Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Traditional customs - Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth Festival, Lantern Festival and Labor Day.

Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth Festival, Lantern Festival and Labor Day.

According to traditional festivals, Labor Day is different.

International Labor Day, also known as "May 1 International Labor Day" and "International Demonstration Day", is a national holiday in more than 80 countries in the world. Compared with Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth Festival and Lantern Festival, it is not a traditional festival in China. The ancient traditional festivals of the Chinese nation include primitive beliefs, sacrificial culture, astronomical calendar, Yi Shushu and other humanistic and natural cultural contents, and contain profound and rich cultural connotations, which is the process of precipitation and cohesion of Chinese history and culture.

As an international festival, Labor Day has its unique historical background and significance. It is a memorial day for workers to win their legitimate rights and interests through struggle with indomitable heroism. This is the historic progress of human civilization and democracy, and this is the essence of May Day. It is precisely because of this that China has included Labor Day as a national statutory holiday.