamese Spring Festival

The Vietnamese Spring Festival is as important as China. It is the most important festival in Vietnam and has three days of statutory holidays. If we say which country in the world has the most similar Spring Festival to China, Vietnam deserves it. In addition, the most indispensable items during the Vietnamese Spring Festival have always been rice dumplings, Spring Festival couplets, and firecrackers. This is "the same" as China. 3. Japanese Spring Festival The Japanese Spring Festival originated from China in history. Its importance and customs are almost exactly the same as those in China. The Spring Festival before the Meiji Restoration

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Japan sent Tang envoys to China, and the Japanese political system, etiquette, customs, and architectural styles were all "Chinese". Therefore, the calendar naturally uses the Chinese lunar calendar, and the Spring Festival and the Lunar New Year have become the most important statutory holidays in Japan. The Chinese customs of "posting couplets, going to markets, giving new year's money, and setting off firecrackers" were also copied to Japan.

Meiji Restoration

Japan was completely westernized and completely abolished the lunar calendar and adopted the extension of the self- Western New Calendar. On December 3 of the lunar calendar in 1872, Japan abandoned the lunar calendar and began to implement the Gregorian calendar. This day was changed to January 1 of the solar calendar. Japan abolished the lunar calendar, and the festivals of the lunar calendar, including the Lunar New Year, also disappeared. However, Japan did not completely abolish the Spring Festival, but changed the time to the first day of the new calendar every year. The Japanese Spring Festival has been "shifted" from January 1st of the lunar calendar to January 1st of the new calendar. Many people say that Japan will not celebrate the Spring Festival, but this is actually “right or wrong.” You're right, it's true that they couldn't survive the Spring Festival we celebrated. It’s wrong, because they do celebrate the Spring Festival, also called the Spring Festival, and they also celebrate many of the same customs as ours in China and Vietnam. For example, they also do “spring cleaning” before the new year to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. They still have “New Year’s Eve” The whole family eats the New Year's Eve dinner (mustard wheat noodles), and they also "stay up" at home to wait for the New Year's bell. They also greet each other on the first day of the New Year. Third, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines and other countries celebrate the "Spring Festival"

There are many countries that list the Spring Festival as a legal holiday. There are more than 20 countries and regions. Many of them are because the local Chinese dominate or the Chinese population is large, but it is actually the Chinese who celebrate the Spring Festival. China, Vietnam, South Korea, and North Korea are different from China, Vietnam, South Korea, and North Korea where the ethnic people regard the Spring Festival as the most important holiday. For example, in Singapore, the majority ethnic group is Chinese, and the Spring Festival is also a holiday and a statutory holiday. However, the government of this country has a holiday. The Spring Festival is not regarded as the most important holiday, so it is still very different from China. In other countries, due to respect for the Chinese and political and electoral factors, local laws also stipulate a Spring Festival holiday, and even national leaders deliver Lunar New Year or New Year condolences speeches. However, the Lunar New Year is not the most important legal and folk festival for all citizens.

4. Summary of the countries that celebrate the Spring Festival in the world, there are only four countries that truly celebrate the "Spring Festival" like ours. : China, Vietnam, North Korea, and South Korea. Japan and Singapore celebrate the Spring Festival in particular. The other countries that celebrate the Spring Festival are basically the local Chinese celebrating the Spring Festival. The difference between these and our Spring Festival is that

. Notice 1. The time is different: The Chinese Spring Festival is accurately calculated according to the lunar calendar. In most cases, it will arrive on the first day of the first lunar month of each year, while the foreign Spring Festival is generally calculated according to the Gregorian calendar and will arrive around January 1 each year. /p>

2. Different activities: Chinese people will have dinner together to commemorate last year’s family during the Spring Festival. It is also popular during this period to set off firecrackers, post door god window grilles and post couplets, while foreigners usually hold various This kind of party celebrates the arrival of the Spring Festival.

3. Different meanings: The Chinese Spring Festival generally symbolizes the reunion of family and home, while the foreign Spring Festival represents a new beginning and the hope that positive changes will occur in the future.