Chinese Lunar new year—Year of the Tiger
The year of the tiger is determined according to the traditional Chinese calendar. The "tiger" in the zodiac corresponds to the yin in the twelve earthly branches. The year of the tiger is the yin year, and every twelve years is a cycle. For example, the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar basically corresponds to the Year of the Tiger, that is, the Year of Renyin.
In the sixty-year period, the heavenly stems are: Jia,Yi,Bing,Ding,Wu,Ji,Geng,Xin,Ren,Gui, and 12 earthly branches are: Zi Chou Yin Mao Chen Si Wu Shen You Xu Hai. Arranged from Jiazi, Yichou, Bingyin, Dingmao, etc., exactly 60 lines complete one cycle. This is a bit complicated and difficult to remember, so the ancients thought of using animals to express the complex earthly branches, which is the zodiac. Zi Rat, Ugly Ox, Yin Tiger, Mao Rabbit, Chen Dragon, Si Snake, Wu Ma, Wei Sheep, Shen Monkey, You Rooster, Xu Dog, and Hai Pig.
During the Spring Festival, there are various customs and cultural differences throughout the country. The celebrations during the Spring Festival are extremely rich and diverse, including lion dance, color floating, dragon dance, wandering gods, temple fairs, flower street shopping, flower lanterns, gongs and drums, vernier flags, fireworks burning, blessing, spring throwing, stilt walking, dry boat running, Yangko dancing and so on. During the Spring Festival, it can be seen everywhere, such as sticking New Year's red, keeping the new year's watch, eating reunion dinner and paying New Year's greetings. However, due to different local conditions and customs, the details have their own characteristics. With various forms and rich contents, the Spring Festival folk custom is a concentrated display of the essence of the life and culture of the Chinese nation. [38-41]
The Spring Festival is a day to get rid of the old and introduce the new. Although the Spring Festival is set on the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar, the activities of the Spring Festival are not limited to the first day of the first month. From the end of the year, people began to "busy year": offering sacrifices to stoves, sweeping dust, purchasing new year goods, pasting New Year's red, washing hair and bathing, lighting lanterns and decorations, etc. all these activities have a common theme, that is, "leaving the old and welcoming the new". The Spring Festival is a festival of joy, harmony and family reunion. It is also a carnival and eternal spiritual pillar for people to express their longing for happiness and freedom. The Spring Festival is also a day for worshipping ancestors and praying for new years. Sacrifice is a kind of belief activity. It is a belief activity created by human survival activities in ancient times, hoping to live in harmony with nature
In the end,STARK hope you Happy year of the tiger, good health and good luck!
