Seven traditional festivals in China.

Seven traditional festivals in China: Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Chinese Valentine's Day, Mid-Autumn Festival and Double Ninth Festival.

1, celebrate the Spring Festival with the whole world-Spring Festival

The first festival of the Chinese nation is the first day of the first lunar month. The Spring Festival is the end of the cold winter. When the spring sun sprouted, its source can be traced back to ancient La Worship. It is said that it was originally a year-end ritual custom of "offering sacrifices to ghosts and gods" and "gathering all things for fun" in Shennong era. Thanks to the gods, I pray for a good weather and a good harvest in the coming year.

2, the city that never sleeps-Lantern Festival

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Yuanxiao means the first full moon night of the year, also known as "Shangyuan Festival". Lantern Festival originated in the Han Dynasty, which has a lot to do with religious culture.

The custom of lighting lanterns in Lantern Festival originated from the "three elements" theory of Taoism. The fifteenth day of the first month is Shangyuan Festival, the fifteenth day of July is Zhongyuan Festival, and the fifteenth day of October is Xiayuan Festival. The three houses in charge of the three elements are heaven, earth and people, so the Lantern Festival is joyful.

3, cold food Dongfeng Yuliu-Qingming

April 5 in the solar calendar. Tomb-Sweeping Day is the only folk festival with solar terms and festivals, mainly referring to natural solar terms, which later became an important festival for ancestor worship. It really became a folk festival after the Tang and Song Dynasties. Sacrificing ancestors and sweeping graves is the focus of Tomb-Sweeping Day. Later, it evolved from a simple ritual activity to a spring outing, and swinging and flying kites also became entertainment programs. The day before in Tomb-Sweeping Day is the Cold Food Festival, and it is the custom to eat cold food.

4. Aifupu's wine is flat-Dragon Boat Festival

The fifth day of the fifth lunar month. As the name of the festival on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, it began in Wei and Jin Dynasties. There are many sayings about its origin, and the most popular one is to commemorate Qu Yuan. Dragon boat racing, eating zongzi and hanging mugwort leaves are the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival.

5, begging for human intelligence every year-Qixi.

The seventh day of the seventh lunar month is Valentine's Day in ancient China. Some people also call it "Jojo Festival" or "Daughter's Day". Jojo on Qixi originated in the Han Dynasty. Valentine's Day in China is always associated with the legend of Cowherd and Weaver Girl. Needle piercing is one of the programs for primary and middle school girls on Qixi, which is said to have been popular in Han Dynasty. It is a folk custom to sit and watch cowherd and weaver girl on Tanabata.

6. The moon in Mid-Autumn Festival is particularly bright-Mid-Autumn Festival.

The fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month is the second largest traditional festival after the Spring Festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival in China is based on the ancient autumnal equinox and the worship of the moon god, and finally fixed on August 15 every year. In ancient times, there was a custom of "autumn twilight and moonlight".

7. Enjoy chrysanthemums with wine and miss your loved ones-Chongyang

The ninth day of the ninth lunar month. The wish of Chongyang lies in the Book of Changes. It is an ancient folk custom to climb again that day, so the Double Ninth Festival is also called "Climbing Festival", which was formally established in the Tang Dynasty. The custom of the Double Ninth Festival includes sightseeing, climbing and overlooking, viewing chrysanthemums, planting dogwood all over, eating double ninth cake and drinking chrysanthemum wine. Now China has designated the ninth day of September as the Day of Respect for the Elderly.