What festivals are there in China?

There are many traditional festivals in China, with rich forms and diverse contents, which are part of the long history and culture of the Chinese nation. The formation process of traditional festivals is a long-term accumulation and cohesion process of a nation or country's history and culture. Let's take a look at the traditional festivals in China.

1. Spring Festival: Spring Festival is the grandest 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". Then, they celebrate the New Year together, catch up, congratulate and encourage each other.

2. 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. On the fifteenth day of the first month, the Lantern Festival is celebrated and the streets are decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations. People appreciate lanterns, solve riddles on lanterns and eat Yuanxiao, which has been a custom for generations.

Tomb-Sweeping Day: Tomb-Sweeping Day is not only one of the 24 solar terms, but also a traditional festival with a long history. The day before Tomb-Sweeping Day was called Cold Food Festival, which was set up to commemorate the introduction of the State of Jin in the Spring and Autumn Period. During the Qingming cold food period, there are customs such as forbidding fire and cold food, worshipping ancestors and sweeping graves, and going out for an outing, as well as traditional activities such as swinging, flying kites, tug-of-war, cockfighting, crossing willows, mowing grass and playing ball games.

4. 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.