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What are the traditional festivals and customs in China?

1, Spring Festival, that is, Lunar New Year, is the beginning of a year and a traditional festival. Commonly known as Spring Festival, New Year, New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, New Year's Eve and so on. Verbally, it is also called New Year's Eve, Celebration, 30th, 30th. The Spring Festival has a long history, which evolved from praying for the New Year at the beginning of the year in ancient times.

2. Lantern Festival, also known as Lantern Festival, Little First Month, Yuanxi Festival and Shangyuan Festival, is the 15th day of the first lunar month every year and one of the traditional festivals in China. According to the Taoist "Sanyuan Festival", the fifteenth day of the first month is also called "Shangyuan Festival". The first month is the first month of the lunar calendar, and the ancients called "night". The fifteenth day of the first month is the first full moon night in a year, so it is called "Lantern Festival".

3. Dragon Head Raising (the second day of the second lunar month), also known as Spring Farming Festival, Farming Festival, Qinglong Festival and Spring Dragon Festival, is a traditional folk festival in China. "Dragon" refers to the astrology of the oriental black dragon in seven of the twenty-eight lodges. At the beginning of mid-spring every year, the "Dragon Horn Star" rises from the eastern horizon, so it is called "Dragon Head Up".

4. Social Day Festival, also known as Native Festival (the second day of the second lunar month), is an ancient and traditional festival in China, which is divided into Spring Society and Autumn Society. In ancient times, the festival of social day was determined according to the calendar of cadres and branches. Later, due to the change of calendar, festivals were decided by the lunar calendar. The Spring Festival is calculated on the fifth day after beginning of spring (e, the five elements belong to the earth), which is generally around the second day of February in the lunar calendar, and the Autumn Festival is based on the fifth day after beginning of autumn, which is about August in the lunar calendar.

5. Cold Food Festival, also known as "No Smoking Festival", "Cold Food Festival" and "Hundred Five Days Festival". Smoking is forbidden and only cold food is eaten on this day, so it is called "Cold Food Festival". The Cold Food Festival is an earlier festival that originated in ancient northern China. At the beginning of the Cold Food Festival, smoking was not allowed, and only cold food was allowed. In the development of later generations, the customs of sweeping the floor, swinging, cuju, hooking and cockfighting were gradually increased.