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What are the traditional festivals?

Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Dragon Head Up, Social Day, Shangsi Festival, Cold Food Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival, China Valentine's Day, Central Plains Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth Festival, Xiayuan Festival, Winter Solstice Festival and New Year's Eve Festival. These festivals are Spring Festival (the first day of the first lunar month), Lantern Festival (the fifteenth day of the first lunar month), Tomb-Sweeping Day (around April 5 of the Gregorian calendar), Dragon Boat Festival (the fifth day of the fifth lunar month), China Valentine's Day (the seventh day of the seventh lunar month), Mid-Autumn Festival (the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month) and Double Ninth Festival (the ninth lunar month). The Spring Festival, commonly known as the "Mid-year Festival", is traditionally called New Year, New Year and New Year, but it is also called "New Year" and "New Year" verbally, which 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. Lantern Festival, also known as Shangyuan Festival and Lantern Festival, is the first important festival after the Spring Festival. According to legend, Emperor Wendi (179- 157) celebrated Zhou Bo's suppression of Zhu Lu rebellion on the 15th day of the first month. Every night, he goes to the palace to play with people. In ancient times, night was the same as night, and the first month was also called January. Emperor Wen of Han designated the fifteenth day of the first month as the Lantern Festival. Dragon Head Rise (the second day of the second lunar month), also known as Spring Farming Festival, Farming Festival, Qinglong Festival and Spring Dragon Festival, is a traditional folk festival in China. "Dragon" refers to the astrology of the oriental black dragon in seven of the twenty-eight lodges. At the beginning of mid-spring every year, the "Dragon Horn Star" rises from the eastern horizon, so it is called "Dragon Head Up". The dragon looked up at the beginning of mid-spring, and the five elements of "Mao" belonged to wood, and the divination was "earthquake"; In "92", it means that the dragon has escaped from the latent state and has appeared on the surface of the earth, emerging as a budding elephant. In farming culture, "the dragon looks up" means that the sun is shining, the rain is increasing, everything is full of vitality, and spring ploughing begins. Since ancient times, people have also regarded the Dragon Rise Day as a day to pray for good weather, ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters, and accept good luck. Social Day Festival, also known as Land Birthday, is an ancient traditional festival in China. Social days are divided into spring parties and autumn parties. In ancient times, the festival of social day was determined according to the calendar of cadres and branches. Later, due to the change of calendar, festivals were decided by the lunar calendar. The Spring Festival will be calculated on the fifth day after beginning of spring, usually around the second day of February in the lunar calendar, and the Autumn Festival will be calculated on the fifth day after beginning of autumn, about August in the lunar calendar. In ancient times, the land gods and the places where they were sacrificed were called "clubs". According to the folk custom of our country, every time sowing or harvesting season, farmers should set up a social sacrifice, pray or reward the land god. Shangsi Festival, commonly known as March 3rd, is a traditional festival of the Han nationality. Before the Han dynasty, it was designated as the first day of March, and later as the third day of March in the summer calendar. Shangsi Festival is the most important festival in ancient times. People go to the water to take a bath together, which is called "praise" Since then, sacrificial banquets, meandering water and outings have been added. In ancient times, "dry branches" were used as the Japanese standard, and the first day of early March was called "Shangsi". The word "Shangsi" first appeared in the documents of the early Han Dynasty. Zheng Xuan noted in "Zhou Li": "Except for the old, this is like water in March." After Wei and Jin Dynasties, the festival of Shangsi Festival was changed to the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, so it was also called "Chongsan" or "March 3". The Cold Food Festival is a traditional festival in China, after the summer solstice and one or two days before Tomb-Sweeping Day. When the first day of the day is a holiday, smoking is forbidden and only cold food is eaten. In the development of later generations, the customs of sweeping, climbing, swinging, cuju, crochet and cockfighting were gradually increased. Cold Food Festival is the only traditional festival of Han nationality named after food customs. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Zhong Er, the son of the State of Jin, lived in exile in a foreign country for 19 years in order to avoid disaster. Minister Jiexiu is consistent and never gives up. Even "stock trading." Zhong Er tried to become a famous gentleman "Jin Wengong". But meson tui didn't want to make a fortune, so he lived in seclusion with his mother in Mianshan. Jin Wengong ordered the release of Yamakaji to force him out of the mountain, but meson was determined not to go out of the mountain and eventually died in a fire. Jin Wengong remembered his loyalty, buried him in Mianshan, built a shrine and a temple, and ordered the prohibition of cold food on the day of Jiexiu to express his grief. This is the origin of the "Cold Food Festival". Tomb-Sweeping Day began in the Zhou Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,500 years. Tomb-Sweeping Day is first of all a very important solar term. As soon as Tomb-Sweeping Day arrives, the temperature rises, which is a good season for spring ploughing and planting. Therefore, there is a proverb "Before and after Qingming Festival, plant melons and beans". Later, as Tomb-Sweeping Day and the Cold Food Festival approached, and the Cold Food Festival was a day when people were forbidden to burn graves, gradually, the Cold Food Festival and Tomb-Sweeping Day became one. The Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month is an important traditional festival of the Chinese nation. Dragon Boat Festival was originally a festival to drive away plague and dragon boat festival in summer. This is a sacrifice to the dragon by the ancients, and it is also said in memory of Wu Zixu, Cao E and Jiezitui. Later, on this day, the great patriotic poet Qu Yuan committed suicide by the river, so people took the Dragon Boat Festival as a day to commemorate Qu Yuan. The seventh day of the seventh lunar month is a traditional festival in China. Tanabata, also known as Chinese Valentine's Day, Beggar's Day, Women's Day, Daughter's Day, Xiangqiao Festival and Qiaojie Festival, originated from the legend that "Cowherd and Weaver Girl Meet at the Queqiao Bridge". Legend has it that the seventh daughter of the Jade Emperor, the Weaver Girl, is full of energy, smart and good at weaving, which is enviable. Therefore, women in the world worship her and pray for wisdom, dexterity and happiness. Therefore, there is a "trick-or-treat" activity on the seventh day of July every year, forming a trick-or-treat festival. Mid-Autumn Festival, alias July 30th and July 14th, includes ancestor worship, Arahara Festival and local officials' day, mainly including ancestor worship, setting off river lanterns, worshipping the dead, burning paper ingots and offering sacrifices to the land. "Mid-Autumn Festival" is the name of Taoism, which is called "July 30th" (or "July 14th") in folklore. Its appearance can be traced back to ancestor worship and related festivals in ancient times. Festivals are related to the cycle of yin and yang in ancient culture. In the Book of Changes, "seven" is a changing number and a resurrected number. July is auspicious month and filial month, and July 30 is a festival for people to celebrate the harvest and repay the earth in early autumn. Some crops are ripe, so people need to worship their ancestors and report Qiu Cheng to them with new rice and other sacrifices. This festival is a traditional cultural festival to remember the ancestors, and its cultural core is to respect the ancestors and do filial piety. Mid-Autumn Festival evolved from the worship of the moon in ancient times. The ancient calendar divided each season into three months, namely, Meng Yue, Mid-Autumn Festival and Yue Ji. August in the lunar calendar is the second month of autumn, so it is called "Mid-Autumn Festival", while August 15th in the lunar calendar is just half of autumn, so it is called "Mid-Autumn Festival". At first, this day was designated as a festival for ancient emperors to sacrifice to the moon, and later it gradually evolved into the Mid-Autumn Festival. The most important customs are enjoying the moon and eating moon cakes. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month is the traditional festival of the Chinese nation-Double Ninth Festival, also known as "Old People's Day". Because the Book of Changes defines "six" as a negative number and "nine" as a positive number, on September 9, two and nine are the most important, so it is called Chongyang, also known as Chongyang. Today is the Double Ninth Festival, the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. The Lunar New Year Festival is a traditional festival in China. It is also called "the Lunar New Year Festival" and "the Lunar New Year Festival" on October 15th. It is one of the traditional folk festivals in China. On the fifteenth day of the first month, China called Shangyuan Festival to celebrate Yuanxiao, which has existed since ancient times. On July 15, China called the Mid-Autumn Festival a festival to worship ancestors. 1October15th, China called the next yuan festival the ancestor worship festival. The origin of the next Yuan Festival is related to Taoism. Taoism has three officials: heaven official, earth official and water official, which means that nine officials in the upper Yuan Dynasty blessed heaven official, seven officials in the middle Yuan Dynasty pardoned sin, and the five senses in the lower Yuan Dynasty relieved water official. The birth dates of the three officials are the fifteenth day of the first lunar month when God blessed the people, the fifteenth day when the local officials forgave sins, and the fifteenth day when the water officials forgave sins. These three days are called Shangyuan Festival, Zhongyuan Festival and Xiayuan Festival. The next Yuan Festival is the day when officials of the Ministry of Water Affairs and the Emperor of Urugu released Urugu, commonly known as the next Yuan Day. The winter solstice (Gregorian calendar1February 2 1 day or 22nd) is the beginning of September of the lunar calendar. The ancients believed that it was an auspicious day for the winter solstice to lengthen the day and raise the sun's spirit. Therefore, it is worth celebrating. Emperors in the Ming and Qing Dynasties had ceremonies to worship heaven, which was called "the suburb from winter to the sun". New Year's Eve is the last night at the end of the year. The last day of the end of the year is called "year's minute", which means that the old year is divided and replaced by the new year. In addition, it means to remove; Night means night. "New Year's Eve" refers to the eve of New Year, also known as New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve and so on. This is the last night of the year. New Year's Eve is a time to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, to reunite the whole family and to worship the ancestors. Tomb-Sweeping Day, July 30th and Double Ninth Festival are traditional festivals in China to offer sacrifices to ancestors. New Year's Eve has a special meaning in the hearts of China people. On the most important day at the end of this year, no matter how far away, the wanderers have to rush home to reunite with their families, say goodbye to the old year with firecrackers and set off fireworks everywhere to welcome the new year. Among the 24 solar terms, some are both natural solar terms and traditional festivals, such as Tomb-Sweeping Day and the winter solstice, which have both natural and humanistic connotations. In addition, the ethnic minorities in China have their own traditional festivals, such as the Water-splashing Festival of the Dai nationality, the Nadam Festival of the Mongolian nationality, the Torch Festival of the Yi nationality, the Danu Festival of the Yao nationality, the March Festival of the Bai nationality, the Gexu Festival of the Zhuang nationality, the Tibetan calendar year and the Guowang Festival, and the jump flower festival of the Miao nationality.