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Which country makes the Spring Festival a legal holiday?
When people in China celebrate the Spring Festival, people in many Asian countries also hold colorful activities to celebrate the Spring Festival, bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year.
North Korea: The Spring Festival is the most important festival in a year. On the first day, there are songs and laughter everywhere.
On the Korean Peninsula, South Korea and North Korea, the Lunar New Year is the most important festival of the year. In South Korea and North Korea, the Lunar New Year is not called the Spring Festival, but Seollal, and the Chinese characters are "Lao Zheng" or "New Year's Day". The first day to the third day of the first month is a national holiday.
The North Korean government stipulates a three-day holiday from the beginning of the year; During the festival, theaters, cinemas, gymnasiums and other places increase festival activities.
During the Spring Festival, the government and people hold many celebrations.
The Korean nation is optimistic and can sing and dance well. Entertainment is essential during festivals. According to Korean custom, after the Spring Festival, the whole family, old and young, will go into battle and have fun together. Women throw Utz, springboard jump. Children can spin gyroscopes, fly kites and scooters. On New Year's Day, the streets of Pyongyang, from April 25th Square to Kim Il Sung Square, are full of men, women and children playing, singing, laughing and enjoying the joy of the festival.
South Korea: Like China, it attaches importance to the Spring Festival, especially New Year's Eve.
Koreans attach as much importance to the Spring Festival as China. The state stipulates that the Spring Festival holiday lasts for three days, which is the longest holiday in a year. Korean New Year has a strong flavor.
Koreans pay attention to going home to visit relatives before New Year's Eve. No matter where they work, no matter how far they are from their hometown, they will return to their hometown for reunion during the Spring Festival. Therefore, Spring Festival travel rush fever has also appeared in South Korea. Every year before New Year's Eve, there will be pictures of tens of millions of troops returning home, causing traffic tension. The custom of "closing doors at 30" in Korean restaurants has a long history. Since ancient times, Koreans have attached great importance to making their own New Year's Eve dinner and eating it at home.
South Korea is very particular about New Year's Eve. Like many rural areas in China, there is a custom of observing the age. According to the custom, Koreans can't sleep on New Year's Eve, and the whole family must stay up with their ancestors to welcome the sunrise of the first day. Otherwise people's eyebrows will turn white. Korea pays attention to many New Year's Eve dinners. The biggest feature is that all the meals are traditional.
Vietnam: There is a "Golden Week" in the Spring Festival, and the first month is a month of "eating, drinking and having fun".
In Vietnam, the Spring Festival is the most important national festival in a year and the most lively traditional festival among the people. In Vietnam, Lunar New Year is not called Spring Festival, but called "New Year".
According to Vietnam's labor law, there are four days off during the Spring Festival in Vietnam, namely, New Year's Eve, the first day, the second day and the third day. In addition, Saturday and Sunday are closed. Therefore, the Spring Festival holiday lasts for eight days, which is similar to the "Golden Week" in China.
The Spring Festival in Vietnam begins with the Kitchen God Festival on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, and the atmosphere of the Spring Festival runs through the first month. According to Vietnamese folklore, the first month is the month of "eating, drinking and having fun".
On New Year's Eve, Vietnamese families sit together, have New Year's Eve dinner and celebrate the New Year together. Vietnamese people have the custom of erecting banners and eating zongzi on New Year's Eve. A bamboo pole, trimmed with bamboo leaves at the top and hung with red banners and wind chimes, is said to scare away ghosts when the wind blows. Zongzi is round and square, symbolizing the land of heaven and earth, and is considered as a symbol of joy.
Flowers are an indispensable part of the Vietnamese Spring Festival. Many big cities will hold various Spring Festival parties and flower shows. Flowers such as Huangmei, Peach Blossom, Orchid, Lily and Yellow Chrysanthemum add joy to the festival.
In the homes of Yue (Beijing) people, there are three kinds of decorations during the Spring Festival: peach blossom, kumquat bonsai and "five-fruit pot". In the eyes of Vietnamese, peach blossom is an evil spirit and a symbol of good luck. Kumquat means good luck. The "five fruit pots" are used to worship ancestors.
Mongolia: Colorful costumes, eating, drinking and dancing.
In Mongolia, the Lunar New Year (Spring Festival) is called Chagansa, which means "Bai Yue". It is the second largest festival in Mongolia after Nadam, and it is often slightly different from the Spring Festival in China. This year's Mongolian New Year is on February 8th.
1988 12. The presidium of the Great Hural of Mongolia decided that the Spring Festival, that is, the Lunar New Year, would be a national holiday for three days.
Historically, the Spring Festival was not a traditional Mongolian festival, but later, with more and more Han people living in Mongolian areas, people's customs changed, making the Spring Festival a festival celebrated by both Mongolian and Han people. The Mongolian People's Republic was separated from China, so it kept the habit of celebrating the Spring Festival.
In grand festivals, Mongolians put on colorful clothes, take out the most delicious food, invite their best friends and relatives to their homes, drink rich kumiss, sing and dance to their heart's content, and taste the tender hand-grabbed meat.
The Spring Festival is a great opportunity for grassland people to get together and communicate with each other. It is difficult for them to meet each other at ordinary times. During the Spring Festival, friends who have been separated for a long time may meet at a jockey club or wrestling meeting.
On the one hand, Mongolians who grew up in the city kept some ways to celebrate the Spring Festival, such as eating mutton, kebabs, singing while drinking and playing Ma Touqin. On the other hand, they also celebrate in the same way as the Han people, for example, having a reunion dinner on New Year's Eve; Relatives get together and friends have dinner; Setting off firecrackers, eating jiaozi, children wearing new clothes and so on.
Singapore: A red lantern is hung high and two oranges are given as New Year gifts.
In Singapore, Chinese account for more than 80% of the total population. Since the founding of Singapore, the main leaders have been descendants of Chinese. Therefore, Singapore attaches importance to the Spring Festival, and the habit of celebrating the Spring Festival is basically the same as that of southern China.
Singapore has a two-day holiday during the Spring Festival. Plus Saturday and Sunday holidays, * * * four days holidays.
After New Year's Day, all the streets and business districts in Singapore took off their Christmas decorations and put on the traditional Chinese New Year costumes of China. Red lanterns of all sizes are hung high, and New Year pictures are hung. Most people in China put a golden word "Fu" on the red background at home, pinning their yearning for a happy life.
Chinese Singaporeans celebrate the Spring Festival, and every household has to steam rice cakes, put up Spring Festival couplets and visit the flower market. The most important thing is to have a reunion dinner on New Year's Eve. On New Year's Day, the younger generation pays New Year greetings to their elders, and the children get lucky money from their elders.
Citrus is a must-have item. When Chinese Singaporeans pay New Year's greetings, they must pack two oranges in exquisite paper bags as New Year's gifts to express multiple blessings such as "good luck", "two grains of gold" and "yes man". When the guests leave, the host will also give back two oranges.
Malaysia: The government held a grand Spring Festival celebration.
A quarter of Malaysia's population is Chinese. Chinese in Malaysia believe that the Spring Festival is the most important festival in a year. The government has designated the first and second days of the first month as legal holidays.
In Malaysia, China New Year is usually celebrated from the winter solstice to the 15th day of the first month. During this period, the blessings of "Congratulations to laya" are endless. "Congratulations" is in Chinese and "laya" is in Malay. Chinese and Malays skillfully combined two congratulations to express their common aspiration: "Happy holidays!" On New Year's Eve, the whole family has a reunion dinner to celebrate the New Year. On New Year's Day, people usually stay at home to receive New Year's greetings from relatives and friends of other races, such as Malays and Indians, and prepare sumptuous meals-spring rolls, lobster slices, curry chicken, curry beef, coconut rice ... to entertain distinguished guests.
On the evening of 10 this year, the Malaysian Ministry of Art and Cultural Heritage held a grand Spring Festival celebration in the bustling downtown of Kuala Lumpur, the capital. Thousands of Malaysian people of all ethnic groups and foreign tourists gathered in Jinhe Square in Tang Lu and Wu Jiping to celebrate the Spring Festival. Malaysian Prime Minister Badawi, Deputy Prime Minister Najib and Chairman of the Indian National Congress of Malaysia Sami Welu attended the celebration. Badawi made a speech at the meeting. He said that Malaysia is a multi-ethnic country. People of different races respect each other and their cultures blend with each other, which is the characteristic of Malaysia. He wished Chinese people all over the country "congratulations on getting rich" in Chinese, and finally added the last stroke to the message "All the best" written by local calligraphers with a brush.
There is also an interesting traditional activity of Malaysian Chinese: On the 15th day of the first month, unmarried men and women throw apples at women, and love women men throw oranges, hoping to find a Mr Right or a gentle and beautiful woman.
Indonesia: Wahid abolished Suharto's ban and Megawati declared the Spring Festival a national holiday.
Indonesia is the country with the largest number of expatriates in the world, with a total population of over100000. At present, most large enterprises in Indonesia are founded and led by Chinese.
In 2002, the Indonesian government officially designated the Spring Festival as a legal holiday, with a national holiday for one day. However, this legal holiday was hard-won, and hundreds of thousands of China people paid the price of blood.
Although most Chinese Indonesians have taken Indonesian nationality, their living habits and cultural traditions still retain the characteristics of China. Suharto slaughtered hundreds of thousands of people in China after 1965 staged a coup to overthrow the legitimate president of Su Jianuo. 1967, the Suharto military regime banned Chinese from celebrating the Spring Festival and Lantern Festival in public, and Indonesian Chinese were deprived of their legal rights for more than 30 years. It was not until Wahid, a Chinese, became president that this ban was officially abolished on February 18, 2000, and Confucianism was recognized as a legal religion in Indonesia. On the same day, Jakarta held its first Spring Festival party in more than 30 years. President Wahid attended the party and delivered a speech. On February 17, 2002, then President Megawati (Su Jianuo's daughter) officially announced at the China People's Celebration of the Spring Festival of the Year of the Horse in Jakarta that the Indonesian government had decided to make the Spring Festival a national holiday in the country and congratulated the people of China on their happy Spring Festival.
Before the Spring Festival this year (Year of the Rat), Jakarta Post, Indonesia's largest English-language newspaper, comprehensively introduced the Spring Festival in China with pictures and texts. In addition, major Chinese newspapers in Indonesia, such as International Daily and Indonesia Business Daily, also reported a large number of activities celebrating the Spring Festival in various places during the Spring Festival.
On the eve of the Spring Festival, Indonesian shopping malls carefully decorated the China Pavilion to welcome the Spring Festival. Chinese-style gifts and New Year's Eve dinner packages were introduced in the hotel restaurant. Chinese temples were completely painted, lanterns were hung high, and believers worshipped. Former President Wahid and incumbent government officials participate in the large-scale Spring Festival celebrations in Jakarta every year.
Philippine: The President congratulated the people of China on the Spring Festival and declared it a national public holiday.
Most people in the Philippines believe in Christianity. Chinese account for about 12% of the Philippine population. In recent years, the Philippines also likes the Spring Festival in China. In 2004, the Philippines designated the Lunar New Year as a national holiday, but there was no holiday. Only schools in China have two days off on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.
On the eve of the Spring Festival in 2002, Philippine President Arroyo specially signed a congratulatory message to the people of China, becoming the first Philippine president to sign a congratulatory message on the New Year in China. President Arroyo not only expressed his holiday congratulations to Filipino Chinese, but also said something with China cultural characteristics: "I am a pig. According to the tradition in China, people who are pigs will have good luck in the Year of the Horse. "
On June 65438+1October1day, 2004, Arroyo announced that February 9 of this year's Spring Festival in China would be designated as a national special working holiday to celebrate the Lunar New Year. Arroyo pointed out in the announcement: "This is to promote cultural understanding and integration, so that Filipinos have the opportunity to celebrate festivals with all China people." Although the Spring Festival has been declared as a special working holiday, except for the Chinese community, employees in the private sector and government workers will still go to work normally on February 9 without overtime pay.
Since 2004, the atmosphere for Chinese in the Philippines to celebrate the traditional festivals of the Chinese nation has been more enthusiastic than before, and some politicians have also participated in the Spring Festival celebrations.
Thailand: Princess and government officials preside over Spring Festival celebrations.
Thailand has a three-day holiday from the first day to the third day of the Spring Festival, except for government departments and banks.
Chinese in Thailand have always maintained their own customs and habits, such as Spring Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and other festivals. Every year on New Year's Eve, families will hold ancestor worship ceremonies, and then the whole family will sit around and have a reunion dinner. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, everyone puts on new clothes. When visiting New Year, relatives and friends are used to putting their hands together and saying "good luck" to each other.
The place with the most Spring Festival atmosphere in Thailand is China City-Chinatown in Bangkok. During the Spring Festival, there will be lion dances and dragon dances in the streets. The main officials of Bangkok city government will go to Chinatown to hold a series of celebrations on New Year's Eve. Princess Sirindhorn often holds high-standard Sino-Thai cultural exchange activities in Chinatown on New Year's Eve or the first day of junior high school.
Thailand's biggest Spring Festival Gala will be held in Beilanpo, more than 300 kilometers north of Bangkok. During this period, there will be activities such as lion and dragon dancing, beating gongs and drums, walking on stilts and running dry boats. The climax of the program is the performance of "Golden Dragon Flying" which is more than 30 meters long. This event attracts a large audience every year.
Myanmar: The first day is a national holiday, and the northern part pays more attention to the Spring Festival.
In Myanmar, the first day of the Lunar New Year is a public holiday.
On New Year's Eve, all the people in China, Myanmar, have dinner together as a family. After dinner, they got together noisily and waited for the arrival of the New Year. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, people put on new clothes to visit relatives and live with relatives and friends from all over the country. They all use this festival to get together, * * * New Year greetings, "Congratulations on getting rich".
In North Myanmar, there are many Chinese with high status. Chinese is the common language, RMB is the common currency, and the mobile phone number is from China. During the Spring Festival, the festive atmosphere there is more intense and there are more activities than other areas.
Laos: National leaders attach great importance to the Spring Festival in China.
In terms of calendar, Laos uses Gregorian calendar, Buddhist calendar and mini calendar at the same time; In some ethnic minorities, the China lunar calendar is also used. Laos has a Spring Festival, but the calendar is different from that of China, so it is different from that of China. Chinese in Laos and ethnic minorities who use the China lunar calendar celebrate the Spring Festival in China every year. The Spring Festival in China is not a national holiday; However, China bosses often give their employees holidays during the Spring Festival.
Lao leaders attach great importance to the Spring Festival in China, and they participate in the Spring Festival celebrations in China. Once, Mr. Zhang Guilong, an entrepreneur from China, invited officials from China's embassy in Laos to attend their Spring Festival party. Several members of the Political Bureau of the Lao Party were also invited to attend, as was the chairman of the Lao Buddhist Federation.
Japan: The Spring Festival was once the biggest festival in Japan.
The Spring Festival used to be the biggest festival in Japan. Before the Spring Festival, every family decorated their houses with pines and cypresses. On New Year's Eve, the whole family kept vigil around the stove. At midnight, the temple rang the bell 108 and exchanged New Year greetings the next day.
However, during the Meiji period of 1873, Japan stopped using the lunar calendar and changed to the solar calendar, while abolishing the Spring Festival. Since then, the Japanese have adopted the Gregorian calendar 65438+ 10/(New Year's Day) as the legal New Year.
After switching to the new calendar, although most parts of Japan do not use the old calendar for the New Year, Okinawa Prefecture, Kagoshima Prefecture, Amami Islands and other areas still retain the complete customs of the old calendar. And as a cultural phenomenon, the Spring Festival can still be felt in Japan. People in China still celebrate the Spring Festival.
Brunei: When children pay New Year greetings during the Spring Festival, the host will give them "green bags".
The Spring Festival is a national holiday in Brunei.
During the Spring Festival in Brunei, the most distinctive activity is "opening the door to welcome guests". During the Spring Festival, people will open their doors and welcome their neighbors, relatives and friends to visit and greet each other. Local Malays also have the habit of taking their children out to celebrate the New Year. Generally, their owners will give them "lucky money", but the packaging of "lucky money" in Brunei is green, so it is called "green bag" instead of "red envelope".
Bhutan: The custom of Spring Festival is basically the same as that of Tibetans.
In Bhutan, the Spring Festival is a national holiday.
The Lunar New Year in Bhutan is called Losar (meaning "New Year" in Tibetan), and its date coincides with the Spring Festival in China. Bhutanese people's habit of celebrating the New Year is basically the same as that of Tibetans in China.
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