新年既由來-----請用英文回答~~~~~~

Celebrating New Year's Eve the custom derives from when very difficult fashionable, however think generally originate a Chinese Yan business year-end fiesta God, the worship of ancestors activity(the La fiesta) of period year;While saying at the earliest stage at the Yao Shun had the customs of the Chinese New Year.The January of the lunar calendar is the beginning of a year, and the January first ten days of month or middle ten days of month, greatly parts of conditions start in spring exactly.(few parts of conditions sign spring is in the lunar calendar La month last ten days of a month)Time of the festival believes that make influence with the agriculture Lao relevant;The oracle-bone scripture and year words in the gold text all have the Gu Sui mature image.The last one day(the month is greatly on 30th, the month is small on 29th) of lunar calendar a year, call it as "New Year's Eve", New Year's Eve evening the whole family is reunited to have New Year's Eve dinner(lunar calendar in a year finally the at one feed rice), New Year's Eve dinner hereafter have custom of delivering the New Year's Money and the cook New Year's Eve(bringing in the new year), the last one day that indicates a year from the lunar calendar guards till the first day of next year.

Not time of corresponding period Chinese New Year is also different.Xia Dynasty is year old head;The Shang Dynasty is the winter Si in the big Si all the year round.Have already said ancient so-called"Chinese New Year" as well, the meanings is the stanza preface of the spring, having ever still pointed 24 solar divisions particularly in of signed spring, sometimes also indicated generally the whole spring.The Han Wu Di promote gregorian calendar, just rule the beginning of January of Li of summer definitely an is the year old head, take it as summer Li New Year's Day.[1]

Chinese New Year's in the Christian ear January 21th to February 20th swims to move.Sign spring on February 4th or February 5th.



Small year big year
At the folks, especially the village region, there is the habit of the small year and the big year.

Small year, namely the lunar calendar La month 23 days(or 24)(pay respects to the explanation in the discussion page), send cooking stove the king the Ye God, ( the cooking stove of the oblation king painting cremate)

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_New_Year