Who knows all the festivals in China?

February 65438, 2004-Valentine's Day

March 5th-Learn from Lei Feng.

March 8-International Women's Day

Arbor Day on March 65, 2002

March 15-International Consumer Day

March 23rd-International Meteorological Day

March 3 1- Safety Education Day

April 1 day-April Fool's Day

April 7th World Health Day

April 22-Earth Day

April 23rd-Shakespeare Day

May 1 Day-International Labor Day

Chinese Youth Day

May 8 World Red Cross Day

May 12-International Nurses' Day

May 15-International Family Day

May 16- National Day for Helping the Disabled

May 17-International Telecommunication Day

May 3 1 Day-World No Tobacco Day

June 1 Day-International Children's Day

June 5-International Environmental Protection Day

June 6-National Eye Protection Day

June 25th-National Land Day

June 26th International Anti-Drug Day

July1-the birthday of the Party and the return of Hong Kong.

July 7th-China People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression Memorial Day.

July 1 1- World Population Day

8 1- Army Day

September 8-International Tomb Sweeping Day; International Journalists' Solidarity Day

September 10- China Teachers' Day

September 20th-national love teeth day.

September 27th-world tourism day.

September 28th-International Day of the Deaf

65438+1October 4th-World Animal Day

65438+10.8-National Hypertension Day

65438+ 10 9-World Post Day

65438+1October 14- World Standards Day

65438+ 10/6-World Food Day

65438+124 October-United Nations Day

165438+1October 1- Halloween

165438+1October 2-All Souls' Day

165438+1October 17- International Student Day

65438+February 5-International Volunteer Day

65438+February 25th-Christmas Day

65438+February 25th-Christmas Gift Day

65438+1October 1- National Day

Easter-the first Sunday after the full moon on March 2 1 day (if there is no full moon on that day, it will be postponed until after the full moon).

Mother's Day-the second Sunday in May

Father's Day-the third Sunday in June.

Thanksgiving-165438+ the fourth Thursday in October.

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The first day of the first month-Spring Festival

The Spring Festival is the largest and most lively ancient traditional festival in China. Commonly known as "Chinese New Year". According to the China lunar calendar, the first day of the first month is the beginning of a year. Traditional celebrations last from New Year's Eve to the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month. Every New Year's Eve, every family gets together to have a New Year's Eve dinner, which is called "reunion dinner". In the meantime, I talked and laughed, and I was happy. Then we celebrate our old age together, catch up with the old and talk about the new, and congratulate and encourage each other. When the new year comes, firecrackers and fireworks push the festive atmosphere to a climax. In northern China, there is a custom of eating jiaozi at this time, which means "having sex when you are young". There is a habit of eating rice cakes in the south, which symbolizes a better life. Putting up Spring Festival couplets, beating gongs and drums, saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new are very lively. In addition, there are customs such as visiting each other to celebrate the New Year, dancing lions, playing dragon lanterns, performing social fires, visiting flower markets, and watching lantern festivals.

The fifteenth day of the first month-Lantern Festival

The 15th night of the first lunar month is the traditional Lantern Festival in China, also known as Shangyuan Festival and Lantern Festival. The Lantern Festival will be held on the fifteenth day of the first month, which will push the celebration on New Year's Eve to another climax. On the night of Lantern Festival, the streets are decorated with lanterns and people appreciate them. Solve riddles on the lanterns and eating Yuanxiao have become the customs of several generations.

The custom of enjoying lanterns on the Lantern Festival began in the Han Dynasty. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it developed into a grand lantern market. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the Kyoto lantern market often stretched for dozens of miles. The Lantern Festival was limited to the 11th night of the first month in Han Dynasty, extended to three nights in Tang Xuanzong, and lasted from the eighth day of the first month to the seventeenth day of the first month in Ming Dynasty. Acrobatics appeared in the Lantern Festival in the Tang Dynasty, and lantern riddles began to appear in the Song Dynasty. Opera performances were added in the Ming Dynasty. The colored lanterns used in the lantern market are also interpreted as orange lanterns, silk lanterns, colorful sheepskin lanterns, boneless wheat straw lanterns, lantern lanterns and Kongming lanterns. Lantern riddles, which began in the Southern Song Dynasty, are lively and interesting. After the development and creation of past dynasties, there are more than 100 crossword puzzles still in use, such as basic grid, swinging grid, rolling grid, white grid, Xu He grid and so on. Most of the formats are limited, the requirements are clever, and they are all clever.

The custom of eating Yuanxiao began in the Song Dynasty. It is intended to wish the whole family reunion, harmony and happiness in the new year. Yuanxiao is divided into solid and stuffing. There are five flavors: spicy, sweet, sour and salty. Can be boiled, fried, fried and steamed. Sweet-scented osmanthus wine makes Yuanxiao, five-flavor Yuanxiao made of meat stuffing, bean paste, sesame, sweet-scented osmanthus and nuts, and five-flavor Yuanxiao made of onion, mustard, garlic, leek and ginger have their own characteristics.

The second day of February-Zhonghe Festival

The fifth day of May-Dragon Boat Festival

The fifth day of the fifth lunar month is the traditional Dragon Boat Festival in China, also known as Duanyang, Chongwu and Dragon Boat Festival. As early as the Zhou Dynasty, there was a custom of "storing orchids and bathing on May 5th". But many activities of the Dragon Boat Festival today are related to the memory of Qu Yuan, a great writer in China. On this day, every household will eat zongzi, and dragon boat races will be held all over the south, all of which are related to mourning Qu Yuan. At the same time, the Dragon Boat Festival is also a "health festival" handed down from ancient times. On this day, people sweep the courtyard, hang branches of Artemisia argyi, hang calamus and sprinkle realgar wine to remove rot, sterilize and prevent diseases. These activities also reflect the fine traditions of our nation.

The seventh day of July-Chinese Valentine's Day

The Milky Way, composed of countless stars, spans the night sky like the Milky Way. People say it separates the enthusiastic cowherd from the weaver girl. Only on the seventh day of July every year can the magpies in the world build a magpie bridge and meet each other. This wonderful legend began in the Han dynasty and has been handed down from generation to generation for more than 1000 years. On this day, people have the custom of asking the Weaver Girl for help. It's usually a game to see who is more scheming. Therefore, Tanabata is also called Beggar's Day or Daughter's Day. Every Tanabata is coming, Petunia and Weaver will stay through the night until the sun rises. Therefore, it is also called the meeting of dead couples. On this night, there is also the custom of watching the Tianhe River and praying for a bumper harvest. In some places, there will also be a "Young Crop Conference".

August 15-Mid-Autumn Festival

August 15th of the lunar calendar is the middle of autumn, so it is called Mid-Autumn Festival. On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, in addition to enjoying the moon, offering sacrifices to the moon and eating moon cakes, there are activities such as dancing grass dragons and building stupas in some places. In addition to moon cakes, all kinds of seasonal fresh fruits and dried fruits are also delicious in the Mid-Autumn Festival. This night, people look up at the bright moon as jade, and naturally look forward to family reunion. Wanderers who are far away from home also take this opportunity to pin their thoughts on their relatives in their hometown. Therefore, Mid-Autumn Festival is also called "Reunion Festival".

The ninth day of September-Double Ninth Festival

Autumn is refreshing and sweet-scented osmanthus is fragrant. The activities of the Double Ninth Festival on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month are extremely rich, including climbing mountains, enjoying chrysanthemums, drinking chrysanthemum wine, eating double ninth cake and inserting dogwood. The Double Ninth Festival is also the "Festival for the Elderly". On this day, the old people either admire chrysanthemums to cultivate their sentiments or climb mountains to exercise, adding infinite fun to the evening scenery in Sang Yu.

The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month-Laba Festival

Laba Festival is a Buddhist festival. This day is the day when Sakyamuni became a Buddha, also known as the "Taoist Festival". The most important activity on this day is to eat Laba porridge. The earliest Laba porridge only added adzuki beans to rice porridge, and later it evolved into a very complicated and exquisite one. The main ingredients are dozens of kinds such as white rice, yellow rice, glutinous rice, millet and water chestnut rice. , as well as walnuts, almonds, melon seeds, peanuts, pine nuts, raisins, longan, lilies, lotus seeds and so on. The fragrance floated for miles. In addition to Laba porridge, there are Laba noodles, Laba garlic and other flavor foods. They can not only nourish the body, but also be a form of festival harvest, which opens the prelude of the Spring Festival.