Analysis of the current situation of traditional Chinese festivals

The traditional celebration lasts from New Year's Eve until the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month.

Every New Year's Eve, families get together and have New Year's Eve dinner together, called "reunion year.

Then they keep the New Year's Eve together, talk about the old and the new, and congratulate and encourage each other.

When the New Year comes, firecrackers and fireworks will bring the festive atmosphere to a climax.

In the north of China, it is customary to eat dumplings at this time, to take the meaning of the new year.

In the south, it is customary to eat rice cakes to symbolize the high quality of life.

The year-end celebration, the happy posting of Spring Festival couplets, banging gongs and drums, lanterns and colorful, to send the old and welcome the new activities lively and extraordinary.

In addition, there is also a mutual visit to the door to pay homage to the New Year, lion dance, dragon lanterns, performance of social fires, flower market, lanterns and other customs.

2. Lantern Festival: the night of the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar, is the traditional Chinese folk Lantern Festival, also known as the Shangyuan Festival, Festival of Lights.

The Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar is another culmination of the celebrations that have continued since New Year's Eve.

On the night of the Lantern Festival, the streets and alleys are decorated with lanterns, people enjoy the lanterns, guess the riddles, and eat the Lantern Festival, which has become a custom for generations.3. February 2: Folklore, every second day of the second month of the lunar calendar, is the sky in charge of clouds and rain of the Dragon King's head up the day.

From then on, the rain will gradually increase.

Therefore, this day is called "Spring Dragon Festival.

In the north of China, it is widely rumored that "February 2, the dragon raises its head; the big barn is full, the small barn flows.

The folk proverb.

4. Qingming Festival: Qingming is one of the twenty-four solar terms, but also a traditional festival with a long history.

It is generally celebrated on April 4 or 5 of the Gregorian calendar every year.

The day before Qingming is called the Cold Food Festival.

The two festivals coincide with March, when spring is bright and the peaches are red and the willows are green.

The Cold Food Festival was established to commemorate the Spring and Autumn period of the Jin Dynasty, "Shi Gan burned to death, not a public vassal of the Jie Zi Tui.

During the Qingming Cold Food Festival, there are folk customs such as forbidding fire and cold food, ancestor worship and tomb-sweeping, and trekking and picnicking.

In addition, there are swinging, kite flying, tug of war, cockfighting, wearing willow, fighting grass, playing ball and other traditional activities.

5. Dragon Boat Festival: The fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar is the traditional Dragon Boat Festival in China, also known as the Duan Yang, the fifth, Duan Wu Festival.

As early as the Zhou Dynasty, there is "May 5, storage orchids and the custom of bathing.

But today, many of the activities of the Dragon Boat Festival are related to the commemoration of China's great writer Qu Yuan.

On this day, every family has to eat zongzi, and dragon boat competitions are held all over the south, all related to the mourning of Qu Yuan.

At the same time, the Dragon Boat Festival is also passed down from ancient times, "Health Festival, people in this day to clean the courtyard, hang ai sticks, hanging calamus, sprinkle andrographis water, drink andrographis wine, radical removal of decay, sterilization and disease prevention.

These activities also reflect the fine tradition of our nation.

6. Tanabata Festival: On the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, magpies from all over the world build a magpie bridge over the Milky Way so that the Cowherd and the Weaving Maiden can meet each other.

This wonderful legend began in the Han Dynasty and has been passed down from generation to generation for more than a thousand years.

On this day, it is customary to beg the Weaving Maiden for money.

It is usually a competition to see who is more skillful in threading a needle.

Therefore, Tanabata is also known as the Beggar's Day or Daughter's Day.

Every time the Tanabata is approaching, the two stars, Altair and Vega, go through the night and do not retreat until the sun rises, which is also referred to as the parting of the husband and wife on earth.

7. Mid-Autumn Festival: The fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar is the middle of the autumn season, so it is called the Mid-Autumn Festival.

On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, in addition to enjoying the moon, sacrificing to the moon, and eating mooncakes, some places also have activities such as dancing with grass dragons and building pagodas.

In addition to mooncakes, various kinds of seasonal fresh and dried fruits are also the delicacies of the Mid-Autumn Night.

On this night, people look up to the jade-like moon and naturally look forward to family reunions.

The people who are far away from their hometowns also take this opportunity to express their longing for their hometowns and relatives.

Therefore, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also known as the "reunion festival.

8. Chrysanthemum Festival: The Chrysanthemum Festival on the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar is extremely rich in activities, there are climbing, chrysanthemum, chrysanthemum wine, eat Chrysanthemum cake, insert dogwood and so on.

Chung Yeung Festival is also the "Festival of the Elderly, the old people in this day or chrysanthemum to cultivate sentiment, or climb to exercise the body, to the Sanyu evening scene adds infinite fun.

9. Winter Solstice Festival: Winter Solstice is a very grand festival in ancient China.

To this day, China's Taiwan still preserves the winter solstice with nine layers of cake ancestor tradition, to show that we do not forget more of the original, the blessing of the family reunion.

The winter solstice in the north has the custom of slaughtering sheep and eating dumplings, and the traditional food in the south has the winter solstice rice ball, winter solstice long thread noodles and so on.

10. Lapa Festival: The Lapa Festival on the eighth day of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar is a Buddhist festival.

This day is the day Siddhartha Gautama became a Buddha, also known as the "Festival of Success.

The most important activity on this day is to eat Laha congee.

The earliest Laha congee is just adding red beans to the rice porridge, which later evolved into an extremely complex and elaborate, with dozens of main ingredients such as white rice, yellow rice, glutinous rice, millet, lingzhi rice, etc., and adding walnuts, almonds, melon seeds, peanuts, pine nuts, raisins, cinnamon, lily, lotus seeds, etc., which is simmered overnight and perfumes the air for ten kilometers.

11. New Year's Eve: New Year's Eve is the last day of the year, this day, ordinary people try to reunite, the whole family gathered around the fireplace, drinking and eating food to resign the old year, welcome the new year's intention, and outdoor firecrackers.

The family spends a cozy last night of the year together.

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