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Culture Insider: Traditional Spring Festival customs

(Chinaculture.org) Updated: 2017-01-22
Culture Insider: Traditional Spring Festival customs

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Day 29 of the 12th month

On the 29th day of the 12th lunar month people visit the graves of their ancestors to honor their memory. It is said Spring Festival originated in the Shang Dynasty (c. 1600 BC-c. 1100 BC) from the people's sacrifice to gods and ancestors at the end of an old year and the start of a new one.

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