List of Chinese Traditional Festivals

List of traditional Chinese festivals: New Year's Eve (Lunar New Year's Eve), Spring Festival (first day of the first month of the Lunar New Year), Lantern Festival (the 15th day of the first month of the Lunar New Year), Qingming Festival (April 5), Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th month of the Lunar Calendar), Tanabata Festival (the 7th day of the 7th month of the Lunar Calendar), Mid-Autumn Festival (the 15th day of the 8th month of the Lunar Calendar), Chongyang Festival (the 9th day of the 9th month of the Lunar Calendar), and Lunar New Year's Eve (the 8th day of the 12th month of the Lunar Calendar).

1, New Year's Eve (Lunar New Year's Eve)

Also known as New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, etc., refers to the last evening of the Lunar New Year's month (December) of the lunar calendar every year, with New Year's Eve dinner, Spring Festival couplets, and New Year's Eve money and other customs.

2, Spring Festival (the first day of the first month)

The Lunar New Year, commonly known as the "New Year's Day". Chinese people have been celebrating the Spring Festival for more than 4,000 years, and it is the grandest festival of the Chinese nation, with customs such as paying homage to the New Year and setting off firecrackers.

3, the Lantern Festival (the 15th day of the first month)

Also known as the Festival of the New Year, the small first month, Yuanxi or the Festival of Lights, is the first important festival after the Spring Festival, there are to eat the Lantern Festival, lanterns, lantern riddles and other customs.

4, Qingming Festival (April 5)

Also known as the Treading Green Festival, the line Qing Festival, the March Festival, the Festival of Ancestors, etc., the festival is in the middle of spring and late spring. The Qingming Festival originated in the ancient times from the belief in ancestors and the rituals of the spring festival, with both natural and humanistic connotations.

5, the Dragon Boat Festival (the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar)

Also known as the Dragon Boat Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, etc., popular in China as well as countries in the Chinese character cultural circle, there are rowing a dragon boat, eating zongzi, etc. In September 2009, UNESCO formally approved the inclusion of the Dragon Boat Festival in the World Intangible Cultural Heritage, becoming China's first festival selected as part of the world's intangible heritage.

6. Tanabata Festival (the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar)

Also known as the Festival of the Seven Sisters, the Festival of the Seven Sisters, the Festival of the Daughters, the Festival of the Beggar's Daughter, the Festival of the Seven Nuns, the Festival of the Seven Nuns, the Festival of the Seven Sisters, the Day of the Ox and the Day of the Ox and the Day of the Two Sisters, and the Festival of the Two Sisters, the Tanabata Festival is a Chinese folklore festival that traditionally refers to the Birthday of the Seven Sisters, and is named Tanabata because it is held in Kusatsu on July 7th.

7. Mid-Autumn Festival (15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar)

The Mid-Autumn Festival is also known as the Moon Festival, the Autumn Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Moon Worship Festival, and the Festival of Reunion. The Mid-Autumn Festival originates from the worship of heavenly phenomena and evolved from the moon worship on the eve of autumn in the ancient times. Since ancient times, the Mid-Autumn Festival has had folk customs such as sacrificing to the moon, enjoying the moon, eating mooncakes, playing with lanterns, enjoying osmanthus flowers, drinking osmanthus wine, etc., which have been passed down for a long time.

8, Chongyang Festival (the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar)

The festival is celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar every year, and is a traditional Chinese folk festival. Chrysanthemum ancestor worship folklore along thousands of years, is an ancient folklore with profound significance. Chongyang Festival in the historical development and evolution of a variety of folklore into one, carrying a rich cultural connotation.

9, Laha Festival (the eighth day of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar)

The festival is celebrated on the eighth day of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar every year, and it is mainly popular in the north of China, where the custom of the festival is to "drink Laha congee". Laha is one of the great Buddhist festivals, this day is the Buddha Siddhartha Gautama's day of enlightenment, also known as the "Dharma Treasure Festival", "Buddha into the Taoist Festival", "into the Taoist Association" and so on.