Traditional Festival English in China

The following are the traditional festivals in China and their English names:

1, Spring Festival Spring Festival is one of the most important traditional festivals in China, with rich folk culture and customs, such as posting Spring Festival couplets, eating New Year's Eve, setting off firecrackers, dancing dragons and lions, and paying New Year greetings. During the Spring Festival, people will visit relatives and friends, give gifts and red envelopes, and share the joy and happiness of reunion to express their gratitude for the past year and wish the new year all the best, peace, auspiciousness and prosperity.

2. Tomb-Sweeping Day, Tomb-Sweeping Day is one of the traditional folk festivals in China, and it is also a mixed festival. It usually falls on April 4th or 5th of every year in the Gregorian calendar, which is one of the 24 solar terms calculated according to the lunar calendar and a national public holiday.

Dragon Boat Festival is one of the traditional festivals in China, which usually falls on the fifth day of May in the solar calendar. There are many different views on the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival. The most common is to commemorate the death of Qu Yuan, an ancient patriotic poet in China.

4. Mid-Autumn Festival The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the ancient peasant culture and belief in offering sacrifices to the moon in China. In ancient times, people believed that the moon was spiritual, and the moon in Mid-Autumn Festival was the roundest, brightest and most beautiful. Therefore, people will get together in the Mid-Autumn Festival to integrate reunion, joy and thoughts into this full moon festival and express their best wishes for life and family.

The Double Ninth Festival is one of the traditional festivals in China, which started in the Han Dynasty and is scheduled for the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. There are many different ways to celebrate this festival, including climbing mountains, enjoying chrysanthemums, drinking chrysanthemum wine and eating Chongyang cake.

6. Lantern Festival is one of the traditional festivals in China, which falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month. The main celebration of this festival is watching lanterns. People will light lanterns of various shapes and styles, such as lanterns and lanterns, as well as traditional customs such as eating glutinous rice balls and solve riddles on the lanterns.

The significance of this festival:

1. Inheriting culture: festivals are an important part of traditional culture. Traditional culture is passed down and carried forward through festivals, so that people can better understand and know their own cultural roots.

2. The feeling of reunion: Many festivals emphasize family reunion and affection, and promote the affection and friendship between family members by celebrating festivals.

3. Relaxation: Appropriate holidays and rest can relieve work pressure and life fatigue, and make people better adjust their physical and mental state, save their energy and meet work and life.

4. Arouse hope: Some festivals have special and symbolic meanings. For example, the Spring Festival represents the beginning and hope of a new year, and the Lantern Festival represents reunion and warmth. These festivals can inspire people's hope and confidence and inject motivation and courage into the future.

5. Enhance national cohesion: festivals are the * * * memory of the country and the nation. Celebrating festivals can enhance the cohesion and sense of identity between countries and nations, and respect and cherish the values and cultural traditions of * * *.

Different festivals have their unique origins, historical origins and cultural connotations, as well as celebration methods and activities, which reflect the traditional culture and folk customs of the whole nation and have important historical, cultural and social significance.