Lantern Festival. Chongyang Festival, Qingming Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival. Order

The Lantern Festival, Chongyang Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Qingming Festival in chronological order is the Lantern Festival, Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Chongyang Festival. Specifically introduced as follows:

1, Lantern Festival

Lantern Festival, also known as the Festival of the first yuan, the small first month, Yuan Xi or Lantern Festival, for the first month of the first year of the lunar calendar on the fifteenth day of the first month of the year, is one of China's traditional festivals. The first month is the first month of the lunar calendar, the ancients called "night" for "night", the first month of the fifteenth day of the first month is the first full moon in the year, so the first month of the fifteenth day of the first month for the "Lantern Festival".

2, Qingming Festival

Qingming is an ancient festival of the Chinese nation, Qingming Festival in the Gregorian calendar around April 5, that is, the 15th day after the equinox. Qingming ancestor festival period is very long, there are 10 days before 8 days after and 10 days before 10 days after the two say, this nearly 20 days are within the Qingming ancestor festival period.

The Qingming Festival, together with the Spring Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival, are known as the four major traditional Chinese festivals. In addition to China, there are some other countries and regions in the world that also celebrate Qingming Festival, such as Vietnam, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and so on.

3, Dragon Boat Festival

Duanwu Festival, originated in China, for the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar every year, initially is the ancient ancestors in the form of dragon boat races to worship the dragon ancestor of the festival. Because of the Warring States period of the Chu poet Qu Yuan in the Dragon Boat Festival stone jump Miluo River to kill themselves, and later people will also be the Dragon Boat Festival as a festival to commemorate Qu Yuan; individual places also commemorate the Wu Zixu, Cao E and Jie Zi Tui and other sayings.

4, the Mid-Autumn Festival

Mid-Autumn Festival, is popular in many ethnic groups in China and the Chinese character cultural circle of the countries of the traditional cultural festivals, in the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunar calendar; because of its coincides with the half of the three Autumn Festival, so the name, but also in some places will be the Mid-Autumn Festival in the 16th day of the eighth month.

The Mid-Autumn Festival began in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Song Dynasty, and by the time of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it had become one of the Chinese traditional festivals on a par with the Spring Festival. Influenced by Chinese culture, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also a traditional festival in some East and Southeast Asian countries, especially for local Chinese. Since 2008, the Mid-Autumn Festival has been listed as a national holiday, and on May 20, 2006, the State Council included it in the list of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritages.

5. Chongyang Festival

Chongyang Festival, celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar, is a traditional Chinese folk festival. Chongyang Festival in the historical development and evolution of a variety of folklore into one, carrying a rich cultural connotation. In folklore, "nine" is the largest number in the numerals, which has the meaning of longevity and sends people's blessings to the elderly for a long and healthy life.

In 1989, the ninth day of the ninth lunar month was designated as the "Respect for the Elderly Festival", advocating that the whole society establish a culture of respect for the elderly, respect for the elderly, love for the elderly, and help for the elderly.

On May 20, 2006, the Chrysanthemum Festival was included in the State Council's list of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritages.