What are the traditional festivals in winter in China?

1、? Laba Festival, commonly known as Laba, is the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. The ancients had a tradition of offering sacrifices to ancestors and gods and praying for good harvest and good luck. In some areas, they have the custom of drinking Laba porridge. According to legend, this day is also the day when Buddha Sakyamuni became a monk and became a Taoist. It is called "Magic Weapon Festival" and is one of the grand festivals in Buddhism.

2、? The winter solstice, also known as the "Yang Sheng", is an important solar term in China's lunar calendar and a traditional festival of the Chinese nation. The solstice in winter is commonly known as "number nine, winter festival", "long festival" and "sub-year" The solstice in winter is usually called the number nine, which is the beginning of the ninth year.

In northern China, there is a custom of eating jiaozi on the solstice in winter. As the saying goes, "When winter solstice comes, eat jiaozi." In the south, we eat dumplings. As the old saying goes, you will celebrate the New Year as soon as you eat the winter festival pills. The solstice in winter is sunny and there is no rain. Among them, Chaoshan jiaozi is the most famous. Of course, there are exceptions, and the dietary customs vary from place to place.

3、? It is said that New Year's Day began in Zhuan Xu, one of the three emperors and five emperors, with a history of more than 4,000 years. From Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, it was stipulated that Meng Xiyue (January) was the first month, and Meng Xiyue (the first day of the first month in the summer calendar) was called New Year's Day, which was used until the end of the Qing Dynasty. New Year's Day in ancient China is actually a custom called Spring Festival in modern China.

4、? The Spring Festival refers to the traditional Lunar New Year in the cultural circle of Chinese characters, commonly known as the "Chinese New Year Festival". Traditional names are New Year, New Year and New Year, but they are also called New Year verbally to celebrate New Year and New Year. In the folk, the Spring Festival in the traditional sense refers to the sacrifice of stoves from the 23rd or 23rd or 24th of the twelfth lunar month in La Worship to the 19th of the first month.

5. New Year's Eve, that is, New Year's Eve. This day is a day for people to eat, drink and be merry. Northerners make jiaozi and southerners make rice cakes. The shape of jiaozi is like an "ingot" and the sound of rice cakes is like "rice cakes", which are good signs of good luck.