第1个回答 2015-09-09
春节是指汉字文化圈传统上的农历新年。
春节传统名称为新年、大年、新岁，但口头上又称度岁、庆新岁、过年。古时春节曾专指节气中的立春，也被视为是一年的开始，后来改为农历正月初一开始为新年。一般至少要到正月十五（上元节）新年才结束，春节俗称“年节”，是中华民族最隆重的传统佳节。自汉武帝太初元年始，以夏年（农历）正月初一首”（即“年”），年节的日期由此固定下来，延续至今。年节古称“元旦”。1911年辛亥革命以后，开始采用公历（阳历）计年，遂称公历1月1日为“元旦”，称农历正月初一为“春节”。
在春节期间，我国的汉族和很多少数民族都要举行各种活动来表示庆祝。这些活动均以祭祀神佛、祭奠祖先、除旧布新、迎禧接福、祈求丰年为主要内容。活动丰富多彩，带有浓郁的民族特色。
国家非常重视非物质文化遗产的保护，2006年5月20日，“春节”民俗经国务院批准列入第一批国家级非物质文化遗产的名录。
The Spring Festival is the Chinese new year on the Chinese character culture circle.
The traditional name for the new year, New Year Spring Festival, the new year, but also called the degree of verbal, celebrate the new year, have the Spring Festival. In the Spring Festival was originally throttle, also be regarded as is the beginning of the year, later changed to the lunar calendar new year begins. Generally at least to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month (Lantern Festival) new year until the end, the spring festival known as "Festival", is the Chinese nation most grand traditional festival. Since emperor too at the beginning of the first year, in the summer (lunar year) the first day of the first month first "(the" year "), the date of the festival this fixed down, continues to this day. The festival called "New Year's day". The 1911 Revolution after the beginning of the Gregorian calendar (Gregorian calendar) meter years, hence say the Gregorian calendar January 1, for the "New Year's Day", said the first day of the lunar year for "Spring Festival".
During the Spring Festival, China's Han nationality and very many people have to hold various activities to celebrate. These activities are to worship deities, worshiping ancestors, Ying Xi Fu, pray for a good harvest as the main content. Rich and colorful activities, with strong ethnic characteristics.
The state attaches great importance to the protection of intangible cultural heritage, in May 20, 2006, the "Spring Festival" Folk Customs approved by the State Council in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.