Which aspect of Chinese culture is reflected in traditional festivals and customs?

Traditional Chinese festivals are known for their variety and richness of content, which not only have profound cultural connotations, but at the same time, embody the aesthetic essence of traditional culture. Traditional Chinese festivals belong to an important cultural phenomenon in traditional Chinese society and are an integral part of Chinese history and culture. From the origin of traditional festivals, part of it is to honor cultural celebrities, for example, the Dragon Boat Festival in honor of Qu Yuan, the triple coccyx of Chu, and the Cold Food Festival in honor of a generation of loyal ministers, Jie Zi Tui; and part of it is the evolution of rituals, for example, from the ancient times of praying for blessings and sacrifices, and gradually developed into the current New Year's Day, which is the event of the whole country.

In the past, people attached great importance to these traditional festivals, and many literary works depicted scenes of people celebrating these festivals. For example, the Tang Dynasty poet Su Wei wrote "The Night of the Fifteenth Day of the First Moon," about people celebrating the Lantern Festival in the city of Luoyang, and Meng Haoran's "Autumn Climbing Ten Thousand Hills and Sending Zhang Wu," which reflects the custom of climbing up to the mountains and seeing farther away during the Chongyang Festival.

Chinese traditional festivals as a cultural carrier, which has a colorful cultural information. But if we don't know much about traditional Chinese festivals, we may not be able to appreciate the aesthetic meaning that flows in the cultural blood. Traditional Chinese festivals and customs have a long history. They can be traced all the way back to the time of the ancient ancestors. In primitive society, because of the low level of productivity, coupled with the natural phenomena people can not understand, and no way to control, for the natural world has produced fear, worship of psychology. Ancient ancestors believed that nature gave personification, and felt that behind various natural phenomena, a supernatural great power was hidden behind.

In order to find protection for this supernatural power, the ancient ancestors manifested their own feelings of worship. The concept of the animist was born and gradually developed into the primitive beliefs of the ancient times. This primitive faith included praying for blessings and sacrifices, and after the calendar was gradually formed, people would have a specific date for praying for blessings and sacrifices according to the natural seasons. This is actually the prototype of traditional festivals. Traditional Chinese festivals are based on cultural concepts and natural seasons, starting from the initial nature worship and animism, and gradually developing into a phenomenon with unique Chinese aesthetic meaning by the witch wind of rituals and prayers, which has undergone an evolutionary process of several thousand years. Whether it is because of? Whether it's because of the "Cautiousness of the End of the World" or the "Cautiousness of the Future", or the "Cautiousness of the Ancestors". and mourning ancestors, or praying for prosperity, good harvest, presenting the Chinese traditional customs, culture, rich and profound cultural connotations, as well as the aesthetic essence of traditional Chinese culture.