When is the Spring Festival in 2017?

Folk legend goes: "Children, don't be greedy, because after Laba Festival it will be the New Year." Today, the traditional Chinese "Laba Festival" has finally arrived. When is the Spring Festival in 2017? Next, let’s learn some basic knowledge about the Spring Festival.

When is the Spring Festival in 2017?

1. The Spring Festival in 2017 is on January 28, the first Saturday of the first lunar month, which is the Lunar New Year, commonly known as "Chinese New Year". The Spring Festival is a day to bid farewell to the old and usher in the new, and it is also the most important traditional festival of the Chinese nation.
2. According to past practice, the 2017 Spring Festival holiday will be 7 days, starting from New Year’s Eve on January 27 and ending on February 2, the sixth day of the first lunar month.

3. Regarding the free highway arrangements during the 2017 Spring Festival, the start and end time is from 0:00 on January 27, 2017, the New Year's Eve, to 24:00 on February 2, the sixth day of the first lunar month. Free vehicle types: passenger vehicles with 7 seats or less (including 7 seats) and motorcycles traveling on ordinary toll roads.

The Origin and Development of the Spring Festival

1. The origin of the Spring Festival. The origin of the Spring Festival is that in ancient China there was a monster called "Nian". It would crawl ashore on New Year's Eve every year, devour livestock and harm human lives. It is said that "Nian" is most afraid of the color red, fire and explosions, so every New Year's Eve every household puts up red couplets and sets off firecrackers to drive away the "Nian" monster. This custom spread more and more widely, and finally became the most solemn traditional festival among the Chinese people.

2. The name of the Spring Festival. According to records, the Chinese have celebrated the Spring Festival for more than 4,000 years. In ancient China, the Spring Festival had different names in different eras. For example: in the Pre-Qin period, it was called "Shangri", "New Year's Day", etc.; in the Han Dynasty, it was called "Sanchao", "Sui Dan", "Zhengdan", etc.; in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, it was called "Yuan Shou", "Sui Chao", etc.; in the Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties, it was called "New Year's Day", "Sui Ri", "Xin Zheng", etc.; and after the Qing Dynasty, it has always been called "New Year's Day" or "New Year's Day".