What are the ancient festivals?

1, Double Ninth Festival, a traditional festival in China, is celebrated every year on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. The number of "Nine" is a positive number in the Book of Changes, and the two positive numbers of "Nine Nine" are heavy, so it is called "Chongyang"; It is also called "Double Ninth Festival", because both the date and the month conform to nine.

Returning to the truth of 1999, the ancients thought that 1999 Chongyang was an auspicious day. In ancient times, there were folk customs such as climbing mountains to pray, enjoying chrysanthemums in autumn, wearing dogwood, offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors, and drinking to pray for longevity. So far, it has added the connotation of respecting the elderly, feasting on the day of Chongyang, and being grateful for respecting the elderly. Climbing mountains and enjoying autumn and giving thanks and respecting the elderly are two important themes of today's Double Ninth Festival.

2. Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Moon Festival, Moonlight Birthday, Moon Festival, Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Moon Festival, Moon Festival and Reunion Festival, is a traditional folk festival in China. The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the worship of celestial phenomena and evolved from the worship of the autumn moon in ancient times.

At first, the festival of "Sacrificing the Moon" was held on the "autumnal equinox" of the 24 solar terms in the Ganzhi calendar, and later it was moved to August 15 in the summer calendar (lunar calendar). In some places, the Mid-Autumn Festival is set on August 16 in the summer calendar. Since ancient times, Mid-Autumn Festival has had folk customs such as offering sacrifices to the moon, enjoying the moon, eating moon cakes, playing with lanterns, enjoying osmanthus and drinking osmanthus wine. It has been circulating for a long time.

3. The Cold Food Festival is a traditional festival in China, which falls after the summer solstice and one or two days before Tomb-Sweeping Day. When the first day of the day is a holiday, smoking is forbidden and only cold food is eaten.

In the development of later generations, the customs of sweeping, climbing, swinging, cuju, crochet and cockfighting were gradually increased. The Cold Food Festival lasted for more than 2,000 years and was once called the largest folk festival in China. Cold Food Festival is the only traditional festival of Han nationality named after food customs.

Xiayuan Festival is a traditional festival in China, which is also called "Xiayuan Festival" and "Xia Yuan" on October 15th of the lunar calendar. It is one of the traditional folk festivals in China. On the fifteenth day of the first month, China called Shangyuan Festival to celebrate Yuanxiao, which has existed since ancient times. On July 15, China called the Mid-Autumn Festival a festival to worship ancestors. 1October15th, China called the next yuan festival the ancestor worship festival.

The origin of the next Yuan Festival is related to Taoism. Taoism has three officials: heaven official, earth official and water official, which means that nine officials in the upper Yuan Dynasty blessed heaven official, seven officials in the middle Yuan Dynasty pardoned sin, and the five senses in the lower Yuan Dynasty relieved water official.

The birth dates of the three officials are the fifteenth day of the first lunar month when God blessed the people, the fifteenth day when the local officials forgave sins, and the fifteenth day when the water officials forgave sins. These three days are called Shangyuan Festival, Zhongyuan Festival and Xiayuan Festival. The next yuan festival is the day when the water official and the emperor of the valley of Ecuador solved Eritrea, commonly known as the next yuan day.

5. New Year's Eve is the last night at the end of a year. The last day of the end of the year is called "year's minute", which means that the old year is divided and replaced by the new year. In addition, it means to remove; Night means night. "New Year's Eve" refers to the eve of New Year, also known as New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve and so on. This is the last night of the year.

New Year's Eve is a time to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, to reunite the whole family and to worship the ancestors. Tomb-Sweeping Day, July 30th and Double Ninth Festival are traditional festivals in China to offer sacrifices to ancestors. New Year's Eve has a special meaning in the hearts of China people. On the most important day at the end of this year, no matter how far away, the wanderers have to rush home to reunite with their families, say goodbye to the old year with firecrackers and set off fireworks everywhere to welcome the new year.