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Is the Spring Festival a traditional festival?

Spring Festival is a traditional festival in China.

Traditional festivals in China are diverse in form and rich in content, and they are an important part of the long history and culture of the Chinese nation. The formation of traditional festivals is a process of long-term accumulation and cohesion of national or national history and culture.

The traditional festivals in China mainly include Spring Festival (the first day of the first lunar month), Lantern Festival (the fifteenth day of the first lunar month), Dragon Head Raising (February 2), Social Day Festival (February 2), Flower Festival (February 6438 +03- February 65438 +07), Tomb-Sweeping Day (around April 5 of the solar calendar), Dragon Boat Festival (the fifth day of the fifth lunar month) and Qixi (Tanabata).

In addition, among the 24 solar terms, some are both natural solar terms and traditional festivals, such as Tomb-Sweeping Day and the winter solstice, which have both natural and humanistic connotations. In addition, the ethnic minorities in China have their own traditional festivals, such as the Water-splashing Festival of the Dai nationality, the Nadam Festival of the Mongolian nationality, the Torch Festival of the Yi nationality, the Danu Festival of the Yao nationality, the March Street of the Bai nationality, the Gewei of the Zhuang nationality, the Tibetan calendar year and the Guowang Festival, and the jump flower festival of the Miao nationality.