English Introduction to Longyou Traditional Festival

1. For China people, there are many festivals, such as National Day and May Day. However, people in China think the Spring Festival is their most important festival. This is also my favorite festival, especially when I was a child, because in those days, I can have one.

Eat a lot of delicious food, enjoy a long holiday and wear beautiful clothes. More importantly, I can receive a lot of New Year's money. Therefore, every year, I look forward to the Spring Festival coming soon.

September to October every year. On this day, China people all over the world celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is said that the moon is the biggest and brightest. Mid-Autumn Festival is very important because it is a special day for family reunion. This day is also a day to eat special foods, such as mood cakes. There are all kinds of moon cakes. Traditional mood cakes are usually made of bean paste. But now. There are many different kinds of moon cakes, including fruit, coffee, chocolate and even ice cream moon cakes.

2. Basic introduction

Traditional festivals in China are diverse in form and rich in content, and they are an integral part of the long history and culture of our Chinese nation.

The origin and development of festivals is a process of gradual formation, subtle influence and gradual infiltration into social life. Like social development, it is the product of the development of human society to a certain stage. Most of these ancient festivals in China are related to astronomy, calendars, mathematics and the weather carved later. At least in this regard, the literature can be traced back to Little Summer and Shangshu to the Warring States Period. The division of 24 solar terms in a year has been basically in place, and later traditional festivals are closely related to these solar terms.

As for the choice of festivals, most of them appeared in the pre-Qin period due to the conditions provided, but the customs are rich and popular, which needs a long development process. The earliest activities were related to worship, superstition and taboo in primitive customs; Myths and legends add a bit of romance to the festival; There is an impact and influence on religious festivals; Some historical figures have been endowed with eternal holiday memories, all of which have integrated the connotation of festivals, giving China people a deep sense of history about festivals.

By the Han Dynasty, the main traditional festivals in China had been finalized. It is often said that these festivals originated from the Han Dynasty, which was the first great development period after the reunification of China. The political and economic stability, science and culture had made great progress, which provided good social conditions for the final formation of festivals.

Festivals developed into the Tang Dynasty, liberated from the mysterious atmosphere of primitive sacrifices and taboos, and moved towards ceremonial entertainment, becoming a real festive festival. Since then, this festival has become a lively celebration, rich and colorful, with many sports activities and fun scenes, and quickly became a popular fashion. These customs have continued to develop and endure.

It is worth mentioning that in the long history, ancient literati and literati wrote many famous poems for the festival, which made the traditional festival culture of our country penetrate deeply, be wonderful and romantic, and show elegance and vulgarity.

Festivals in China have a strong cohesion and a wide range of inclusiveness. As soon as festivals are held, the whole country rejoices, which is the same as our nation's long history and is a valuable spiritual heritage.

The formation of traditional festivals is a process of long-term accumulation and condensation of the history and culture of a nation or country. The festivals listed below are all developed from ancient times. From these popular holiday customs, we can also clearly see the wonderful pictures of the social life of ancient people.

3. Every September or October. On this day, China people all over the world celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is said that the moon is the biggest and brightest.

Mid-Autumn Festival is very important because it is a special day for family reunion. This day is also a day to eat special foods, such as mood cakes. There are all kinds of moon cakes. Traditional mood cakes are usually made of bean paste. But now. There are many different kinds of moon cakes, including fruit, coffee, chocolate and even ice cream moon cakes.

4. Double Ninth Festival

The ninth day of the ninth lunar month is the traditional Double Ninth Festival, or Double Ninth Festival. Usually in October of the solar calendar. In an ancient and mysterious book, The Book of Changes or The Book of Changes, the number 6 is considered to be feminine or negative, while the number 9 is considered to be masculine, meaning masculine or positive. So the number 9 in the month and date created the Double Ninth Festival. Chong means double in Chinese. In addition, because the double ninth festival has the same pronunciation as the word "forever", both of them belong to the ninth year of the ninth lunar month, and China ancestors thought it was an auspicious day to celebrate. This is why people in ancient China began to celebrate this festival a long time ago.

The custom of climbing mountains to avoid epidemics was handed down a long time ago. Therefore, the Double Ninth Festival is also called the Ascending Festival. The height people can reach is usually a mountain or a tower. Ancient literary figures left many poems describing this activity. Even today, people still flock to famous or little-known mountains on this day.

On this day, people will eat Chongyang cake. In Chinese, Gao and Gao are pronounced the same. People do this only in the hope of making progress in everything they do. There is no fixed method for Chongyang cake, but the super cake will have as many as nine layers and look like a tower.

The Double Ninth Festival is also the time when chrysanthemums are in full bloom. There are all kinds of chrysanthemums in China, and people have loved them since ancient times. So enjoying the blooming chrysanthemums has also become an important activity of this festival. Also, people will drink chrysanthemum wine. Women used to put this flower in their hair or hang its branches on windows or doors to avoid evil.

1989, the government of China decided to call the Double Ninth Festival for the elderly. Since then, all government units, organizations and street communities have organized an autumn outing for retirees every year. At the water's edge or on the mountain, the elderly will find themselves in harmony with nature. On this day, the younger generation will take the older generation to the suburbs or give them gifts.

For China people, there are many festivals, such as National Day and May Day. However, people in China think the Spring Festival is their most important festival. And it is also my favorite festival, especially when I was a child, because in those days, I can have a lot of delicious food to eat, enjoy a very long holiday and wear beautiful clothes. More importantly, I can receive a lot of New Year's money. Therefore, every year, I look forward to the Spring Festival coming soon. When I grow up, it is not as important to me as before. Because I can eat delicious food and wear my favorite clothes every day. It seems that the Spring Festival is celebrated every day!

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