1, the significance of the traditional Spring Festival in China: The Spring Festival is an important carrier of the excellent tradition of Chinese culture, which contains the wisdom and crystallization of Chinese culture, embodies the life pursuit and emotional sustenance of the people of China and inherits the social morality of the people of China; The Spring Festival represents the best wishes of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, good luck, peaceful reunion, prosperity and so on. People strive to create a festive atmosphere of family harmony, stability, unity, joy and peace, and promote the enduring and continuous development of Chinese culture. During the Spring Festival, the Han nationality and some ethnic minorities in China will hold various celebrations. These activities are mainly to offer sacrifices to ancestors, pay homage to ancestors, bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, and pray for the new, with rich and colorful forms and strong national characteristics. During the Spring Festival, people will try their best to go home and reunite with their loved ones, expressing their ardent expectations for the coming year and their best wishes for life in the new year. The Spring Festival is not only a festival, but also an important carrier for China people to express and release their emotions and meet their psychological needs. It is also the annual carnival and spiritual pillar of the Chinese nation.
2. Cultural connotation of the Spring Festival: family reunion, peace and prosperity. During the Spring Festival, whether it is sunny and warm winter or snowy winter, people will always return to their hometown from all directions to reunite with their parents, and the family will sit around and have a steaming dinner to enjoy the warmth and affection of the family. Whether eating jiaozi in the north or eating rice cakes in the south, the connotation they pursue is reunion, harmony and beauty, and the hope is to enrich the country and strengthen the people. Filial piety and love for the elderly, respect for the elderly. During the Spring Festival, "Filial piety comes first and filial piety is the foundation of virtue" has become the theme of all activities. The younger generation should pay New Year greetings to their elders and wish them health and longevity. Elders should give their hopes to grandchildren and give them lucky money. It is in these activities that children are baptized by filial piety and love, and the great love of "old people and old people, young people and young people" is boundless, and the social fashion of being kind to the world has also been carried forward.