Answer:In the Chinese New Year, when it comes to the connotation of traditional culture, the most fundamental thing is sacrifice. It is necessary to offer sacrifices to both ancestors and heaven and earth during the Spring Festival. Sacrificing ancestors represents not forgetting their kindness; Sacrificing heaven and earth represents the awe of heaven and earth.
In the south of China, there is almost one family name in every village. Up to more than ten generations ago, there was a common ancestor. Every village has its ancestral temple. The Spring Festival ancestral temple is the busiest place in the village. From the big night to the first day of the first lunar month the next day, the sound of firecrackers in the ancestral temple was heard all the time. Before the New Year's Eve dinner, the heads of each household should carry a large tray with offerings: pork, fish, rice, and people who slaughtered New Year's pigs before the New Year will also offer a pig's head and tail on a large plate as offerings. My hometown has called pig's head Shenfu, which means offerings for ancestor worship. In addition to the offerings, the ones taken to the ancestral hall are firecrackers and incense. When you arrive at the Ancestral Hall, set off firecrackers first. Do you want to tell your ancestors that I am here? The next process is to worship heaven and earth first, and then ancestors. After these sacrificial activities are completed, we can go home for New Year's Eve dinner.
Since midnight, a village has been seething again. Every family has opened the door and set off firecrackers to welcome the coming of the new year. In the early morning of the first day of the first month, everyone rushed to the Ancestral Hall with offerings, firecrackers and incense before breakfast. The ceremony was similar to last night, but the offerings were replaced with rice cakes or rice cakes. Another thing is different from last night. After each head of household completed his own discussion, he waited in the ancestral hall. When all the men in the village arrived, a collective ceremony was held. The elders in the village were the master of ceremonies to perform collective worship. The master of ceremonies read a message first, and then ordered everyone to worship heaven and earth first and then ancestors. After the ceremony is completed, everyone will come to visit the New Year.
It is said that the Chinese people have no religious belief and are not all right. "Nian" reflects the Chinese people's ancestor worship and reverence for heaven and earth. Years are not only lively, but also not only inheritance. It reflects the ancestor worship of Chinese people and their reverence for heaven and earth, which is devout. Ancestors represent families and families, so we Chinese have concerns and fetters in our hearts no matter where we are - this is home.