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The Spring Festival is one of the grandest and most distinctive traditional festivals in China. Generally refers to the New Year's Eve and the first day of the first month, is the first day of the year, also known as the lunar year, commonly known as "Spring Festival"

The Spring Festival has a long history, originated from the primitive belief and nature worship of early human beings, and evolved from the ancient times to pray for the beginning of the year. It is a primitive religious ceremony. People will hold sacrificial activities at the beginning of the year to pray for the harvest and prosperity of people and animals in the coming year. This sacrificial activity gradually evolved into various celebrations over time, eventually forming today's Spring Festival.

During the Spring Festival, the Han people and many ethnic minorities in China hold various activities to celebrate. These activities are mainly focused on ancestor worship, Thanksgiving and prayer for the old, family reunion, eliminating the old and the new, welcoming the auspicious day and praying for a good harvest, with strong national characteristics [106]. Many folk customs of the Spring Festival, including drinking Laba porridge, offering sacrifices to the kitchen god, sweeping dust, sticking couplets, sticking New Year pictures, sticking blessings, New Year's Eve, eating dumplings, New Year's money, visiting temple fairs, etc.

Influenced by Chinese culture, some countries and regions in the world also have the custom of celebrating the New Year, from Africa and Egypt to Brazil in South America, from the Empire State Building in New York to the Sydney Opera House, the Chinese Lunar New Year has set off a "Chinese wind" all over the world. The Spring Festival is an important platform to reflect harmonious family and harmonious interpersonal relations. Its content is rich and colorful, with important historical, artistic and cultural values. A good Spring Festival is one of the important ways to enhance family relations, enhance social cohesion, and build a harmonious society, and it also has a positive role in promoting the development of the cultural industry. In 2006, the Spring Festival folklore was approved by The State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. On December 22, 2023 local time, the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly designated the Spring Festival (Lunar New Year) as a United Nations holiday.

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