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Four Traditional Festivals in China

The four traditional festivals in China are as follows:

1, Spring Festival: The first day of the first lunar month is the most important traditional festival in China, also known as Chinese New Year. People will hold various celebrations, such as setting off fireworks, posting Spring Festival couplets and wrapping jiaozi.

2. Dragon Boat Festival: The fifth day of the fifth lunar month, also called Dragon Boat Festival. This festival was set up in memory of the patriotic poet Qu Yuan. People will eat zongzi and race dragon boats.

Mid-Autumn Festival: The 15th day of the eighth lunar month is one of the important traditional festivals in China. On this day, people will enjoy the moon, eat moon cakes and enjoy osmanthus.

4. Tomb-Sweeping Day: It is the traditional Tomb-Sweeping Day for the Chinese people to worship their ancestors around April 5 of the Gregorian calendar every year. People will sweep graves, worship ancestors and burn paper money to express their nostalgia for their loved ones in the past.