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What are the traditional festivals in China?

1, Spring Festival refers to the first day of the first month, and people like to celebrate the New Year with good luck.

Lantern Festival refers to the 15th day of the first month. Lantern Festival was Valentine's Day in ancient times. Now people are used to eating Yuanxiao, which means reunion.

3. The land birthday refers to the second day of February when the dragon looks up. This is a very important festival, and men will shave their heads on this day, which is a good sign for the dragon to look up.

Shangsi Festival refers to March 3rd, which was called Daughter's Day in ancient times. You should boil eggs on March 3rd to prevent headaches.

5. The Cold Food Festival refers to one or two days before Tomb-Sweeping Day, also called No Fire Festival. People mainly eat cold food.

6. Every April 5th is Tomb-Sweeping Day, which is the biggest festival for ancestor worship, and grave sweeping is the main activity.

7. Dragon Boat Festival is the fifth day of the fifth lunar month every year. The custom is to eat zongzi and race dragon boats.

8. Tanabata is China's Valentine's Day, which is very lively.

9. Mid-Autumn Festival is a ghost festival in China, and it is also one of the festivals for ancestor worship.

10, Mid-Autumn Festival is a big festival for family reunion, and the custom is to eat moon cakes and enjoy the moon.

1 1, and the Double Ninth Festival is China Festival for the Elderly.

12, Next Yuan Festival is one of the festivals to worship ancestors on October 15th of the lunar calendar.

13, Laba Festival is a grand festival in Buddhism and a traditional festival in China. Laba Festival has the custom of drinking Laba porridge.

The winter solstice festival is one of the most important festivals among the 24 solar terms.

15, the festival of offering sacrifices to stoves is commonly known as the festival of small years. Generally, the northern part of the country spends the off-year on 65438+February 23rd of the lunar calendar, and the southern part of the country spends the off-year on 65438+February 24th. People will pray for peace to the Kitchen God on this day.

16, New Year's Eve, that is, the Spring Festival, is the biggest festival in a year and the most important traditional festival in China. Every family has a family reunion dinner.