What are the traditional Chinese festivals?

The main traditional Chinese festivals are: Spring Festival (the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar), Lantern Festival (the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar), Dragon Head-raising Festival (the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar), Social Day Festival (the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar), Ching Ming Festival (around the fifth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar), Dragon Boat Festival (on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar), Tanabata Festival (on the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar), the half of the seventh month (on the fourteenth/fifteenth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar), Mid-Autumn Festival (on the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar), Chongyang Festival (on the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar), Winter Solstice (December 21-23 on the lunar calendar), New Year's Eve (the last day of the year), and so on. The significance of traditional Chinese festivals: Inheriting and promoting traditional culture. Traditional festivals are an important carrier for the transmission of outstanding historical and cultural heritage, which not only enable people to increase their knowledge and be taught during the festivals, but also help to manifest culture, promote virtues, cultivate morals and carry forward traditions. Folk festival is a product of the evolutionary development of human civilization, most of the festival customs in the ancient times has been the first appearance.

Expanded Information:

The origin and development of festivals is a process of gradual formation, subtle refinement, and slow infiltration into the the process of social life. It is, like the development of society, a product of the development of human society to a certain stage. Most of these festivals in China's ancient times were related to astronomy, calendars, mathematics, and the later division into festivals. This from the literature can be traced back to at least "Xia Xiaozheng", "Shangshu", to the Warring States period, the division of the year, the twenty-four festivals, has been basically complete, and later traditional festivals, all closely related to these festivals.

The festivals provided the preconditions for the emergence of festivals, and most of the festivals were already in their infancy during the pre-Qin period, but the richness and popularity of their customs still required a long process of development. The earliest customary activities were related to primitive worship and superstitious taboos. Myths and legends for the festival added a few romantic colors; there is also the impact and influence of religion on the festival; some historical figures are given eternal remembrance into the festival, all of which are integrated into the cohesion of the festival content, so that China's festivals have a deep sense of history.