How many traditional festivals are there in China?

There are twelve traditional festivals in China, namely Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Dragon Head Rise, Social Day, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival, China Valentine's Day, Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth Festival, Winter Solstice Festival and New Year's Eve.

I. Time of traditional festivals

The traditional festivals in China mainly include Spring Festival (the first day of the first month), Lantern Festival (the fifteenth day of the first month), Dragon Head Raising (the second day of February), Social Day Festival (the second day of February), Tomb-Sweeping Day (around the fifth day of April in Gregorian calendar), Dragon Boat Festival (the fifth day of the fifth lunar month), Qixi Festival (the seventh day of the seventh lunar month), Mid-Autumn Festival (the 14th/15th of the seventh lunar month) and the 15th of the eighth lunar month.

Two. Introduction of Twelve Traditional Festivals

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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. Introduction to 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. Introduction to Dragon Head-up

"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. Introduction to Social Day Festival

Social Day Festival, also known as Land Birthday, is an ancient traditional festival in China. Social days are divided into spring parties and autumn parties. In ancient times, the festival of social day was determined according to the calendar of cadres and branches. Later, due to the change of calendar, festivals were decided by the lunar calendar. The Spring Festival will be calculated on the fifth day after beginning of spring, usually around the second day of February in the lunar calendar, and the Autumn Festival will be calculated on the fifth day after beginning of autumn, about August in the lunar calendar. In ancient times, the land god and the place where the land god was worshipped were called "clubs", according to the folk custom of our country. Every sowing or harvesting season, farmers should set up a community to sacrifice, pray or reward the land god.

5. Introduction to 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. Introduction to 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.

7. Introduction of Valentine's Day in China

Valentine's Day in China is not only a festival to worship Seven Sisters, but also a festival of love. It is a comprehensive festival with the folk custom of "Cowherd and Weaver Girl" as the carrier, with the theme of blessing, begging and courtship, and women as the main body. The "Cowherd and Weaver Girl" on Tanabata originated from people's worship of natural phenomena. In ancient times, planetariums were associated with geographical areas. This correspondence is called "dividing stars" in astronomy and "dividing fields" in geography. According to legend, on the seventh day of July every year, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl will meet at the Magpie Bridge in the sky.

8. Introduction to Mid-Autumn Festival

"July 30th" was originally an ancient folk festival to worship ancestors, but it was called "Central Plains Festival" and originated from Taoism after the Eastern Han Dynasty. Taoism believes that July and a half is the birthday of local officials. On the day when they pray for forgiveness, all ghosts will be released from the underworld and the dead ancestors can go home for reunion. Therefore, the festival of ancestor worship in July and a half is called the "Central Plains Festival". Buddhism is called "Kasahara Festival". In the Tang Dynasty, the rulers respected Taoism, and the Taoist Mid-Autumn Festival became popular, and gradually fixed the "Mid-Autumn Festival" as the name of the festival. Zhongyuan Festival, Shangyuan Festival and Xiayuan Festival are collectively called "Sanyuan Festival".

9. Introduction to 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.

Introduction of Double Ninth Festival

The Double Ninth Festival originated from the worship of astronomical phenomena, which began in ancient times, spread in the Western Han Dynasty and flourished after the Tang Dynasty. According to the existing historical data and textual research, in ancient times, there were activities of offering sacrifices to heaven and ancestors in the autumn and the season; The ancients offered sacrifices to the Emperor and ancestors when the crops were harvested in September, which was an activity to thank the Emperor and ancestors for their kindness. This is the original form of the Double Ninth Festival as an autumn harvest sacrifice activity. The Tang Dynasty is an important period when traditional festival customs are mixed and shaped, and its main part has been passed down to this day.

Introduction of winter solstice festival.

Winter solstice, also known as solstice, winter festival, child year, etc. It has both natural and humanistic connotations. It is not only an important solar term among the 24 solar terms, but also a traditional folk ancestor worship festival in China. The solstice in winter is one of the eight festivals in four seasons, and it is considered as a big holiday in winter. In ancient times, there was a saying that the winter solstice was as big as a year.

12. Introduction of New Year's Eve Festival

The last day of Nian is called Nian, and that night is called New Year's Eve. It is connected with the beginning and end of the new year, and is called "the end of the poor month, the end of the new year". This is New Year's Eve, and it is also an important time node to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. Because New Year's Eve usually falls on the 29th or 30th of the twelfth lunar month, it is also called New Year's Eve. On New Year's Eve, people pay special attention to it. Every household is busy cleaning the courtyard, uncovering the old cloth, decorating the lanterns to welcome their ancestors home for the New Year, offering sacrifices with rice cakes, three meals, three teas and five wines.

Thirdly, the influence of twelve traditional festivals.

The emergence of the "new world" contains our nation's yearning for a better life, praise, and deep memory of the origin of the nation. For example, Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival are all celebrated because of Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. These festivals are simply super-polymerization agents, which will make millions of people feel happy, sad, and behave.

Fourthly, the significance of twelve traditional festivals.

Traditional festivals are an important carrier of inheriting excellent history and culture, which can not only increase people's knowledge and benefit from festivals, but also help to show culture, carry forward virtues, cultivate sentiments and carry forward traditions. Folk festivals are the product of the evolution and development of human civilization, and most festival customs have already appeared in ancient times. The formation process of traditional festivals is the process of precipitation and cohesion of Chinese history and culture. We can't forget the historical significance of traditional festivals in China just because foreign festivals are popular.