![]() It evolved to cleaning up houses thoroughly in the preceding days of Chinese New Year.ĭuring the Jin dynasty (266 – 420 AD), people started to do the “Shousui (守岁)” tradition on New Year's Eve. Later, Qin unified China and founded the Qin dynasty, the ritual was continued. It was derived from an earlier ritual, Nuo (傩), which is the origin of Chinese New Year's Eve. In Lüshi Chunqiu, an exorcistic ritual called "Big Nuo" (大傩) was recorded being carried out in the ending day of a year to expel illness in Qin (state). The first dated Chinese New Year's Eve was recorded during Warring States period (475 BC – 221 AD). Then in the Zhou dynasty (1046 – 256 BC), the phrase “Nian (Year)”appeared and certain cultural practices became popular among Chinese such as sending door gods and burning bamboo. The origin of Asian Lunar New Year's Eve can be traced back to 3500 years ago.Ĭhinese New Year's Eve originated in the Shang dynasty (1600 – 1046 BC), when Chinese held sacrificial ceremonies in honour of gods and ancestors at the end of each year. ![]() It has evolved over a long period of time. (Lunar) New Year's Eve has always been a family matter in Asia, it is the reunion day for every Asian family. Spring Festival Eve, Lunar New Year's EveĬhina, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, VietnamĬhinese New Year's Eve (Lunar New Year's Eve) is the day before the Chinese New Year ( Lunar New Year). The last day of the Lunar year Chinese New Year's Eve
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