Four seasons traditional festival book

Traditional festivals in China are divided into four seasons:

Spring: Spring Festival (the first day of the first month)

Shen Lu's birthday (the fifth day of the first month)

Lantern Festival (the fifteenth day of the first month)

The dragon rises on February 2 (the second day of the second lunar month).

Cold Food Festival (April 4th every year, the day before Tomb-Sweeping Day. Legend has it that this festival is to commemorate the Spring and Autumn Period. )

Tomb-Sweeping Day (April 4th or 5th every year)

Summer: Dragon Boat Festival (the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, also known as Duanyang Festival, Noon Festival, May Festival, Ai Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Chongwu Festival, Noon Festival and Summer Festival). )

On the sixth day of the sixth lunar month, rural customs invite married girls, old and young, to receive them well and then send them back. )

Autumn: Tanabata (the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, also known as Qiao Qi, is the day when cowherd and weaver girl meet).

Lanpen (the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, also known as the Mid-Yuan Festival and Ghost Festival. )

Mid-Autumn Festival (August 15th is the middle of autumn, so it is called Mid-Autumn Festival or Mid-Autumn Festival. The moon on August 15 is rounder and brighter than the full moon in other months, so it is also called "moonlit night" and "August Festival". On the eve of Mid-Autumn Festival, people try their best to reunite with their families, which means bimonthly. August 15 is also called "Reunion Festival". )

Double Ninth Festival (the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, which coincides with the ninth day, is called Double Ninth Festival). )

Winter: ancestor worship festival (the first day of October, called "October Dynasty", also known as "ancestor worship festival". )

Winter solstice (commonly known as "Winter Festival") is a grand festival in ancient times. )

Laba Festival (the most important festival in December of the lunar calendar is the eighth day of December)

Off-year (the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, also known as "off-year") is a day for people to sacrifice their stoves. )

New Year's Eve (30, or "30"). This day is a day for people to eat, drink and be merry. Northerners make jiaozi and southerners make rice cakes. The shape of jiaozi is like an "ingot" and the sound of rice cakes is like "rice cakes", which are good signs of good luck. )