12 traditional festivals in China

China's 12 traditional festivals include Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Dragon Head Rise, Social Day, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Qixi Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth Festival, Winter Solstice Festival and New Year's Eve.

1, Spring Festival

The Spring Festival, the Lunar New Year, is the beginning of a year and a traditional "festival". Commonly known as Spring Festival, New Year, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve and so on. It is also known verbally as New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve and New Year's Eve. The Spring Festival has a long history, which evolved from praying for the New Year at the beginning of the year in ancient times. Everything is based on the sky, and people are based on their ancestors. It is also the opposite to pray for the ancestors who worship the sky. The origin of the Spring Festival contains profound cultural connotations, and it carries rich historical and cultural connotations in its inheritance and development.

2. Lantern Festival

Lantern Festival, also known as Shangyuan Festival, Little Lantern Festival, Lantern Festival or Lantern Festival, is one of the traditional festivals in China on the 15th day of the first lunar month. The first month is the first month of the lunar calendar, and the ancients called "night". The fifteenth day of the first month is the first full moon night in a year, so it is called "Lantern Festival". According to the Taoist "Sanyuan Festival", the fifteenth day of the first month is also called "Shangyuan Festival". Since ancient times, the custom of Lantern Festival has been based on the warm and festive custom of watching lanterns.

3. The dragon raised its head

"The Rise of the Dragon" originates from the worship of natural phenomena, which is related to ancient people's understanding of the operation of stars and farming culture. Although the "Dragon Rise" has a long history, it only became a national festival after the Yuan Dynasty and appeared in literature. There are many activities related to the "Dragon Head Up", but no matter which way, they are all around the beautiful dragon god belief. It is an activity that people place their hopes for survival. As far as the whole country is concerned, due to different regions, customs vary from place to place.

4. Mid-Autumn Festival

The Mid-Autumn Festival began in the early years of the Tang Dynasty and prevailed in the Song Dynasty. By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it had become one of the traditional festivals in China, which was as famous as the Spring Festival. Influenced by China culture, Mid-Autumn Festival is also a traditional festival for overseas Chinese in some countries in East and Southeast Asia, especially local Chinese.

5. Tomb-Sweeping Day

Qingming is an ancient festival of the Chinese nation. It is not only a solemn festival to sweep graves and worship ancestors, but also a happy festival for people to get close to nature, go for an outing and enjoy the fun of spring. The weather in Tomb-Sweeping Day is usually around April 5th of the Gregorian calendar, that is, the first15th day after the vernal equinox. At this time, vitality is booming, yin qi is declining, everything is "going to the old and welcoming the new", and the earth presents a scene full of spring, which is a good time to go for an outing in spring and sweep the graves to worship the ancestors.

6. Dragon Boat Festival

Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanyang Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Zhengyang Festival and Tianzhong Festival, is a traditional folk festival in China. The origin of the Dragon Boat Festival covers the ancient astrological culture, humanistic philosophy and other aspects, and contains profound and rich cultural connotations. In the process of inheritance and development, a variety of folk customs are integrated, and festival customs are rich in content. Dragon boat racing and eating zongzi are two major customs of Dragon Boat Festival, which have been passed down in China since ancient times and have never stopped.