What are the four traditional Chinese festivals?

The Spring Festival (Spring Festival) is a lunar year, commonly known as "New Year's Day", and is celebrated on New Year's Eve and the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar. Traditionally, the Spring Festival is celebrated from the Lunar New Year's Day festival on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, or the Zaos Festival on the twenty-third or twenty-fourth day of the Lunar New Year, until the fifteenth day of the first month of the Lunar New Year, culminating in New Year's Eve and the first day of the first month. From the ancient legend of the "Nian" beast, it is said that a monster called "Nian", head long tentacles, ferocious and unusual, long down the mountain to harm the people. But "Nian" is afraid of red color, fire and explosions. The people in order to deal with the beast, New Year's Eve, home red couplets, firecrackers; household candles brightly, keep watch. Early in the morning on the first day, but also to visit friends and relatives to say hello. This custom has been passed down to the present day, and has become the grandest traditional festival of Chinese folklore. Customs are: "small year" day (Lunar New Year 23 or 24) sweeping, sacrificial stove; the New Year's Day 30 stick door god, spring couplets, lucky words, window, New Year's paintings, hanging thousands, eat New Year's Eve dinner, firecrackers; the first day of the first month to 15 to pay homage to the New Year.

Chingming

Tomb-sweeping Day, a legal holiday in China (established in 2008), is celebrated on April 4 or April 5 of the Gregorian calendar. Qingming, the temperature rises, is a good time for spring plowing and planting, so there are "before and after the Qingming, planting melons and beans", "planting trees and forests, not over the Qingming" proverbs. Qingming, also known as the cold food, cold food is the folk ban on fire tomb days, so there is also the day of Qingming not move fireworks, only eat cold food customs.

Duanwu

The fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar, commonly known as "Dragon Boat Festival" (Dragon Boat Festival), also known as Chongyang, is a traditional festival of the Han Chinese people. This day essential activities: eating zongzi, dragon boat racing, hanging calamus, moxa, lavender, Angelica dahurica, drink xionghuang wine. It is said to eat zongzi and dragon boat racing, is to commemorate the Qu Yuan, so after liberation had the Dragon Boat Festival named "Poet's Day" to commemorate the Qu Yuan. As for hanging calamus, moxa leaves, fumigate Cangzhu, Angelica dahurica, drink Xionghuang wine, it is said to be in order to suppress the evil spirits.

Mid-Autumn Day

Mid-Autumn Day is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar. It originated from the ancient customs of worshipping the moon, singing and dancing under the moon to look for puppets, and worshipping the land god. Mid-Autumn Day in addition to eating moon cakes to show that "reunion", there is the moon, play lanterns, crab feasts, fire dragon dance and other customs, some ethnic minorities have moon worship customs, the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival in the Dong township in Hunan Province, there is also a popular and interesting called "stealing the moon vegetables". the custom of passing on love.