What are the traditional festivals in January and December?

New Year's Day January 1 (The word "New Year's Day" first came from the poem "Jieya" by Xiao Ziyun, a Liang scholar from the Southern Dynasty: "The new New Year's Day is the first day of the year for the four qi, and the first day of the year is the first day of the year for the ten thousand lifetimes. Yuan means the beginning, the first; Dan is an acronym, with "日" on top indicating the sun and "一" on the bottom indicating the horizon. The sun rises over the horizon, symbolizing the beginning of the day. New Year's Day is the first day of the year. January 1 of the Gregorian calendar is recognized as New Year's Day in today's world. China's New Year's Day through the ages, the date is not consistent. Such as the Xia Dynasty is the first day of the first month; Shang Dynasty in the first day of December; Zhou Dynasty in the first day of November, etc. On September 27, 1949, the first plenary session of the Chinese People's Political Association through the use of the "A.D. chronology", will be January 1 as New Year's Day.) Lantern Festival Lunar New Year's Day (also known as the "Festival of the New Year", i.e., the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar. It is an important traditional festival in China. In ancient books, this day is called "Shangyuan", and its night is called "Yuanyuan", "Yuansi" or "Yuanxiao". The name "Lantern Festival" has been used until now. Because the Lantern Festival has the custom of opening and watching the lanterns, it is also known as the "Festival of Lights" in folklore. In addition, there are also eating Lantern Festival, stilt walking, riddles and other customs. China's ancient calendar and the phase of the moon has a close relationship with the fifteenth day of the month, people ushered in the first full-moon night of the year, this day is rightly regarded as an auspicious day. As early as the Han Dynasty, the fifteenth day of the first month was already used as a day to worship the emperor and pray for blessings. Later, the ancients called the 15th day of the first month "Shangyuan", the 15th day of the 7th month "Zhongyuan", and the 15th day of the 10th month "Xiayuan". At the latest, in the early North and South Dynasties, Sanyuan was already a day to hold a grand ceremony. Among the three elements, the first element was the most important. Later, the celebrations of the Middle and Lower Elements were gradually abolished, while the Upper Elements have endured). Wish Day February 5 (Wish Day is also known as Make a Wish Day.) Originating at the beginning of the 21st century, this festival, unlike other traditional festivals, is a product of the new era and has developed rapidly. Wish Festival for the annual solar calendar February 5, in the day there will be a lot of young people will write their wishes on paper, and then hung on the tree, the higher the hanging, the more likely that the wish will be realized Women's Day March 8, China began in 1922 to commemorate the 8th of March. The first mass commemoration of March 8 by Chinese women was held in Guangzhou in 1924. In December 1949, the State Council of the Central People's Government established March 8 as Women's Day every year. The United Nations began celebrating International Women's Day in 1975, the International Women's Year, recognizing the traditions of ordinary women striving for equal participation in society, and in 1977 the General Assembly adopted a resolution inviting each country to choose a day of the year, in accordance with its own history and national traditions and customs, to be observed as the United Nations Day for Women's Rights and World Peace. For the United Nations, International Women's Day is designated as March 8th. Tree Planting Day March 12 China's Tree Planting Day is celebrated on March 12. In February 1979, the sixth meeting of the Standing Committee of the Fifth National People's Congress (NPC) of China decided to designate March 12 as China's annual Tree Planting Day, and in December 1981, the fourth meeting of the fifth session of the NPC adopted a resolution on the launching of a compulsory tree-planting campaign for the whole country. The State Council promulgated specific implementation measures for the national compulsory tree-planting campaign the following year. Before and after the Arbor Day, tree-planting activities are organized in all parts of China. Cold Food One day before Qingming Festival (A festival in the old custom, one day before the Qingming Festival [two days before Qingming]. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Prince Chong Er of Jin, who had been dead for many years, returned to his throne [i.e., Duke Wen of Jin] and rewarded his ministers who had died with him, but only Jie Zhi Tui was left out. Jie Zhitui then took his mother to live in seclusion in Mianshan Mountain [now southeast of Jiexiu County, Shanxi Province]. Duke Wen of Jin learned of this and wanted to reward him, so he went to Mianshan Mountain and couldn't find him, so he tried to burn the mountain to force him to come out. However, Jie Zhi Tui insisted on not coming out, and as a result, both mother and son were burned to death. Duke Wen of Jin then stipulated that people should be forbidden to burn rice on this day every year to mourn the death of his mother and son. Later, the custom of eating cold food and sweeping graves on this day was formed.) Qingming Festival The eighth day of the third month of the lunar calendar (Qingming Festival is a traditional festival in China and the most important festival of worship, a day to pay homage to ancestors and sweep tombs. Tomb-sweeping is commonly known as visiting the graves, an activity to honor the dead. Most of the Han Chinese and some ethnic minorities sweep their tombs on Qingming Day. According to the old custom, when sweeping tombs, people should bring wine, food, fruits, paper money and other items to the cemetery, offer the food in front of their loved ones' graves, then incinerate the paper money, cultivate new soil for the graves, fold a few tender green new branches and stick them on the graves, then bow down and perform rituals and worship, and then eat the wine and food and go home at last. Du Mu, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, wrote a poem entitled "Qingming": "The rain falls one after another during the Qingming Festival, and the pedestrians on the road want to break their souls. Where can I find a tavern? The shepherd boy points to the apricot blossom village." The poem "Ching Ming Festival" wrote out the special atmosphere of Ching Ming Festival. Qingming Festival, also known as Treading Green Festival, according to the solar calendar, it is between April 4 and 6 every year, it is the time when the grass and trees are green in spring, and it is also a good time for people to go on spring excursions [called trekking green in ancient times], so the ancients had the custom of trekking green in the Qingming Festival and carrying out a series of sports activities.) Labor Day May 1 After the founding of New China, the State Council of the Central People's Government designated May 1 as the legal Labor Day in December 1949, and the whole country took a day off on that day. Every year on this day, the whole country celebrates, people change into festive costumes, cheerfully gathered in parks, theaters, squares, to participate in a variety of celebratory rallies or sports and recreational activities, and outstanding contributions to the recognition of workers. Dragon Boat Festival 5th day of the 5th lunar month (The 5th day of the 5th lunar month is the Dragon Boat Festival. Duanwu" is originally called "Duanwu", and "Duan" means "beginning". "Five" and "Wu" are harmonized and common. It is an ancient festival in China. China's earliest ancient patriotic poet Qu Yuan was banished by slander, witnessed the growing political corruption in Chu, and could not realize their own political ideals, unable to save the dying motherland, so he threw himself into the Bioluo River to martyrdom. After that, people in order not to make the fish and shrimp eat their bodies, have used glutinous rice and flour into various shapes of cakes into the river, which later became the Dragon Boat Festival to eat zongzi, fried cake source. This custom has spread abroad.) Children's Day June 1 The People's Republic of China (PRC) designated June 1 of each year as International Children's Day, and on December 23, 1949, the State Council of the Central People's Government (CPG) designated June 1 International Children's Day as a holiday for Chinese children and announced the abolition of the Children's Day on April 4, which had been observed by the Kuomintang (KMT) government since 1931, as a children's holiday. The first Children's Day in China was celebrated on April 4 in 1932, the twenty-first year of the Republic of China. In 1931, the "Shanghai Chinese Salesian Association" initiated a proposal to have the government designate April 4 as Children's Day. Subsequently, the Ministry of Education formulated measures to commemorate Children's Day, which were implemented on April 4 of the following year. China **** Producer's Party Founding Day July 1 Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japan Memorial Day July 7 Tanabata Valentine's Day The seventh day of the seventh lunar month (the evening of the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is known as Tanabata). China's folklore is that the Cowherd and the Weaving Maiden meet at the Bridge of Magpies in the Heavenly River on this night, and then there are women who beg for coquettish things by threading needles to the Weaving Maiden star on this night. The so-called begging for coquettish, that is, under the moonlight to the Vega star with colored thread through the needle, such as can pass through seven different sizes of the eye of the needle, even if it is very "coquettish". Farmer's proverbs say "the seventh day of the seventh month is clear and bright, grinding sickle cut good rice." (This is the time to sharpen the sickle and prepare for the early rice harvest). Respect for the Elderly Day 13th day of the 7th lunar month Chinese Army Day 1st day of August Mid-Autumn Festival 15th day of the 8th lunar month (15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar, which is the middle of the autumn season, so it is called "Mid-Autumn Festival"). At night, when the moon is full and the fragrance of laurel is fragrant, it is regarded as a symbol of reunion in the old custom, and it is a good festival for enjoying the moon with all kinds of melons, fruits and cooked food. Mid-Autumn Festival also eat moon cakes. According to legend, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, in order to overthrow the brutal Yuan Dynasty, the people wrote the date of the riot on a note and put it in the mooncake filling so as to pass it secretly to each other, calling for an uprising on August 15th. Finally, a nationwide peasant uprising broke out on that day, overthrowing the corrupt Yuan Dynasty. Since then, the custom of eating mooncakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival has spread even more widely.) Chongyang Festival (The ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar. China's ancient nine for Yang, September 9 is the yin and yang day, so the name "Chongyang". Legend has it that in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Ru Nan Huan Ying, heard Fei Changfang said to him, September 9 Ru Nan will have a catastrophe, and quickly asked the family to sew a small generation, filled with cornelian cherry, tied to the arm, climbed the mountain, drink chrysanthemum wine, to take refuge. Huanjing this day the whole family mountaineering, home at night, really home chickens, dogs, sheep all dead. Since then, the folk have been in the Chongyang Festival do Cornus generation, drink chrysanthemum wine, hold a temple fair, climb high and other customs. Because "high" and "cake" sound the same, so the Chongyang Festival and eat "Chongyang cake" custom. Wang Wei, a poet of Tang Dynasty, wrote a poem "Remembering the Brothers of Shandong on September 9", which reads: "Being a stranger in a foreign land, I think of my relatives twice as much at festivals. I know from afar where my brothers are climbing up, and I have less Cornus officinalis to plant." The poem records the customs of the time. Because of its sincerity, the poem is still popular today.) Teachers' Day September 10 National Day October 1 (October 1, 1949, is the anniversary of the founding of New China. It should be made clear here that, in the impression of many people, October l, 1949 in Beijing Tiananmen Square held hundreds of thousands of military and civilian participation in the Chinese People's **** and the country's founding ceremony. In fact, this impression in people's minds is not accurate. Because the ceremony held in Tiananmen Square on October 1, 1949 was the founding ceremony of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China, not the Founding Ceremony. In fact, the "founding" of the People's Republic of China, that is to say, the establishment of the People's Republic of China, had already been announced a week before October 1 of that year. At that time, it was not called the "Founding Ceremony", but the "Founding Ceremony". The date was September 21, 1949, when the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) was held. On that day, Mao Zedong, the head of the Preparatory Committee for the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, announced the birth of a new China in his opening speech at the first session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)). Winter Solstice (In ancient China, winter solstice was taken very seriously as a big festival, and there was a saying that "winter solstice is as big as a year", and there was a custom of celebrating winter solstice. The book of han said: "winter solstice yang qi up, jung dao long, so congratulations." People think: after the winter solstice, the day is longer than one day, Yang Qi rise, is the beginning of a cycle of festivals, is also an auspicious day, should be celebrated. The Book of Jin" on the record "Wei Jin winter solstice day by all the countries and bureaucrats to congratulate ...... its instrument subdivided into the first day." The importance of the winter solstice in ancient times. Now, some places still take the winter solstice as a festival to pass. Northern regions have the custom of slaughtering sheep, eating dumplings and eating wontons on the winter solstice, while southern regions have the habit of eating winter solstice rice balls and winter solstice long thread noodles on this day. In the south, it is customary to eat winter solstice rice balls and winter solstice long thread noodles on this day.) Lunar New Year's Day (In ancient times, December was called the month of Lunar New Year when the gods were sacrificed. On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, it is customary to drink Laha congee. Legend has it that Siddhartha Gautama attained Buddhahood on this day, so temples cooked congee for Buddha on this day, and the custom was followed by the people until today.) New Year's Eve (The night of the third day of the Lunar New Year is called New Year's Eve. The original meaning of the character "除" is "去", which is derived from "易"[交替]; the original meaning of the character "夕" is "日暮", which means "sunset". The original meaning of the character "夕" is "sunset", which is derived from "night". Therefore, the night of New Year's Eve contains the meaning of "the old year will be removed here, and the new year will be replaced tomorrow". The word "New Year's Eve" means to get rid of the old and bring in the new. New Year's Eve first originated in the pre-Qin period of the "by removing". According to "Lv's Spring and Autumn Annals - The Record of the Seasonal Winter", the ancients used to beat drums on the day before New Year's Eve to get rid of "epidemics and plague ghosts", so that the coming year would be free from diseases and calamities. This is the origin of the "New Year's Eve" festival. "New Year's Eve" in ancient times there are many other names, such as in addition to the night, in addition to the year, in addition to the year, in addition to the big, big end and so on. Although there are many names, they always mean sending off the old and welcoming the new, getting rid of illnesses and eliminating disasters). Spring Festival (the first day of the first month of the Lunar Calendar, commonly known as the "New Year". The Spring Festival has a history of more than 4,000 years in China. It is one of the most lively and grandest traditional festivals in China. Ancient Spring Festival, refers to the twenty-four solar terms in the lunar calendar, "spring" season, after the North and South Dynasties will be the Spring Festival at the end of the year, and refers to the entire spring, when the earth back to spring, everything is renewed, people will take it as the beginning of a new year. In the early years of the Republic of China after the Xinhai Revolution, the first day of the first month of the year was designated as the Spring Festival after the lunar calendar was changed to the Gregorian [solar] calendar. It was not until September 27, 1949 that the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference officially designated the first day of the first month of the New Year as the Spring Festival, and many people still call the Spring Festival the Chinese New Year). Nian: (Everyone often refers to the Chinese New Year as "New Year", but the original meaning of "Nian" is not the same as today's. It is said that in the ancient times, the word "Nian" was used to mean "New Year". It is said that in ancient times, there was the most ferocious beast in the world called "Nian". It grew bigger than a camel. It ran faster than the wind and roared louder than thunder. When it came out, it ate people and hurt animals, and people's lives were seriously threatened. In order to punish the "year", the gods locked it into the mountains, only allowed it to come out once a year. People in the long-term practice, found that the "year" has "three fears" - afraid of red color, afraid of loud noise, afraid of fire. So, one year, on the night of the 30th day of the Lunar New Year, people put red paper on the door, and constantly beat the gongs and drums, firecrackers, and light up the house all night long. "Year" came at night to see, bright lights in every house; listen, everywhere the sound of firecrackers, scared it did not dare to enter the village. During the day, it sneaked down the mountain, see still red on the door of every house, everywhere thud, scared it scared, turned around and ran back. Since then, the "year" has not dared to come back, it is said to starve to death in the mountains and old forests. Later on, people turned the prevention of "Nian" and "Nianxuan" into a peaceful and stable New Year. There is no more "Nian", but the custom of celebrating the New Year still remains. Bright red spring scrolls, brilliant lights, crisp firecrackers, and loud gongs and drums are still celebrated every year). Traditional Festivals The following festivals are counted according to the lunar calendar (also known as the summer calendar and the lunar calendar): 1. The first day of the first month of the lunar year, the Spring Festival, which in ancient times was known by more than 30 different names, such as New Year's Day, New Year's Day, New Year's Day, New Year's Day, New Year's Day, New Year's Day, New Year's Day and New Year's Day, etc. 2. The fifth day of the first month, the birthday of the God of the Road, 3. The first day of the first month of the lunar year, the Shangyuan Festival, which is the 15th day of the first month of the lunar year (the Lantern Festival) 4. The day before the Qingming Festival, the Cold Food Festival 7, the third day of March, the Festival Legend has it that the Queen Mother opened the Peach Festival 8, 15 days after the vernal equinox Ching Ming Festival (now set on the fifth day of the fourth month of the solar calendar) 9, the eighth day of the fourth month of the Buddha's Birthday, but also known as the Cow Festival after the day of the cow is going to come down to earth. 10, the fifth day of May, Dragon Boat Festival. 10, the fifth day of May Dragon Boat Festival 11, Summer Solstice 12, June 6, Sun Fu Festival "June 6, sun red and green." "Auntie Festival" "June 6, please auntie", in ancient times or another festival, called Tian Kuang (gift meaning) Festival, June 6 is also a festival in Buddhist temples, called the festival of turning the scriptures. 13、July 7, commonly known as Tanabata, July 7, Beggar's Day 14、July 15 Zhongyuan Festival, also known as the Ghost Festival, Bon Festival. 15、July 30 Jizi Festival 16、August 15 Mid-Autumn Festival 17、September 9 Chung Yeung Festival 18、October 1 October Dynasty, also known as Ancestor Sacrifice Festival 19、October 15 Xiayuan Festival 20、November 22 Winter Solstice 21、December 8 Lunar New Year Festival 22、Lunar New Year's Day 23 Ceremony of the Zaos Festival, Zaozhao Festival, also known as "New Year's Day", also known as Xiaoyan, Xiaoyixia. Also known as the small year, small year under the small year, small year festival 23, the last day of the waxing moon in addition to the year, in addition to the day, in addition to the night called New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, the night of the festival, the big end of the night, and so on, the folk said that the year thirty, the year of three