20 18 What festivals are there in February?

February is the second month of every year in the Gregorian calendar. In normal years, there are 28 days in February and 29 days in leap years. Historically, February has 30 days. So what festivals are there in February 2065438+2008? Let the old calendar introduce you.

World Wetlands Day, International Day

Gregorian calendar: Friday, February 2, 20 18.

Lunar calendar: 20 17 years1February 17 days.

197 1 On February 2, 2008, representatives from 18 countries signed the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat in Ramsar, a coastal town in southern Iran. In order to commemorate this pioneering work and raise the public's awareness of wetland protection, 1996 At its19th meeting, the Standing Committee of the Convention on Wetlands decided to designate February 2 of each year as World Wetlands Day from 1997.

Beginning of spring is one of the 24 solar terms.

Gregorian calendar: Sunday, February 4, 20 18.

Lunar calendar: 20 17 years1February 19 days.

Beginning of spring is the first solar term among the 24 solar terms, and it is also the beginning of the New Year and silver moon in the Ganzhi calendar. The time is between February 3 and 5 every year. The ancients divided the 15 days in beginning of spring into three periods: "the east wind melts at first, the insects begin to vibrate, and the fish lose ice."

Off-year, a traditional folk festival.

Gregorian calendar: Thursday, February 8, 20 18.

Lunar calendar: 20 17 years1February 23rd.

The 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, called off-year by the people, is a festival to worship the kitchen god. On the festival of offering sacrifices to stoves, people pay attention to eating jiaozi, which means "look down on the windward side of jiaozi". Eat more cakes and buckwheat noodles in mountainous areas. In southeastern Shanxi, there is a custom of eating fried corn. People stick the fried corn with maltose and freeze it into pieces, which tastes crisp and sweet. There is a saying in the folk proverb "Twenty-three, don't eat fried food, pour a pot for the New Year".

Valentine's day, a western festival.

Gregorian calendar: Wednesday, February 20 14 18.

Lunar calendar: 20 17 years1February 29th.

Valentine's Day is also called St. Valentine's Day or St. Valentine's Day, that is, February 14 every year, which is a traditional festival in the West. On this day, men and women exchange gifts, such as flowers and chocolates, to express their love or friendship. Now it has become a favorite festival for young people in Europe and America, and it has also become popular in other countries.

New Year's Eve, a traditional folk festival.

Gregorian calendar: Thursday, February 20 15 18.

Lunar calendar: 20 17 years1February 30th.

New Year's Eve, also known as New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve and so on. It is the last night of the twelfth lunar month (December) every year, which is often called New Year's Eve by the people. It is one of the most important traditional festivals in China, and it is also a traditional cultural festival popular in various countries in the Chinese character cultural circle, and it is also a traditional festival for overseas Chinese all over the world.

Spring Festival, a national holiday.

Gregorian calendar: February 16, 20 18, Friday.

Lunar calendar: 20 18, the first day of the first month.

The Spring Festival refers to the traditional Lunar New Year in the cultural circle of Chinese characters, commonly known as the "Chinese New Year Festival". Traditional names are New Year, New Year and New Year, but they are also called New Year verbally to celebrate New Year and New Year. People in China have celebrated the Spring Festival for more than 4,000 years. The Spring Festival is the most solemn traditional festival of the Chinese nation, and it is also called the four traditional festivals in China together with Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival.

In modern times, people set the Spring Festival on the first day of the first lunar month, but it generally doesn't end until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month (Shangyuan Festival). In the folk, the traditional Spring Festival refers to the sacrificial stove from La Worship or the 23rd or 24th of the twelfth lunar month to the 19th of the first month.

Rain, one of the 24 solar terms.

Gregorian calendar: February 19, Monday, 20 18.

Lunar calendar: 20 18, the fourth day of the first month.

Rain is the second of the 24 solar terms. It comes around the 15th day of the first month (February 18-20 in Gregorian calendar), and usually ends on March 4th or 5th, so the temperature rises, the snow melts and the precipitation increases, hence the name rain. Rain, like Grain Rain, light snow and heavy snow, is a solar term reflecting precipitation.