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What are the traditional festivals in China? What do you eat?

The first day of the first lunar month.

the Spring Festival; Chinese New Year

New Year's Day

Traditionally, we eat jiaozi or rice cakes.

the 15th of the first month of the lunar calendar

the Lantern Festival

Let's eat Yuanxiao.

Also called tangyuan

One of the twenty-four solar terms

Qingming Festival

Worship of tomb ancestors

the 5th day of the fifth lunar month

Dragon Boat Festival

eat Zongzi

Dragon Boat Racing

The seventh day of the seventh lunar month

Qixi Festival

It's called Qixi now.

Eating more melon and fruit pasta shows that food is "smart and crisp"

the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month

Mid-Autumn Festival

Family reunion

Eat moon cakes

September of the lunar calendar

Double Ninth Festival

Eat Chongyang cake

Drink chrysanthemum wine

One of the twenty-four solar terms

Winter solstice festival

Eat jiaozi wonton or dog meat and mutton according to local customs.

The last day of the lunar new year

New Year's Eve

In China, everyone is familiar with having a family reunion dinner.

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