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Custom is a behavior pattern or norm that people in the past dynasties followed in a specific social and cultural field. The diversity of customs means that people often call the differences in behavior norms caused by different natural conditions "wind" and the differences in behavior rules caused by social and cultural differences "custom". The so-called "different winds in a hundred miles, different customs in a thousand miles" appropriately reflects the characteristics of different customs in various places. Custom is a social tradition. Some popular fashions, customs and inappropriate parts of the original customs will change with the changes of historical conditions. That's what the so-called "changing customs" means. Custom is a kind of historical formation, which has very strong behavioral constraints on members of society. Custom is the basis and supplementary part of social morality and law.

Chinese traditional festivals are diverse in form and rich in content, which is the formation process of a traditional festival with a long history and culture of our Chinese nation and the long-term accumulation and cohesion of a nation or country's history and culture. The festivals listed below are all developed from ancient times, and we can clearly see the wonderful pictures of ancient people's social life from these festivals and customs that have been passed down to this day.

The origin and development of festivals is a process of gradual formation, subtle influence and gradual infiltration into social life. Like the development of society, it is the product of the development of human society to a certain stage. These festivals in ancient China were all related to the astronomy, calendar, mathematics and the solar terms divided later. This can be traced back to Zheng Xiao and Shangshu in Xia Dynasty at least in literature. By the Warring States period, the 24 solar terms in a year were basically complete, and later traditional festivals were also closely related to these solar terms.

Solar terms provide a prerequisite for the emergence of festivals. Most festivals began to appear in the pre-Qin period, but the enrichment and popularization of customs still need a long development process. The earliest custom activities were related to primitive worship, superstition and taboo; Myths and legends add a bit of romance to the festival; There is also the impact and influence of religion on festivals; Some historical figures have been endowed with eternal remembrance, infiltrated into festivals, and all of them have been integrated into the content of condensed festivals, giving China festivals a profound sense of history.

By the Han Dynasty, the main traditional festivals in China had been finalized. People often say that these festivals originated from the Han Dynasty, which was the first great development period after the reunification of China. Political and economic stability and scientific and cultural progress provide good social conditions for the final formation of festivals.

By the Tang Dynasty, festivals had been liberated from the mysterious atmosphere of primitive worship and taboo, and turned into entertainment etiquette and a real festive occasion. Since then, festivals have become cheerful and festive, rich and colorful, and many sports and recreational activities have appeared, which soon became a fashion. These customs continue to develop and continue.