What festivals are there in China in the second half of the year?

There are five festivals in the second half of China: Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, China Valentine's Day, National Day and Winter Solstice.

1, Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanyang Festival, Chongwu Festival, Noon Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Zhengyang Festival, Yulan Festival and Tianzhong Festival, is a traditional folk festival in China. Dragon Boat Festival originated from the worship of astronomical phenomena and evolved from the ancient dragon totem sacrifice.

Midsummer Dragon Boat Festival, when the black dragon rises to the south of the sky for seven nights, is the day of the dragonfly, that is to say, the fifth section of the Book of Changes is "the dragon is in the sky". At this time, Longxing is both "middle" and "middle", which is bound to win, and Enshi is also the aspiration of the people.

The origin of the Dragon Boat Festival covers the ancient astrological culture, humanistic philosophy and other aspects, and contains profound and rich cultural connotations. The Dragon Boat Festival combines a variety of folk customs in its inheritance and development, and the festival customs are rich in content. Picking dragon boats and eating zongzi are the two major themes of the Dragon Boat Festival, which have been handed down in China since ancient times and have never stopped.

2. Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Moon Festival, Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, August Festival, Moon Chasing Festival, Moon Appreciating Festival, Daughter's Day or Reunion Festival, is a popular traditional cultural festival among many ethnic groups and countries in China Chinese character cultural circle, which falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month. Because its value is only half that of Sanqiu, it is named, and some places set the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 16. ?

The Mid-Autumn Festival began in the early years of the Tang Dynasty and prevailed in the Song Dynasty. By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it had become one of the traditional festivals in China, which was as famous as the Spring Festival. Influenced by China culture, Mid-Autumn Festival is also a traditional festival for overseas Chinese in some countries in East and Southeast Asia, especially local Chinese. Since 2008, Mid-Autumn Festival has been listed as a national statutory holiday. On May 20th, 2006, it was listed in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage by the State Council.

Since the Mid-Autumn Festival, there have been customs such as offering sacrifices to the moon, enjoying the moon, eating Yue Bai, enjoying osmanthus flowers and drinking osmanthus wine, which have been passed down to this day and last forever. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a colorful and precious cultural heritage. The full moon is a symbol of people's reunion, a sustenance for missing their hometown and relatives, and hopes for a bumper harvest and happiness. Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Spring Festival and Tomb-Sweeping Day are also called the four traditional festivals in China.

3. China Valentine's Day, also known as Qiaoqi Festival, Qiaoqi Festival, Qixi Festival and Seven Sisters's birthday, is a comprehensive festival with love as the theme, women as the main body and the folk custom of "Cowherd and Weaver Girl" as the carrier.

The "Cowherd and Weaver Girl" on Tanabata originated from people's worship of natural phenomena. In ancient times, planetariums were associated with geographical areas. This correspondence is called "dividing stars" in astronomy and "dividing fields" in geography.

The records of the geographical divisions corresponding to the cowherd and the weaver girl are found in "Geography of Han Dynasty": "Guangdong, Petunia and Five Girls are also divided". Through historical development, the astronomical astrology of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl has been endowed with beautiful anthropomorphic legends, and rich humanistic connotations such as folk love for the girl and the Weaver Girl seeking wisdom and praying for blessings.

Tanabata is a festival symbolizing love, because it is endowed with the connotation related to love. It is considered as the most romantic traditional festival and day in China, and it also has the cultural meaning of "Valentine's Day in China" in contemporary times.

4. National Day is a national statutory holiday to commemorate the country itself.

They are usually the independence of this country, the signing of the constitution, the birthday of the head of state or other significant anniversaries; Some are saints' day, the patron saint of this country.

Although most countries have similar anniversaries, due to complicated political relations, this festival in some countries cannot be called National Day. For example, the United States only has independence day and no national day, but the two have the same meaning.

In ancient China, the emperor's accession to the throne and birthday were called "National Day".

Today, China National Day refers to the anniversary of the official establishment of People's Republic of China (PRC). 10 1.

5. Winter solstice, commonly known as "Winter Festival", "Dragon Festival" or "Asian Year". The solstice in winter has both natural and humanistic connotations. It is not only an important solar term among the 24 solar terms, but also a traditional festival of the Chinese nation.

The solstice in winter is considered as a big holiday in winter. In ancient times, there was a saying that the solstice in winter was as big as a year, also called "off-year". When the winter solstice comes, the New Year is just around the corner, so the ancients thought that the winter solstice was as important as the New Year.

In ancient times, people wandering in other places had to go home for the winter festival at this time, which was called "having a home at the end of the year". In some coastal areas in southern China, the traditional custom of worshipping ancestors from the winter solstice is still continuing. In some areas of northern China, it is a custom to eat jiaozi every winter solstice.

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Baidu Encyclopedia-China Festival