What festivals are there in April?

April Fool's Day (April Fool's Day or All Fool' s Day), also known as April Fool's Day and Humor Festival, falls on April 1 and is not recognized as a legal holiday by any country.

The more common saying of April Fool's Day originated in France. 1564, France first adopted a newly reformed calendar-Gregorian calendar (that is, universal solar calendar), which started with 65438+ 10/0, and changed the previous calendar that started with April 1 as the New Year.

The festival was introduced to Britain in the18th century, and then brought to the United States by early British immigrants, and brought to the American continent with the British colonial movement and immigration activities, so it became a popular festival in Europe and America.

2. Tomb-Sweeping Day

Also known as outing festival, outing festival, March festival, ancestor worship festival, etc. This festival is at the turn of mid-spring and late spring. Tomb-Sweeping Day is the biggest ancestor worship festival of the Chinese nation, which originated from ancient ancestor belief and spring worship custom.

Tomb-Sweeping Day has two connotations of nature and humanity, which are both natural solar terms and traditional festivals. Grave-sweeping and ancestor-worship outing are two major themes of Tomb-Sweeping Day, which have been passed down since ancient times in China.

The time is around April 5 of the Gregorian calendar every year.

3. Earth Day

Earth Day? That is, April 22nd every year is a festival specially set up for world environmental protection, aiming at raising people's awareness of existing environmental problems, mobilizing people to participate in the environmental protection movement, and improving the overall environment of the earth through a green and low-carbon life.

Earth Day was initiated by Gaylord Nelson and dennis hayes in 1970. Today, the celebration of Earth Day has developed to 192 countries around the world, and more than 10 billion people participate in it every year, making it the largest folk environmental protection festival in the world.

4. World Law Day

The World Association of Jurists stipulates that April 22nd every year is World Law Day.

Members of the Association hold a regional forum once a year and a general meeting once every two years to discuss the achievements made in various fields of the legal profession. By issuing publications and holding conferences, the association provides the latest development in the legal field and actively solves the problems that hinder democracy and peaceful development.

5. World Dance Day

World Dance Day is April 29th, initiated by the International Dance Committee (CID) under UNESCO. It was first proposed by the International Dance Committee in 1982.

The goal of the program is to raise the public's attention to the importance of dance, and hope that governments all over the world will provide space for dance from primary education to higher education.