Celebrations welcome spring becomes lively in many parts of
the world, including in China.
Quoted from Shanghaiist.com on Saturday (03/12/2016),
residents in the district of Anyang, Henan Province, were gathered on Thursday,
March 10th and to celebrate the annual Festival Longtaitou.
At that time, about 2,000 villagers gathered together and
rollicking eating noodle dishes cooked in the pan giant Bailong Temple.
China's traditional agricultural festival is celebrated
every year on the 2 months to 2 according to the Chinese calendar, and marked
the beginning of spring and the agricultural season.
Residents
who attended
the event believe that this celebration helps
avoid total disaster and prevent illness over the coming year.
Besides eating noodles, citizens across the country have
also eat moon cakes, light lanterns dragon, praying for good luck, and cut the
hair of their children.
According
to china.org.cn,
the Spring Festival is the most important for Chinese citizens.
When the festival, family members gather like Christmas in
the West. Relatives who live in distant places usually back and forth so that
transportation becomes very busy, even up to 2 weeks before the event.
Different from agricultural festival, page china.org.cn
mention that this festival falls on a day to 1 month to 1 in the Chinese
calendar and often fell a month later than the Gregorian calendar.
Spring Festival began during the Shang Dynasty (1600 to 1100
BC) when the residents bring a god to the gods and ancestral spirits.
Many customs in the Spring Festival that continues today. On
day 8 months to 12 months according to the calendar, the families cook porridge
profits made from glutinous rice, lotus flowers, beans, longan, gingko, and a
number of other materials.
On day 23 months to 12, came hours wait. At that time,
people sacrifice to the Kitchen God. But, this time the family cook delicious
dishes to enjoy themselves.
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