What festivals celebrate the harvest in China?

It is the biggest festival for the people of China, centering on family reunion, and integrating harvest celebration, ancestor worship, respecting the elderly and caring for the young, socializing and leisure.

★ New Year's Day

The word "Chinese New Year" is a "local product" in ancient China, not an exotic product. In ancient times, China had the custom of "Nian". "Year, the grain is ripe" is a festival for people to celebrate the harvest.

★ Laba-an ancient festival, offering sacrifices to ancestors, gods and harvest at the end of the year.

Traditional folk festivals in China. This is an ancient festival, offering sacrifices to ancestors, gods and harvest at the end of the year. The twelfth lunar month is usually held in the last month of each year, and it was fixed on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

There are customs such as eating red bean porridge and offering sacrifices to ancestors. Buddhist Laba porridge has also penetrated into Laba customs.

★ Mid-Autumn Festival-August and a half is a festive occasion for people to celebrate the harvest.

The Mid-Autumn Festival was originally a harvest festival.

Mid-Autumn Festival is a festival that combines human emotions with natural phenomena most closely, and it is also one of the traditional festivals with the richest display of national culture.

The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the worship of the moon in ancient times, but it was not on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, but on the autumnal equinox. Sacrificing the moon at the vernal equinox is the patent of the emperor's ruler, and celebrating the harvest in August and a half is a happy move for ordinary people. The two complement each other and grow in love over time.

Every Mid-Autumn Festival in August, the round moon evokes the poet's reverie, and the working people's appreciation of the moon is immersed in the joy of harvest, thus enriching the celebration content. In the Tang Dynasty, the upsurge of enjoying and playing with the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival was formed, and it was influenced by literati to the people. In the Song Dynasty, the worship and appreciation of the moon were unified, forming a folk festival with the content of ancestor worship and reunion at the full moon on August 15, which was officially named Mid-Autumn Festival, but there are still some folk names such as Mid-Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, August Festival and Daughter's Day.

The formation of Mid-Autumn Festival is a great creation of ancient people. After thousands of years of cultural accumulation, the folk customs of this festival are constantly enriched, and it has become a "reunion festival" integrating Yue Bai, enjoying the moon, celebrating the harvest, making great achievements in imperial examinations, praying for marriage and childbearing, close social contacts and family reunion. It occupies an extremely important position in the time life of China people, and it is the second largest traditional festival after the Spring Festival.

★ Guowang Festival-a festival for Tibetan people to celebrate the harvest.

Fruit Festival is popular in Tibetan agricultural areas in Tibet, Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan and Yunnan. There is no fixed date, and it is usually held when the crops are ripe. In the past, before the arrival of the season of "bird king"-geese flying south, Tibet had the custom of celebrating festivals.

In Tibetan, "Wang" means "Tian", "Guo" means "turn around" and literally means "turn around". The fruit festival is related to religious activities. In the past, this festival was to recite classics and turn over fields.

Fruit Festival has a history of about 1500 years, and the content of entertainment activities varies from place to place. Yak racing and Tibetan opera singing were held during the World Festival in Lhasa, while horse racing, archery and wrestling were the main activities in Shigatse and Gyangze.

★ "Naton" ("July Meeting")-a festival for the Tu people to celebrate the harvest.

"Nadun" means joke and joy in the local language, and it is a festival celebrated and harvested by the Tu people in Minhe County, Qinghai Province. Because Nathan's carnival began in July of the lunar calendar, it is also called the "July meeting".

The annual Naton is a group activity with various village communities as the main body. It takes nearly two months from the end of the wheat field in late summer to autumn, so some people call it "the longest carnival in the world".

Its origin has been shrouded in mystery since ancient times. There are many rumors about it in the local area.

The magical legend of Leiden's origin. According to legend, once upon a time there was a skilled Tujia carpenter, and the emperor also called him to build a palace. Three years later, a magnificent palace was built, and its grandeur was unprecedented. But the evil emperor ordered the carpenter to be killed in order to enjoy all the beautiful things in the world. The carpenter fled to his hometown overnight to organize villagers who had long been unbearable to be abused by the royal family to revolt and uprising. When the emperor heard the news, he sent a large number of troops to suppress it. The witty carpenter had a brainwave and immediately asked the villagers to beat gongs and drums, carry prepared battle flags, wave weapons that had been painted with dyes and shout "Great!" Walking towards the temple in the village. The emperor's army was puzzled, and the villagers told them, "We are celebrating this year's bumper harvest, jumping up and thanking God for his gift, so the army retreated. From then on, in memory of this witty carpenter. The annual Nathan's throttling was handed down, and then gradually formed the activity of celebrating the harvest now.

Lively Nathan naturally became a good opportunity to visit relatives and friends. Early in the morning, you can see men and women, old and young, dressed up, riding donkeys in cars and marching on the road in the country. For young men and women, Nathan provides a romantic party moment.

★ Opening Day-a traditional festival of Dai and other ethnic groups. At this time, the rice harvest is completed, so it is also a festival to celebrate the harvest.

Kaimen Festival is a traditional festival for the Dai people and other ethnic groups. It is held on1February 15 of the Dai calendar (about mid-September of the lunar calendar).

The opening day symbolizes that the rainy season has ended for three months, which means that the marriage taboo between men and women has been lifted since the closing day. From now on, young men and women can start free love and hold weddings.

On this day, young men and women dressed in costumes went to the Buddhist temple to worship Buddha, offering food, flowers, wax strips and coins. After the sacrifice, a grand cultural rally was held to celebrate the end of fasting since the closing day. The main contents include setting off sparks and rising, lighting lanterns, singing and dancing. Young people will also jump lanterns in the shape of birds, animals, fish and insects around the village. At this time, when the rice harvest is finished, it is also a festival to celebrate the harvest.

★ Mikulu Festival-Ewenki people celebrate the bumper harvest of animal husbandry.

Mikulu Festival "Mikulu", also known as "immunity", is a festival for Ewenki people to celebrate the bumper harvest of animal husbandry. The grassland in May is full of green grass and flowers.

People not only celebrate the bumper harvest, but also exchange production experience and buy bullets and gunpowder needed for hunting and production. All these can show that festivals come from production and serve production.

★ Guage Hall-a festival for the Yao people to celebrate the harvest.

Playing karaoke bars, also called Nongkaraoke bars by Yao people, is usually held after October 16th of the lunar calendar, when the autumn harvest has passed and it is relatively free. The karaoke bar is also a festival for the masses to celebrate the harvest.

The first thing to do is to sing a salute (spear) gun. As soon as the nine spears were released, people rushed to the karaoke bars with great interest. Then there is the karaoke room, which is the prelude to the performance. The karaoke team appeared in the karaoke room. Finally, there are all kinds of singing and dancing performance teams in bright costumes, such as Zhu Fan, Touts, Fenqiang, Horn, Gong, Dragon Ball, Ani, Shayao and Junior Team. At this time, gongs and drums were loud, colorful flags fluttered and the scene was spectacular.