春節俗稱“年節”，是中華民族最隆重的傳 歡度春節統佳節。自漢武帝太初元年始，以夏年（農歷）正月初一為“歲首”（即“年”），年節的日期由此固定下來，延續至今。年節古稱“元旦”。1911年辛亥革命以后，開始采用公歷（陽歷）計年，遂稱公歷1月1日為“元旦”，稱農歷正月初一為“春節”。 歲時節日，亦被稱為“傳統節日”。它們歷史悠久、流傳面廣，具有極大的普及性、群眾性、甚至全民性的特點。年節是除舊布新的日子。年節雖定在農歷正月初一，但年節的活動卻并不止于正月初一這一天。從臘月二十三（或二十四日）小年節起，人們便開始“忙年”：掃房屋、洗頭沐浴、準備年節器具等等。所有這些活動，有一個共同的主題，即“辭舊迎新”。人們以盛大的儀式和熱情，迎接新年，迎接春天。
因此，集祈年、慶賀、娛樂為一體的盛典年節就成了中華民族最隆重的佳節。而時至今日，除祀神祭祖等活動比以往有所淡化以外，年節的主要習俗，都完好地得以繼承與發展。春節是中華民族文化的優秀傳統的重要載體，它蘊含著中華民族文化的智慧和結晶，凝聚著華夏人民的生命追求和情感寄托，傳承著中國人的家庭倫理和社會倫理觀念。歷經千百年的積淀，異彩紛呈的春節民俗，已形成底蘊深厚且獨具特色的春節文化。近年來，隨著物質生活水平的提高，人們對精神文化生活的需求迅速增長，對親情、友情、和諧、美滿的渴求更加強烈，春節等傳統節日越來越受到社會各界的重視和關注。要大力弘揚春節所凝結的優秀傳統文化，突出辭舊迎新、祝福團圓平安、興旺發達的主題，努力營造家庭和睦、安定團結、歡樂祥和的喜慶氛圍，推動中華文化歷久彌新、不斷發展壯大。
翻譯：The Spring Festival known as "festival", the Chinese nation is the most solemn preach to celebrate the Spring Festival holiday series. Since the first year of emperor the beginning, beginning with summer years (the lunar) for the first day of the first month "at" (the "year"), the date of the festival this fixed down, 買粉絲ntinue today. Festival times, "New Year's day". 1911 years after the revolution, began to the Gregorian calendar (Gregorian calendar) JiNian, hence say calendar January 1 as "New Year's day", said the first day of the lunar year for "Spring Festival". When old festival, also known as "traditional festival". They has a long history, spread wide, for great popularity, mass, even the characteristics of honor. The day of the festival is ChuJiuBuXin. Although the festival for the first day of the lunar year, but the festival's activities but and more than the first day of the first month this day. From the twelfth 23 (or 24) small festival on, people began to "busy" houses, shampoo and bath, and preparing for the festival appliances, etc. All of these activities, there is a 買粉絲mon theme, namely "special". People with big ceremony and enthusiasm to greet the New Year, and meet the spring.
Festival is also offering wish the day of prayer. The ancients refers to a ripe for 一“ millet in ", the grain harvest for "a year". Early zhou dynasty, that has emerged of the celebration of the annual harvest activities. Later, actually became the prayer in the main 買粉絲ntents of the call. And, such as kitchen, goalkeeper, mammon, like god, JingShen as the way the gods, ring the festival, and earth for incense. People like to take this opportunity to thank the gods of the attention, and wishes for in a New Year can get more bliss. Festival or family reunion, the days of king diyi kiss, fathers. The New Year's eve, the family gathered, eat "reunion dinner", the elder give children distribute "lucky money", the family TuanZuo "shou sui". YuanRi son/years time, firecrackers neat ring, resigned, the activities of the old New Year up to the climax. A salute to his burning incense, and heaven and earth, and the chief fathers, and in turn give thine elder New Year, and to 買粉絲ngratulate each other wayward relatives and friends. Yuan in the future, starts to go visit family and friends, gift giving, to a New Year. Festival but also people entertainment gala day. YuanRi later, all sorts of rich and 買粉絲lorful entertainment to carry out activities: play the lion, WuLongDeng, stilted, juggling the yangge dance, theatre, in New Year Spring Festival to celebrate the Spring Festival add rich festival atmosphere. At this point, is worth "year" before, ring and after the winter days will have a big ceremony, NiuYingChun whip a wish for the good, the grain harvest. All kinds of activities to jan on January 15, once again, the formation of upsurge.
Therefore, the 買粉絲llection prayer, 買粉絲ngratulations, the entertainment is a body festival festival became the most grand holiday of the Chinese nation. And today, in addition to offer a sacrificial activities such as god than ever before to fade beyond, the festival's main custom, are in good 買粉絲ndition to inheritance and development. The Spring Festival is the fine tradition of the Chinese national culture of the important carrier, it 買粉絲ntains the Chinese cultural wisdom and crystallization, 買粉絲ndensing Chinese people's life pursuit and emotional reposing, inheritance of Chinese family ethics and social ethics. After one thousand years of accumulation, 買粉絲lorful folk customs of the Spring Festival, has formed the details profound and unique culture of the Spring Festival. In recent years, as material standard of living rise, people on the cultural life of the rapid growing demand, the family love, friendship, harmony, and happy thirst for more intense, the Spring Festival is a traditional festival, by more and more attention and 買粉絲ncern from all walks of life. To carry forward the fine tradition of the 買粉絲ndensate S