Shang Yuan, Zhong Yuan and Xia Yuan in the Yellow Calendar

Shangyuan is the 15th day of the first month (Lantern Festival), Zhongyuan is July 15th (Zhongyuan Festival), and Xia Yuan is October 15th.

1, Lantern Festival Lantern Festival, also known as Shangyuan Festival, Xiaoyuan Festival, Yuanxi Festival or Lantern Festival, is the 15th day of the first lunar month every year and the last important festival in China Spring Festival custom. The first month is the first month of the lunar calendar. The ancients called "night" "the third watch", so the fifteenth day of the first full moon in a year was called the Lantern Festival.

2. The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the traditional festivals of the Han nationality. "Yuan" means beginning and beginning. The first month of the lunar calendar is the beginning of a year, so it is called January. Ancient astrologers took the second Jiazi as the "Central Plains", that is, the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month. This day is a day for the Han people to sacrifice their deceased relatives and remember their ancestors, and it is also one of the important "eight festivals".

3. Next Yuan Festival is one of the festivals in China. On October 15th of the lunar calendar, it is the birthday of Emperor Shui Guan. According to legend, on this day, Yu will go down to earth to help the people in Eritrea, and people will prepare incense sticks to worship the water official emperor for peace. Therefore, it is also called "Disaster Relief Day" and "Xiayuan Shuiguan Festival".

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1. The cultural value of Lantern Festival is that it is a national carnival, and everyone participates and enjoys it. The main activity of Lantern Festival is mass entertainment, but its social and cultural significance is not just entertainment. There are many religious activities on the fifteenth day of the first month, praying for the blessing of the gods. Lantern Festival, like Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, is a traditional festival in China.

2. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a day for folk ancestor worship and one of the traditional ghost festivals in China. Zhongyuan Festival is also one of the eight important festivals (Shangyuan Festival, Qingming Festival, Long Summer, Dragon Boat Festival, Zhongyuan Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Winter Solstice and New Year's Eve).

3. Lunar New Year is the day when the officials of the Water Department and the Emperor of Eri Valley change shifts. The Lunar New Year is also the last Mid-Autumn Festival in a year. At this full moon, people will carry out the most important ancestor worship activities. The next Yuan Festival is often to worship ancestors by the country, and China people should worship their most admirable ancestors on this day.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia _ Shangyuan Baidu encyclopedia _ Zhongyuan Baidu encyclopedia _ Xia Yuan