What are the three traditional festivals in China? () Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Chinese Valentine's Day

The three traditional festivals in China are Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival.

The traditional names of the Spring Festival are New Year, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, but they are also called "New Year" and "Happy New Year" verbally. In ancient times, the Spring Festival refers to the beginning of spring in the solar terms and is also regarded as the beginning of a year. Later, it was changed to the first day of the first lunar month as the New Year. Generally speaking, it doesn't end until the fifteenth day of the first month (Shangyuan Festival). Spring Festival, commonly known as "Chinese New Year", is the most solemn traditional festival of the Chinese nation.

Dragon Boat Festival is the fifth day of the fifth lunar month every year. According to the Chronicle of Jingchu, it is midsummer when the sun is on the mountain and it is midsummer in May. Its first afternoon is a sunny day to climb mountains in the sun, so the fifth day of May is also called "Duanyang Festival". In addition, the Dragon Boat Festival is also called "Noon Festival, May Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Bathing Orchid Festival".

Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the traditional festivals in China, which falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month every year, and it is also the second largest traditional festival in China after the Spring Festival. This legend is in memory of Chang 'e. Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional festival in China. According to historical records, the word "Mid-Autumn Festival" first appeared in the book Zhou Li. It was not until the early years of the Tang Dynasty that the Mid-Autumn Festival became a fixed festival.

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Traditional festivals are an important carrier of inheriting excellent history and culture, which can not only increase people's knowledge and benefit from festivals, but also help to show culture, carry forward virtues, cultivate sentiments and carry forward traditions. Folk festivals are the product of the evolution and development of human civilization, and most festival customs have already appeared in ancient times.

The formation process of traditional festivals is the process of precipitation and cohesion of Chinese history and culture. The formulation of ancient trunk and branch calendars provided a prerequisite for the emergence of festivals. In the development and evolution of history, dynasties changed and ancient calendars changed greatly. * * There are 102 calendars before and after, and the specific dates of some "traditional festivals" are actually different.

In the history of the Chinese nation, many festivals have been born, some of which have been preserved, and some have been "lost" halfway. Month and day are the same (lunar calendar): Spring Festival (the first day of the first month), Dragon Head Rise (the second day of February), Shangsi Festival (the third day of March), Dragon Boat Festival (the fifth day of May), Tanabata (the seventh day of July) and Double Ninth Festival (the ninth day of September).

Mid-month: Lantern Festival (15th day of the first month), Mid-Autumn Festival (15th of July), Mid-Autumn Festival (15th of August) and Xiayuan Festival (15th of October). The first day of the month and the end of the month: Spring Festival (the first day of the first month), Poverty Festival (the 29th or 30th day of the first month), Cold Clothes Festival (the 1st day of October) and New Year's Eve (the 29th or 30th day of December).