When is the Spring Festival? What traditional foods are eaten during the Spring Festival?

The Spring Festival originates from human belief in heaven and earth, and is closely related to human and natural cultural contents such as sacrificial culture, astronomical phenomena, and calendar. In the Emperor era, "Sui" was used to represent "year". In the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, the first month of spring was the first month. After the Xinhai Revolution, the first day of the first lunar month was changed to the Spring Festival, and the first day of the first lunar month in the Gregorian calendar was New Year's Day. So when is the Spring Festival? What traditional foods are eaten during the Spring Festival? Let's take a look at the introduction of Encyclopedia Knowledge Network below!

Contents of this article

1. When is the Spring Festival?

2. What traditional foods do you eat during the Spring Festival?

3. Who do we commemorate when we eat rice cakes during the Spring Festival?

When is the Spring Festival?

The Spring Festival is the first day of the first lunar month and it is one of China's four major traditional festivals. The Spring Festival originally came from mankind's belief in heaven and earth. After the changes of the times, until the Xinhai Revolution, the first day of January in the lunar calendar was changed to the Spring Festival, and the first day of January in the Gregorian calendar was New Year's Day.

What traditional food do you eat during the Spring Festival?

Many traditional foods can be eaten during the Spring Festival, such as dumplings. “Jiaozi” is a homonym for “jiaozi”, which means “changing the year and handing over the money”. Eating dumplings can also bring wealth. People in the southern region eat longevity noodles during the Spring Festival, which means that people can live long and healthy in the new year. Fish must be eaten during the Spring Festival, and it cannot be eaten all, which symbolizes surplus (fish) every year.

Who do we commemorate when we eat rice cakes during the Spring Festival?

Generally speaking, eating rice cakes during the Spring Festival is to commemorate Wu Zixu from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. In ancient times, Wu Zixu was the prime minister of the State of Wu. In order to save the people of the whole city, he would rather sacrifice himself, but the King of Wu believed in slander and killed him. Later, the people used glutinous rice flour to make a city wall, so the saying of rice cake came into being.