What are the western festivals?

The most important festival in western countries is equivalent to the Spring Festival in China.

Origin: To commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ.

Custom: Santa Claus, Christmas tree, Christmas party

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At the beginning of a year, status is irreplaceable.

Custom: New Year's Eve party

3 Valentine's Day? 65438 February 2004

Festivals for young people are becoming more and more popular.

Custom: give gifts to each other

4 Easter? The first Sunday after the full moon at the vernal equinox.

Traditional festivals in the west are celebrated in countries that believe in Christ.

Source: Commemorating the Resurrection of Jesus

Custom: Festival eggs

⑤ Halloween? 1 65438+1October1

Also known as pumpkin festival, June 3 1 is actually Halloween.

Custom: pumpkin lantern, masquerade ball.

6 Thanksgiving? /kloc-the fourth Thursday of 0/0.

Thanks to God, the harvest is an important festival in western countries, which is very lively.

Custom: Eat turkey and go shopping.

What are the important traditional festivals in China?

① Spring Festival

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". The traditional names are New Year, New Year and New Year, but they are also verbally called New Year, Celebrating New Year and New Year. This is the most solemn traditional festival of the Chinese nation. The Spring Festival originated from the activities of offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors in the beginning and end of the Shang Dynasty. It is the biggest, most lively and most important ancient traditional festival in China. In China, the traditional Spring Festival refers to the sacrificial ceremony from the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month or the 23rd or 24th of the twelfth lunar month to the 15th of the first lunar month in La Worship, with New Year's Eve and the first day of the first lunar month as the climax. ?

② Lantern Festival

Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, also known as "Shangyuan Festival", is one of the traditional festivals of Han nationality and some brotherly nationalities in China, which existed more than 2,000 years ago in the Qin Dynasty. Emperor Wen of Han ordered the fifteenth day of the first month to be the Lantern Festival. Buddhism was introduced in the Eastern Han Dynasty. In order to expand its local influence, traditional culture attaches the Lantern Festival as an auspicious day and participates in Buddhism. The practice of Yuanxiao is mainly stuffing. The general process is to mix the stuffing, stir it evenly, spread it into large round pieces, cool it and cut it into cubes smaller than table tennis.

③ Tomb-Sweeping Day.

Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as the Walking Festival, is one of the traditional festivals and one of the most important sacrificial festivals in China. It is at the turn of mid-spring and late spring, that is, the first 108 day after the winter solstice. This is the day to worship ancestors and sweep graves. The traditional Tomb-Sweeping Day of the Han nationality in China began in the Zhou Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,500 years. Influenced by the Han culture, 24 ethnic minorities in China, such as Manchu, Hezhe, Zhuang, Oroqen, Dong, Tujia, Miao, Yao, Li, Shui, Jing and Qiang, also have the customs of Tomb-Sweeping Day.

④ Dragon Boat Festival

Dragon Boat Festival is the fifth day of the fifth lunar month every year. According to the Chronicle of Jingchu, it is midsummer when the sun is on the mountain and it is midsummer in May. Its first afternoon is a sunny day to climb mountains in the sun, so the fifth day of May is also called "Duanyang Festival". In addition, the Dragon Boat Festival is also called "Noon Festival, May Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Bathing Orchid Festival". Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional cultural festival popular in China and other countries in the Chinese character cultural circle. Dragon Boat Festival originated in China, and was originally a totem festival held by tribes who worshipped dragon totem in Baiyue area (the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the south area) in ancient times.

⑤ Mid-Autumn Festival

Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Moon Festival, Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, August Festival, Moon Chasing Festival, Moon Appreciating Festival, Daughter's Day or Reunion Festival, is a popular traditional cultural festival in many ethnic groups and countries in the Chinese character cultural circle in China, and falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month. Because its value is only half that of Sanqiu, it is named, and some places set the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 16. The Mid-Autumn Festival began in the early years of the Tang Dynasty and prevailed in the Song Dynasty. By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it had become one of the major festivals in China, which was as famous as the Spring Festival.