List of traditional festivals in China

The general order of traditional festivals in China is Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Valentine's Day in China, Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth Festival and Winter Solstice.

1, Spring Festival

The first day of the first lunar month is the most important traditional festival in China and the starting point for China people to celebrate the New Year.

2. Lantern Festival

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the last festival of the Spring Festival and one of the most romantic festivals in China.

3. Tomb-Sweeping Day

Around the fourth or fifth day of the fourth lunar month, it is a traditional festival to worship ancestors and sweep graves, and it is also an important moment to remember ancestors.

4. Dragon Boat Festival

The fifth day of the fifth lunar month, also known as the Dragon Boat Festival, is a festival to commemorate Qu Yuan, with dragon boat racing and eating zongzi as the main activities.

5. Chinese Valentine's Day

The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, also known as Valentine's Day in China, is the day when cowherd and weaver girl meet, symbolizing pure love.

6. Mid-Autumn Festival

The 15th day of the eighth lunar month is one of the important traditional festivals in China, and it is also a time for family reunion, moon appreciation and eating moon cakes.

7. Double Ninth Festival

The ninth day of the ninth lunar month is a festival for the elderly in China. People climb mountains, enjoy chrysanthemums and drink chrysanthemum wine.

8. Winter solstice

December 22nd or 23rd of the lunar calendar is a traditional winter solar term in China, and there are customs such as eating glutinous rice balls.