Traditional festivals in the country of the lunar calendar

The formation of traditional festivals is a process of long-term accumulation and cohesion of the history and culture of a nation or country. Chinese traditional festivals are diverse and are an important part of China's long history and culture. The Chinese traditional festivals developed from the ancient times of the first people clearly record the rich and colorful social life and cultural content of the Chinese people.

The following festivals are not specified are counted according to the lunar calendar (also known as the summer calendar, lunar calendar):

The first day of the first month of the lunar calendar

The first day of the first month of the Chinese New Year, the Spring Festival, the Day of the Rooster, the birth anniversary of the First Heavenly King of the Taoist religion, the birthday of the Buddha in Buddhism, the birth anniversary of the Buddha in the ancient times, there are the day of the first day of the year, New Year's Day, New Year's Day, New Year, New Year, New Year, New Year, New Year, New Year, New Year, New Year, New Year, New Year, New Year, New Year, the first day, the first day, the first day, the first day, the first day, the first day, the first day, the first day, the first day, and so on.

The third day of the first month of the lunar calendar, the day of the pig, the small period

The fourth day of the first month of the lunar calendar, the day of the sheep, the birth of Sun Tianshi (Sun Simiao)

The fifth day of the first month of the lunar calendar, the ox day, the day of breaking the fifth day of the market, the opening of the market, and the birth of the mythological god of five ways of wealth

The sixth day of the first month of the lunar calendar, the horse day, the day of the delivery of the poor

The seventh day of the first month of the lunar calendar, the day of the man, also known as the day of the man victory, the delivery of the god of fire

The eighth day of the first month of the lunar calendar Gokuji, the birthday of Yama in Taoism, and the day of the Eight Immortals

The ninth day of the first month of the lunar calendar, the day of Heaven, the birth of Jade Emperor in Taoism

The tenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar, the day of Earth, the birthday of the Stone (stone sacrifice)

The twelfth day of the first month of the lunar calendar, the day of Fire, the day of the rat's marriage to its wife, the day of the frying of the soybean (rat's eye), the lighting of the hundred fires, and the throwing away of a hundred diseases

The thirteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar, the day of the Upper (Test) Lantern, and the day of Guan Gong's ascension to heaven

The 15th day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival, a Taoist festival of the Shangyuan Festival, which is the birthday of Yao, the heavenly official

The 18th day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival

The 20th day of the first lunar month is the Tianjuan Festival, which is also known as the Festival of Mending the Heaven, and the Little Heavenly Pavilion, and is based on the mythological story of Nuwa, a woman who mended the heavens. This festival is also related to the "rain" festival. After the beginning of spring, the festival is called "rain". Ancient people believed that it was the day when "water was born in the sky" and it rained in response to the festival, so it was called "Tianjian". The fusion of myths and festivals has led to the formation of the folk festival tradition of Tianjian Festival. The main customs of the festival: pancake "patch Tianpeng", Tianpeng shot, messy rice needle.

The 25th day of the first month, Tiancang Festival (Fill the Barn Festival), some say that Tiancang Festival is the day of the sacrifice of the stars, some say it is for the sacrifice of the land or the sacrifice of the mill god. By filling the barn, it means filling the barn.

February in the lunar calendar

First day of February, Zhonghe Festival, the birthday of the sun

Early second day of February, Chunlong Festival, also known as Dragon's Head Raising Festival, Qinglong Festival, the birthday of Jeet Kung, the Bodhisattva of Buddhism

Early third day of February, the birth of the mythical Wenchang Emperor

Twelfth month of February, Flower Morning (said to be the fifteenth day of the second month of the lunar calendar), also known as Flower God's Festival, Hundred Flowers' Birthday, Birthday of the God of Flowers (the Flowering Period)

February 15 , the birthday of the Ninth Heavenly Maiden in Taoism, and the birthdays of Taishang Laojun and Jingzhong Yuewang in Taoism

February 19, the birthdays of Guanyin Bodhisattva in Buddhism

February 21, the birthdays of Puxian Bodhisattva in Buddhism

One hundred and five days after the winter solstice, the day before Ching Ming Festival , the Cold Food Festival, with a variable date in the lunar calendar (see Ching Ming)

Qingming, one of the 24 solar terms, date on the lunar calendar is not fixed, usually within the second half of February to the first half of March

March on the lunar calendar

The third day of the third lunar month , the Shangsi Festival , the return of the girl to her mother's home, the birth of the Yellow Emperor, the birth of Emperor Zhenwu in Taoism, and the Peach Fair of the mythological Queen Mother

March 15, the birth of the mythological Marshal Zhao Gongming, and the birth of the Old Mother of Taishan in Taoism

April in the lunar calendar

On the first day of April, the Hail God is sacrificed

On the fourth day of April, the birth of Manjushri in Buddhism

On the eighth day of April, the festival of bathing in Buddha's body (the Longhua Hui), and the birth of Siddhartha Gautama in Buddhism

On the twelfth day of April, the birth of King of Snake in Taoism

On the fourteenth day of April, the birthday of the gods and goddesses (the birth of Lv Dongbin) in Taoism

On the eighteenth day of April. Birthday of Hua Tuo, the Divine Physician

April 28, Birthday of the King of Medicine (Shennong)

May of the Lunar Calendar

Early May, Dragon Boat Festival

May 13, Rain Festival

June of the Lunar Calendar

Early June 1, Half-Yearly Festival (half a year over)

Early June 6, Sunning Clothes Festival, Sunning Foo Festival." June 6th, Sunshine Red and Green." "Auntie Festival" "June 6, please auntie", in ancient times is still another festival called Tian Kuang (meaning bestowed gifts) Festival, June 6 is also a festival in Buddhist temples, called the festival of turning the scriptures, sacrifices to the mountain gods

June 19, the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy It is called Zhongyuan Festival

July 18, the birth of Xiwangmu in Taoism

July 20, the birthday of Cotton

July 23, the birth of Zhuge Wuhou

July 30, the birth of Jizangwangbodhisattva (Jizang Festival)

August of the Lunar Calendar

Early August 1, the festival of Heavenly Physicians

Early August 3, the birthday of Zaojun in Daodu Birthday

Eighth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, the mythological Yaochi Assembly

Fifteenth day of the eighth month , the Mid-Autumn Festival

Twentieth day of the eighth month, the birthday of rice

Twenty-seventh day of the eighth month, the birth of Confucius

September of the Lunar Calendar

1. ninth day of the ninth month, the Chung Yeung Festival

2. nineteenth day of the ninth month, the departure of Guanyin Bodhisattva from the house of Goddess of Mercy

Buddhism Lunar October

1, October 1st , October Dynasty, Cold Clothes Festival, also known as Ancestor Sacrifice Festival, and one of the Confucian Ghost Festivals

2, October 15th , Taoist Haoyuan Festival, the birth of Yu, the water official

Lunar November

1, Winter Solstice, so also known as the Day of the South Solstice, the subyear (after New Year's Day), is the only one of the twenty-four seasons used to determine the lunar sequence and leap month The winter solstice falls within the month of November (Zibo) (i.e., as early as the first day of November and as late as the 29th or 30th day of November) is the prerequisite for the establishment of a leap month. Since both the festival and the Gregorian calendar are properties of the solar calendar, the calendar date of the festival is instead relatively fixed, with the winter solstice often falling on or around December 22 in the Gregorian (solar) calendar.

Lunar Lunar New Year

1, December 8, Lunar New Year's Day, the day of Siddhartha Gautama Buddha in Buddhism

2, December 23, Zaozao Festival, Zaozao Day, commonly known as "over the small year", also known as the small year, the small year under the small year, small years of the festival

3, December 24, sweeping the dust

4, December 25, the winter solstice is often around the 22nd day of December (solar calendar), the winter solstice.

4, December 25, Dao Duzhong received the Jade Emperor

5,, the last day of December New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, New Year's Eve night called New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, the night of the festival, the end of the festival, etc., the folk said that New Year's Day 30, New Year's Day 30, sealing the well (sacrifice to the god of the well), posting spring couplets, welcoming the God of Fortune, eating New Year's Eve dinner, the New Year's Eve vigil

Sage's birthdays

Guandi's Birthday: June 24

The most holy teacher, Confucius: the 24th of June

Birthday of the Most Holy Sage Confucius: August 27

Birthday of the Most Holy Sage Cangjie: March 28

Birthday of Lord Luban: June 13 (the seventh day of the fifth month)

Birthday of Fuxi: May 13 (the birthday of the dragon, according to legend)

Birthday of Yandi Shennong: April 26

Birthday of the Yellow Emperor: the third day of the third month of the third month

Birthday of Zhuge Kongming: July 23

Birthday of Mencius: April 2

Birthday of Yue Fei: February 15

Birthday of Laozi: February 15

Birthday of Sakyamuni Buddha: April 8

Birthday of Qu Yuan: January 21

Birthday of the Sixth Patriarch Huineng: February 8

Other Festivals

"Half-yearly festivals: June 15, June 14, June 6, June 5, and the first day of June!

Guanyin Festival: February 19th, June 19th, September 19th, November 19th. The belief in Guanyin Bodhisattva has gone beyond Buddhism, he is a culture and a wish!

Every year, the 23rd day of the third month of the lunar calendar is the birthday of A-Ma!

The first day of July, commonly known as the opening of the interest door

Fill the Cang Festival: traditional Chinese Han folk festival, on the 25th day of the first month of the lunar calendar. Also known as Tim Cang Festival, Tian Cang Festival, is a festival to worship the god of Cang