List of traditional festivals in China

List of traditional festivals in China: New Year's Eve (New Year's Eve), Spring Festival (the first day of the first month), Lantern Festival (the fifteenth day of the first month), Tomb-Sweeping Day (April 5), Dragon Boat Festival (the fifth day of the fifth lunar month), Qixi Festival (the seventh day of the seventh lunar month), Mid-Autumn Festival (the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month), Double Ninth Festival (the ninth day of the ninth lunar month) and Laba Festival (the eighth day of the eighth lunar month).

1, New Year's Eve (New Year's Eve)

Also known as New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve and so on. , refers to the last night of the twelfth lunar month (December) every year, there are customs such as eating New Year's Eve, posting Spring Festival couplets and giving lucky money.

2. Spring Festival (the first day of the first month)

That is, the Lunar New Year, commonly known as the "Chinese New Year Festival". China people have celebrated the Spring Festival for more than 4,000 years. The Spring Festival is the most solemn festival of the Chinese nation, and there are customs such as greeting the New Year and setting off firecrackers.

3. Lantern Festival (15th day of the first month)

Also known as Shangyuan Festival, Xiaoyuanyuan Festival, Yuanxi Festival or Lantern Festival, it is the first important festival after the Spring Festival. There are customs such as eating Yuanxiao, playing lanterns and solving riddles on lanterns.

4. Tomb-Sweeping Day (April 5)

Also known as outing festival, outing festival, March festival, ancestor worship festival, etc. This festival is at the turn of mid-spring and late spring. Tomb-Sweeping Day originated from ancient ancestral beliefs and customs of worshipping spring, which has both natural and humanistic connotations.

5. Dragon Boat Festival (the fifth day of the fifth lunar month)

Also known as Duanyang Festival and Dragon Boat Festival, it is popular in China and other countries in the cultural circle of Chinese characters, and there are customs such as rowing dragon boats and eating zongzi. In September 2009, UNESCO officially approved China Dragon Boat Festival to be included in the world intangible cultural heritage, becoming the first festival in China to be included in the world intangible cultural heritage.

6. China Valentine's Day (the seventh day of the seventh lunar month)

Also known as Qiqiao Day, Seven Sisters Day, Daughter's Day, Qiqiao Day, Seven Mothers' Meeting, Qiaoxi, Niuniu Festival and Double Seven Days, it is a traditional folk festival in China and Seven Sisters's birthday in the traditional sense. Because the sacrificial ceremony was held on the seventh day of July, it was named Tanabata.

7. Mid-Autumn Festival (August 15th of the lunar calendar)

Also known as Mid-Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Moon Worship Festival and Reunion Festival, it is a traditional folk festival in China. The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the worship of celestial phenomena and evolved from the worship of the autumn moon in ancient times. Since ancient times, Mid-Autumn Festival has had folk customs such as offering sacrifices to the moon, enjoying the moon, eating moon cakes, playing with lanterns, enjoying osmanthus and drinking osmanthus wine, which have been circulating for a long time.

8. Double Ninth Festival (the ninth day of the ninth lunar month)

The ninth day of the ninth lunar month is a traditional folk festival in China. Chongyang ancestor worship has lasted for thousands of years and is an ancient folk custom with far-reaching significance. In the historical development and evolution, the Double Ninth Festival is a mixture of various folk customs, bearing rich cultural connotations.

9. Laba Festival (the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month)

This festival is held on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month and is mainly popular in northern China. The custom of this festival is "drinking Laba porridge". Laba is one of the grand festivals in Buddhism, and it is also the day when Buddha Sakyamuni became a monk and became a Taoist, also known as "magic weapon festival", "Buddhist and Taoist festival" and "Taoist meeting".