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Traditional festivals is a small rhyming article that introduces what

Traditional Festivals is a small rhyming article introducing the evolution of human civilization, human respect for nature and reverence for nature, as well as excellent history and culture.

1, the evolution of human civilization

The origin and inheritance of ancient traditional festivals is a "gradually formed and gradually perfected cultural process" of human society, which is the product of the evolution of human civilization. Ancient festivals are folk cultures created by people based on their primitive beliefs and in order to adapt to the needs of life. Some festivals and customs handed down in the ancient times clearly record the rich and colorful social life of the ancients.

2, human respect for nature and reverence for nature

The creation of traditional festivals reflects the Chinese people's knowledge of and respect for nature, and contains heavy historical and humanistic feelings, with rich cultural connotations and spiritual core.

3, excellent historical culture

The formation process of traditional festivals is the process of precipitation and cohesion of the Chinese nation's historical culture. Traditional festivals are an important carrier of the inheritance of outstanding historical culture, people in the festival to increase knowledge, be taught, and help to show culture, promote virtues, cultivate sentiments, and promote tradition.

Traditional festival customs are:

1, Lantern Festival

Because of the Lantern Festival has the custom of opening the lanterns, watching the lanterns, the folk are also customarily referred to as the "Festival of Lights". Lantern Festival is mainly a series of traditional folk activities such as lanterns, eating dumplings, riddles, fireworks and so on. In addition, the Lantern Festival in many places has increased the number of dragon lanterns, lions, stilt walkers, rowing boats, rice-planting songs, playing the drums and other folk performances.

2, Tanabata Festival

The Tanabata Festival is the world's earliest love festival, Tanabata night sit and watch the Altair and Vega stars, visit the girlfriends, worship the Vega, praying for a marriage, cut female red, begging for blessings and so on, is the traditional Tanabata customs of Chinese folk.

3. Spring Festival

such as buying new year's goods, sweeping the dust, putting up couplets, eating New Year's Eve dinner, observing the New Year's Eve, paying homage to the New Year's Day, paying respect to the New Year, lion and dragon dances, paying homage to the gods, praying for blessings and calamities, setting off firecrackers, setting off fireworks, traveling to the gods, betting on boats, temple fairs, traveling to the gongs and drums, traveling to the bidding flags, going up to the lamps and drinking wine, and enjoying the lanterns, and so on. The folklore of the New Year's Eve is mainly manifested in the New Year's Eve lights stay on all night, and the age of the fire originated from the need to drive away evil spirits in ancient times.