What is our national festival?

China Han people generally eat rice cakes, jiaozi, Ciba, glutinous rice balls, poached eggs, meatballs, whole fish, wine, oranges, apples, peanuts, melon seeds, sweets, fragrant tea and dishes during the Spring Festival. Accompanied by dusting, washing bedding, preparing new year's goods, pasting Spring Festival couplets, pasting New Year pictures (door god Zhong Kui), pasting paper-cuts, stick grilles, pasting blessings, lighting candles, and lighting a prosperous fire.

Many activities, such as setting off firecrackers, Chinese New Year, giving lucky money, visiting relatives, giving New Year gifts, visiting ancestral graves, visiting flower markets, building social fires, and dancing in Zhong Kui, are extremely enjoyable. People in China still have the habit of hanging Chinese knots during the Spring Festival.

On the eve of the Lunar New Year, Tianjin people have the custom of inviting Chinese knots to receive Xiang Qiao's blessing at the Qiaoxiang Pavilion, an ancient cultural street. Wenzhou people want to go to their religion, sincerely pray and hope to get happiness with their families in the new year. Mostly Buddhism.

2. beginning of spring

Beginning of spring is the first of the 24 solar terms in the lunar calendar and the first day of spring. It marks the beginning of a year's farming activities and has always been valued by the Han people in China. Whip Spring Order is to let cattle spur farming on that day in beginning of spring. According to the Tokyo Dream, the day before in beginning of spring.

Kaifengfu Chunniu entered the palace, and the emperor sent people whip Chunchun. Kaifeng and Xiangfu counties should also enter the spring cattle and whip them at the front line of Kaifeng. As a rule, other state capitals should also spur farmers on the day of spring.

After the whip spring, onlookers often scramble to grab the clods. Because it is said that cows should be buried in the house, silkworms should be raised at home and land should be cultivated at home, the robbery is fierce and sometimes even fatal. In addition, the clay sculpture of Koharu cows in early spring is still a popular holiday gift.

3. Lantern Festival

Also known as "Lantern Festival", Lantern Festival, the first lunar month, New Year's Eve or Lantern Festival. It is one of the traditional festivals in China, and it is also one of the traditional festivals of local and overseas Chinese.

Yuanxiao, originally meaning "the night of Shangyuan Festival", is the "Shangyuan Festival" on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar. The main activities are eating jiaozi and enjoying the moon in the evening. Later, the name of this festival evolved into "Lantern Festival". Push the celebration that began on New Year's Eve to another climax. On the night of Lantern Festival, the streets are decorated with lanterns and people appreciate them. Solve riddles on the lanterns and eating Yuanxiao have become the customs of several generations.

Lantern Festival, as a traditional festival in China, existed as early as 2,000 years ago in the Qin Dynasty. According to data and folklore, the fifteenth day of the first month was paid attention to in the Western Han Dynasty, and Emperor Wen of Han ordered that the fifteenth day of the first month be designated as the Lantern Festival. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's activity of offering sacrifices to "Taiyi" (Taiyi: the God in charge of all things in the universe) in Ganquan Palace on the night of the first month of the lunar calendar was regarded by later generations as the forerunner of offering sacrifices to the gods on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar.

4. Social Day

Social Day is a festival for the ancients to offer sacrifices to social gods. From the son of heaven to the people, all the land should be closed and the society should be set up for sacrifice. According to the Book of Rites, the society built by the son of heaven for the people in the world is called "Taishe" and the society built for himself is called "King Snake".

The society established by vassals for domestic people is called "national society", and the society established for themselves is called "Hou society"; Doctors don't set up their own clubs, but form a club with the people in their town, which is called a "home club". In this way, all parts of the country have their own societies for officials and people to sacrifice.

5. Zhonghe Festival

Also known as the dragon heads up. The Chronicle of Yanjing's Years Old says: "On February 2nd, the ancient Chinese Peace Festival was also called the dragon head." This festival depends on observing the location of the Seven Oriental Black Dragon Hotels in the sky. From an astronomical point of view, whenever the vernal equinox, the hornbeam appears on the eastern horizon at dusk, while the other six nights are still hidden below the horizon.

On the solstice of summer, the seven hotels in Black Dragon are located due south, and they will dive until the vernal equinox next year after the autumnal equinox. Therefore, Shuo Wen Jie Zi explains that the dragon "ascends to heaven at the vernal equinox and dives at the autumnal equinox." Because yin and yang are balanced and heaven and earth are harmonious in a year, only the vernal equinox and autumnal equinox are called Mid-Autumn Festival, which is called Mid-Autumn Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival.

Later generations fixed the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th of the lunar calendar, and then called February 15th half a year ago the Flower Festival, spring flowers and autumn moon, which corresponded wonderfully. Because of the appearance of the dragon god, people always worship the dragon god and pray for good weather.

Baidu Encyclopedia-China Traditional Festival