What are the traditional festivals in China?

Customs of Spring Festival: It is said that animals are afraid of red, fire and explosion in New Year, which usually appear on the first day of the New Year. Therefore, on the first day of New Year's Day, people have activities and customs such as New Year's greetings, posting Spring Festival couplets, hanging New Year pictures, stick grilles, setting off firecrackers, giving out red envelopes, wearing new clothes, eating jiaozi, vigil, lion dance, dragon dance, hanging lanterns and kowtowing.

Lantern Festival custom: Lantern Festival, also known as the first lunar month, Lantern Festival or Lantern Festival, is the first important festival after the Spring Festival. China has a vast territory and a long history, so the customs of celebrating the Lantern Festival are different all over the country, among which eating Yuanxiao, watching lanterns and dancing dragons and lions are several important folk customs. Lantern Festival is a traditional festival in China, so it is celebrated all over the country. The customs in most areas are similar, but each area still has its own characteristics.

Tomb-Sweeping Day custom: refers to the custom of paying homage to ancestors before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day. It is said that the origin of Tomb-Sweeping Day began with the "grave-sweeping" ceremony of ancient emperors and generals. Later, people followed suit, and it became a fixed custom of the Chinese nation to worship ancestors and sweep graves on this day. The customs in Tomb-Sweeping Day include: sweeping graves to worship ancestors, hiking, inserting willows, playing games, holding hooks, flying kites, swinging, shooting willows, cuju and fighting cocks.

Dragon Boat Festival custom: Dragon Boat Festival, the fifth day of the fifth lunar month every year. Today, the Dragon Boat Festival is still a very popular grand festival among the people of China. Celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival has been a traditional habit of China people for more than two thousand years. Due to the vast territory, numerous nationalities and numerous stories and legends, not only many different festival names are produced, but also different customs exist in different places. The main contents are as follows: "Daughter goes back to her parents' house, hangs Zhong Kui statue, welcomes ghosts, hides in the afternoon, sticks leaves in the afternoon, hangs calamus and wormwood, travels in all diseases, wears sachets, prepares sacrificial bowls, races dragon boats, flies kites, contests, hits balls, swings, bathes children with bitter herbs and wheat, paints realgar, drinks realgar wine and calamus wine, and eats five poisons. Summer was originally the season to drive away the plague. From this day on, the indispensable epidemic prevention activities gradually evolved into eating zongzi, dragon boat racing, hanging calamus, wormwood and mugwort leaves, smoking Atractylodes rhizome and angelica dahurica, and drinking realgar wine. Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Dragon Boat Festival has been circulated among the people for more than two thousand years. There are many theories about the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival. Although customs vary from place to place, making zongzi and rowing dragon boats is a common custom.

Custom of Double Ninth Festival: Double Ninth Festival, also known as Double Ninth Festival, Sunbathing Autumn Festival and "Treading Autumn", is a traditional festival in China. Celebrating the Double Ninth Festival generally includes activities such as traveling to enjoy autumn, climbing high and looking far, watching chrysanthemums, planting dogwood all over, eating double ninth cake and drinking chrysanthemum wine. Every year, the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, together with New Year's Eve, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Zhongyuan Festival, is called the four traditional ancestor worship festivals in China. The Double Ninth Festival was formed as early as the Warring States Period and was officially designated as a folk festival in the Tang Dynasty. From generation to generation. Chongyang and the "spring outing" on March 3 are all family members. On Double Ninth Festival, all relatives should climb the mountain together to "avoid disaster".

Mid-Autumn Festival custom: Mid-Autumn Festival began in the early years of Tang Dynasty and prevailed in Song Dynasty. By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it had become one of the major festivals in China, which was as famous as the Spring Festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival has customs such as offering sacrifices to the moon, enjoying the moon, eating moon cakes, enjoying osmanthus and drinking osmanthus wine. Since ancient times, and spread to this day, it lasts for a long time. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a colorful and precious cultural heritage. The full moon is a symbol of people's reunion, a sustenance for missing their hometown and relatives, and hopes for a bumper harvest and happiness. Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Spring Festival and Tomb-Sweeping Day are also called the four traditional festivals in China.