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What are the traditional customs in China?

There are many folk customs in China. With the development of urbanization and the progress of the times, our young people know less and less about traditional customs. Today, let's take stock of those traditional folk customs together.

1. If you don't sweep the floor on the first day of the first month, China people think it will sweep away your luck and ruin your money. If you must sweep the floor, you must sweep it from the outside to the inside.

2. I went back to visit on the second day of the first month, and my daughter who got married on this day went back to her family.

On the third day of the first month, it is called "Red Dog Day", and this day is usually not to go out to pay New Year greetings.

Sacrifice to the god of wealth on the fourth day of the first month.

5. On the fifth day of the first month, it is necessary to "break the fifth day". On this day, it is necessary to clean up and set off firecrackers to "catch up with the five poor", including "poor in intelligence, poor in learning, poor in literature, poor in life and poor in friendship".

6. Send the poor on the sixth day of the first month. On this day, every household has to throw garbage.

7. The seventh day of the first month is "People's Day". On this day, you can't argue with others, and you can't beat and scold children.

8. The ninth day of the first month is the birthday of the Jade Emperor. On this day, many places in the countryside will hold activities to pray for good weather in the new year.

9. The 10th day of the first month is "Stone Day". It is said that all the stone tools can't be moved on this day. There is a saying in Yuncheng, Shandong Province that the stone gods lift.

10, Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month. On this day, many folk places will watch lanterns and eat Yuanxiao.

1 1, it is "nostalgia" not to have a haircut in the first month, but for the sake of my uncle, people often don't choose to have a haircut in the first month.

12. On the second day of the second lunar month, the dragon looks up. On this day, the haircut "cuts the tap". Traditional folk customs should be "four don't do, three don't eat, and two don't touch".

13. On the third day of the third lunar month, there will be temple fairs in many places.

14, Tomb-Sweeping Day ate boiled eggs to worship his ancestors.

April 14th of the lunar calendar is Lv Zu's birthday. On this day, many places have the tradition of making fairy cakes.

16, "Plum Boiling Wine" is in April, which is the season of plum ripening in the lunar calendar. In some places, there is a custom of tasting plum wine.

17, the Dragon Boat Festival is on the fifth day of May, and the fifth day of the fifth lunar month is the Dragon Boat Festival. On this day, we eat zongzi and race dragon boats.

18, June 6th, "Sun Dragon Clothes" and "menstruation Festival". On the sixth day of the sixth lunar month, the clothes in the box should be taken out to dry. Many places will take the monk's daughter home for a good reception. Many places will kill sheep, eat mutton and drink mutton soup.

19, the first day of July "opens the underground gate", and the first day of July is the first day of Ghost Month. There will be some sacrificial activities among the people to show their awe.

20. On the second day of July, many private shops will worship on this day, hoping to spend this month safely.

2 1, July 7th "Qixi Festival", this day is the day when the cowherd and the weaver girl get together, and this day is China's Valentine's Day.

On July 15, the Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Ghost Festival, people will hold sacrificial activities to commemorate their loved ones and place good wishes for the future.

August 15th of the lunar calendar is our traditional Mid-Autumn Festival, second only to the Spring Festival. According to traditional customs, people set up incense tables in front of courtyards and courtyards, put all kinds of melons and fruits, put moon cakes on the bright moon, and burn incense for the whole family. This is a long-term activity in Yue Bai.

24. On the Double Ninth Festival on September 9, there are customs such as climbing to pray for blessings, climbing to enjoy autumn, offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors, and being grateful and respecting the elderly.

On the first day of October, there is also the custom of sending warm clothes to the dead relatives. The living also have some activities symbolizing winter, and other ceremonies such as moving graves and burying future generations are also held on this day.

26. In the November of the lunar calendar, there is a saying that 1 1 individuals clamor, 12 individuals set up a light shed, 13 individuals turn on the light, 14 individuals turn on the light, 15 individuals walk in the middle of the month,1. In the old society, people began to prepare for the Lantern Festival and the social fire show around the eleventh day of the first month. Lantern buyers bought lanterns and built a lantern shed, which was very lively.

27. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is also called Laba porridge, and Laba porridge is to be drunk on this day. According to folklore, Laba is a year and the New Year begins.

28. "Send the kitchen king" on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, and in some places it is the 24th of the twelfth lunar month. In the traditional culture of "off-year", this day is called the day of offering sacrifices to stoves, sweeping dust and eating kitchen candy. After the Stove Festival, preparations for the Chinese New Year officially began.

29. "Sweeping the house" on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, because "dust" and "Chen" are homophonic, sweeping the dust in the Spring Festival means "removing the old but not new".

On the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, the pronunciation of "grinding bean curd", "rot" and "blessing" is similar, and making tofu means "harvesting happiness and blessings in the new year".

3 1, the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, "Kill pigs and cut annual meat". On this day, we will kill pigs and cut their meat, and start buying new year's goods.

32. On the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, "Slaughter the chickens for the Spring Festival to catch a big gathering", on this day, every household will slaughter their own poultry and go to the market to purchase. As all the items needed for the Spring Festival are being purchased, markets all over the country are very busy on this day.

33. On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, "making cakes, steaming steamed buns and applying decals", every household should start preparing the staple food for the New Year.

34. On the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, all kinds of preparations for the New Year will end on this day. In the whole festival, 29th is the busiest day.

35. New Year's Eve is the last day of the year. There are many folk activities on this day, such as putting up Spring Festival couplets, wrapping jiaozi, eating New Year's Eve, burning gold paper and setting off firecrackers.