What are the customs of traditional festivals?

Traditional festivals in China include Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Dragon Head Rise, Shangsi Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival, China Valentine's Day, July 30th, Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth Festival, Winter Solstice Festival and New Year's Eve.

1 inventory of traditional festivals in China

The traditional festivals in China mainly include Spring Festival (the first day of the first month), Lantern Festival (the fifteenth day of the first month), Dragon Head Rise (the second day of February), Shangsi Festival (the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar), Tomb-Sweeping Day (the fifth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar), Dragon Boat Festival (the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar), Valentine's Day (the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar), July half (the fourteenth and fifteenth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar) and Mid-Autumn Festival (the lunar

In addition: some of the 24 solar terms are both solar terms and festivals. Such as Tomb-Sweeping Day and winter solstice, these festivals have both natural and humanistic connotations, which are both natural solar terms and traditional festivals. 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 Street of the Bai nationality, the Gewei of the Zhuang nationality, the Tibetan calendar year and the Guowang Festival, and the jump flower festival of the Miao nationality.

What are the customs of traditional festivals?

the Spring Festival; Chinese New Year

Spring Festival is a very important festival in China, which lasts from the first day of the first month to the fifteenth day of the first month. The Spring Festival has a good meaning since ancient times. We think the Spring Festival is a new beginning and a new year, so it is the first day of the first month. In ancient times, the New Year was not the first day of the first month, but the beginning of spring among the four solar terms.

Han people attach great importance to the Spring Festival. During the Spring Festival, we will post Spring Festival couplets, set off firecrackers, eat jiaozi, watch snuff, give out red envelopes, visit relatives and so on. Many ethnic minorities also celebrate the Spring Festival, but in different forms.

Dragon Head Raising Day (Dragon Head Raising Festival)

On February 2nd, it is a meaningful traditional festival to raise the head of the dragon. It is named after the dragon, which means that it is hoped that the weather will be good and the crops will grow well in the coming year. It is also called the Qinglong Festival. The main purpose is that they hope the dragon can bless them in the sky, so on February 2, they will set up rollers, thinking that the rollers are the embodiment of the dragon and a kind of respect for the dragon.

There is also a custom that we are very familiar with, that is, "you can't shave your head in the first month, and you will die if you shave your head." Therefore, many people will choose to shave their heads on February 2, which means shaving the faucet for good luck. In fact, it is a myth to shave your head and kill your uncle in the first month. In order to commemorate the Ming people, the Qing people did not want to shave their heads, which was a sign of nostalgia. Later, nostalgia was understood by later generations as a dead uncle! There are also rumors that you can't catch the bus on February 2 for fear of breaking your waist.

Winter solstice

Most people in ancient times believed that the winter solstice was the beginning of winter, especially in the Tang Dynasty, many people liked to celebrate the winter solstice. The solstice in winter is a solar term, and many southerners will eat hot jiaozi on this day.

the Lantern Festival

The fifteenth day of the first month is the Lantern Festival. People in ancient times especially liked the moon. Lantern Festival is the first full moon night in a year, which represents good luck. People will definitely celebrate on this day! They will go to see and eat Yuanxiao, and the family will live in harmony, which indicates that the next year will be round and round!

Qingming Festival

Also known as the picnic festival, it is the 108 day from winter to the future. Tomb-Sweeping Day is one of the most important sacrificial festivals. On this day, people will visit graves or worship their ancestors. Tomb-Sweeping Day has existed since the Zhou Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,000 years. In China, not only Han people have visited Tomb-Sweeping Day, but also many ethnic minorities have visited Tomb-Sweeping Day.

Dragon Boat Festival

The Dragon Boat Festival is one of the oldest festivals in China, and the fifth day of May is the Dragon Boat Festival every year. The original name of Dragon Boat Festival is Dragon Boat Festival. The ancients thought that May was unlucky, and the fifth day was the fifth day, so in order to avoid the "five", it was renamed "noon". It is said that the Dragon Boat Festival was established by Qu Yuan, but according to historical records, it was held in the early Western Zhou Dynasty. China has a long history of traditional culture, and different places celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival in different ways. The only similarity is that you will eat zongzi on this day, but there are also many differences. In some places, the custom is that daughters go back to their parents' homes, insert wormwood, compete, eat cakes, and so on. In other places, you will race dragon boats on this day, swing in autumn, drink realgar wine and eat fresh fruit.

Double Ninth Festival

September 9th every year is the Double Ninth Festival, also known as the Festival for the Elderly. This festival existed as early as the Warring States period, and it was not officially defined as a folk festival until the Tang Dynasty. In ancient times, many poets wrote poems and songs on this day to express the feelings of strangers missing their loved ones. 1989, China designated this day as the festival for the elderly, which means to respect, care for and help the elderly.

New Year's Eve

The last day of the lunar calendar is New Year's Eve, also known as "except the end", which is usually called "New Year's Eve" by the people. In addition to the original meaning of going, the original meaning of evening is sunset, which means to say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new year, so there is a saying of New Year's Eve. In China, this day is the most important festival, and this evening is all about eating, drinking and having fun. Another is to give lucky money, which is also called "keeping the old age". After giving the lucky money, you start to put up the door, then close the door, and the whole family starts to stay old all night, and then open the door to welcome the god of wealth the next morning. So on this day, many families stayed up all night. After 12 am, it represents the arrival of the first day of junior high school, so they began to set off firecrackers to celebrate the new year's wealth.

Mid-Autumn Festival

August 15th of the lunar calendar is the Mid-Autumn Festival. Since the Tang Dynasty. After the Song Dynasty, people began to pay attention to it, and later it became one of the most important festivals in China. Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated not only in China, but also in Southeast Asia, especially overseas Chinese in East Asia and Southeast Asia. Since ancient times, there has been a custom of eating moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival, which means that the circle represents reunion, pinning the yearning for hometown, the yearning for family reunion and the expectation of family happiness.