Sacrificial activities evolved at the beginning of the year, which is the heaviest traditional festival of the Chinese nation. The date is set on the first day of the first lunar month every year. During the Spring Festival, every household will hold various celebrations, most of which are mainly to offer sacrifices to gods and buddhas, ancestors, bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, and pray for the new. The forms of activities are rich and colorful, with strong national characteristics.
Traditional folk custom
Traditional festival ceremonies and related custom activities are important contents of festival elements, bearing rich and colorful festival cultural connotations. Lunar New Year is an ancient festival in China, and it is also the most important festival in a year. In the historical development, it has integrated a variety of folk customs and formed some relatively fixed customs and habits, many of which are still handed down today. During the Spring Festival, there are many kinds of celebration activities, such as lion dancing, floating colors, dragon dancing, worshipping gods, temple fairs, visiting flower streets, enjoying lanterns, beating gongs and drums, flying flags, lighting fireworks, praying for blessings, dancing spring dance, walking on stilts, boating, yangko dancing and so on.
The custom of offering sacrifices to gods (ancestors) prevails in the southern coastal areas, and it inherits the ancient customs. During the Spring Festival, there are many grand activities, such as offering sacrifices to heaven and earth and praying for the Spring Festival, which are rich in content, lively and festive, and full of flavor. During the Spring Festival, there are various places such as posting New Year's greetings, celebrating New Year's Eve, having a reunion dinner, and paying New Year's greetings, but due to different local customs. The nuances have their own characteristics. The folk customs of the Spring Festival are diverse and rich in content, which is a concentrated display of the essence of China people's life and culture.