What are the traditional festivals?

Chinese New Year, Lantern Festival, Dragon Head Raising, Society Day Festival, Shangsi Festival, Cold Food Festival, Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Tanabata Festival, Mid-Yuan Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Chungyang Festival, Haoyuan Festival, Winter Solstice Festival, and New Year's Eve Festival. The festivals are the Spring Festival (the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar), the Lantern Festival (the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar), the Ching Ming Festival (around the fifth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar), the Dragon Boat Festival (the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar), the Tanabata Festival (the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar), the Mid-Autumn Festival (the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar), and the Chongyang Festival (the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar). The Spring Festival, commonly known as the "New Year's Day", traditionally known as the New Year, the Great Year, the New Year, but also known verbally as the year of the year, the celebration of the New Year, the New Year, is the most important traditional festivals of the Chinese nation. The Spring Festival originated in the Yin Shang period at the end of the year to sacrifice to the gods and ancestors, is China's grandest, most lively and most important of an ancient traditional festivals. Lantern Festival, also known as Shangyuan Festival and Lantern Festival, is the first important festival after Spring Festival. According to legend, Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty (179-157 years ago) to celebrate Zhou Bo in the first month of the fifteenth to survey the leveling of the chaos of Zhu Lu, every night, must go out of the palace to play with the people, in ancient times, the night with the night, the first month is also known as the month of yuan, the Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty the fifteenth day of the first month of the Lantern Festival. Dragon Carrying Heads (the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar), also known as the Spring Plowing Festival, Agricultural Festival, Green Dragon Festival, Spring Dragon Festival, etc., is a traditional Chinese folk festival. "Dragon" refers to the twenty-eight constellations in the east of the Canglong seven constellations astrological signs, every year in the middle of spring at the beginning of the month of Mao (Doo refers to the east), "Longjiaoxing" from the eastern horizon, so it is known as "dragon head-raising So it is called "Dragon Head Raising". Dragon's head day in the beginning of d in mid-spring, "d" five elements of wood, trigrams for the "Zhen"; Jiuji in the Lin Gua mutual shock, said the dragon left the state of latent, has appeared on the surface of the ground, emerging, for the development of the elephant. In farming culture, "the dragon carries the head" signifies the development of Yang Qi, more rain, everything is full of vitality, and spring plowing begins. Since ancient times, people have also used the day of the dragon's head as a day to pray for favorable weather conditions, to drive away evil spirits and disasters, and to bring good fortune. The Society Day Festival, also known as the Land Festival, is an ancient Chinese traditional festival, which is divided into the Spring Society and the Autumn Society. In the ancient times, the festival period was set according to the dry calendar, but later on, due to calendar changes, the lunar calendar was used to set the festival period. Spring Society according to the spring after the fifth e day projected, generally in the second month of the lunar calendar around the second, the autumn society according to the fifth e day after the fall, about the new grain debut of the lunar calendar in August. In ancient times, the land god and the place of worship to the land god are called "social", according to our folk customs, every sowing or harvest season, farmers have to set up social sacrifices, pray or reward the land god. On the Si Festival, commonly known as March 3, is a traditional festival of the Han Chinese people, the festival in the Han Dynasty before the first half of March, Si Day, and later fixed in the summer calendar on the third day of March. On the Si Festival is held in ancient times "purification bath" activities in the most important festivals, people go to the water bathing, known as "Purification of Purification", and since then has increased the rituals and banquets, goblets, the countryside in the spring and other content. Ancient times to "dry" date, the first six days of the first half of March, called "on the Si". The word "on the Si" was first included in the early Han literature, "Zhou Li" Zheng Xuan note: "years of purification, now March on the Si such as water and so on." After the Wei and Jin dynasties, the festival period on the Si Festival was changed to the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, so it is also known as "heavy three" or "March 3". Cold Food Festival, a traditional Chinese festival, in the summer calendar after the winter solstice 105 days, one or two days before the Qingming Festival. At the beginning of the festival, fireworks were forbidden and only cold food was eaten. And in the development of later generations gradually added sweeping, trekking, swinging, cuju, holding hooks, cockfighting and other customs. The Cold Food Festival is the only one of the traditional Han Chinese festivals named after a food custom. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the Prince of Jin, Chong Er, went into exile for nineteen years in order to escape from the disaster, and his minister, Jie Zi Pui, always followed him around and never abandoned him; he even "cut off the king's share". Chong Er tried his best to rule and became a famous ruler "Duke Wen of Jin". However, Jie Zi Pui did not want to seek profit and fortune, he and his mother retired to Mianshan Mountain. In order to force him to come out of the mountain to meet with him, Duke Wen of Jin ordered to set the mountain on fire, but Jie Zi Pui resolutely refused to come out of the mountain, and was eventually burned to death by the fire. Duke Wen of Jin remembered the loyalty of the will of the minister, buried in Mianshan, repair ancestral temple, and ordered in the day of the death of Jie Zi Tui ban on fire and cold food, in order to send condolences, which is the origin of the "Cold Food Festival". The Qingming Festival started around the Zhou Dynasty, which is more than 2,500 years old. Qingming is a very important festival in the beginning, once Qingming arrives, the temperature rises, it is a good time for spring plowing and planting, so there is "before and after Qingming, planting melons and beans" this proverb. Later, due to the Qingming and cold food days close, and cold food is the folk ban on fire sweeping days, gradually, cold food festival and Qingming Festival into one. Dragon Boat Festival, the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, is an important traditional festival of the Chinese nation. The Dragon Boat Festival was initially a summer festival to drive away the plague gods and sacrifice to the dragons, which the ancients offered to the dragons, as well as to commemorate Wu Zixu, Cao E and Jie Zitui. Later on this day the great patriotic poet Qu Yuan killed himself by the river, so people regarded the Dragon Boat Festival as a day to honor Qu Yuan as well. The seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is the traditional Chinese festival of Tanabata, also known as the Double Seven Festival, Begging for Coquettishness Festival, Women's Festival, Maiden's Festival, Fragrant Bridge and Coquettish Festival, etc., which originated from the legend of "Cowherd and Weaving Maiden meeting at the Magpie Bridge". Legend has it that the seventh daughter of the Jade Emperor, the Weaving Maiden, was enviable for her mind, dexterity, and good weaving, so women on earth worshipped her and prayed for wisdom, dexterity, and happiness, and so there was the "Begging for Coquettishness" on the seventh day of the seventh month of every year, which led to the formation of Begging for Coquettishness Festival. The Mid-Yuan Festival, also known as the Mid-July Festival, the 14th Day of the 7th Month, the Ancestor Festival, the Bon Festival, and the Di Guan Festival, is a festival of ancestor worship, the release of river lanterns, the worship of dead souls, the burning of paper ingots, and the worship of the land, among other customs. The "Zhongyuan Festival" is the name of the Taoist religion, and is known as the "Half of the 7th Moon" (or "14th of the 7th Moon") in folklore, which can be traced back to the worship of ancestral spirits and the related seasonal festivals in ancient times. The festival is related to the ancient cultural theory of the cycle of yin and yang, and in the I Ching, "seven" is the number of change, the number of rebirth. July is the month of good luck and filial piety, and the half of the seventh month is a festival for folk to celebrate the harvest in the early autumn and to thank the earth for the ripening of a number of crops, and it is customary for folk to worship their ancestors and make offerings of new rice to report the success of the autumn to their ancestors. The festival is a cultural tradition of remembering ancestors, and its cultural core is to honor ancestors and do filial piety. The Mid-Autumn Festival evolved slowly from the ancient moon festival. Ancient calendars divided each season into three months: the first, the second and the third. The eighth month of the lunar calendar is exactly the second month of autumn, so it is called "Mid-Autumn", while the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar is exactly the half of autumn, so it is called "Mid-Autumn". Initially, this day was designated as a festival for the ancient emperors to worship the moon, which slowly evolved into the Mid-Autumn Festival. The main custom is to enjoy the moon and eat mooncakes. The 9th day of the 9th month of the lunar calendar is the traditional festival of the Chinese people, the Chongyang Festival, also known as the "Festival of the Elderly". Because the "I Ching" in the "six" as the number of yin, the "nine" as the number of yang, the ninth day of September, the two nine overlap, so it is called Chung Yeung, also known as Chung Kau. Today is Chung Yeung Festival, the ninth day of the ninth month on the lunar calendar. Xiayuan Festival, a traditional Chinese festival, is the 15th day of the 10th lunar month, also known as "Xiayuan Day" and "Xiayuan". It is one of the traditional Chinese folk festivals. On the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar, China calls it the Shangyuan Festival, which is a celebration of the Lantern Festival and has been celebrated since ancient times; on the 15th day of the 7th month of the lunar calendar, China calls it the Zhongyuan Festival, which is a festival of ancestors; and on the 15th day of the 10th month of the lunar calendar, China calls it the Xiayuan Festival, which is a festival of ancestors. The origin of the Lower Yuan Festival is related to Taoism. Taoism has three officials: the Heavenly Official, the Earthly Official, and the Water Official, which are called the Heavenly Official who gives blessings with nine airs in the upper yuan, the Earthly Official who pardons sins with seven airs in the middle yuan, and the Water Official who relieves sins with five airs in the lower yuan. The birthdays of the three officials are the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar for the Heavenly Officials to bestow blessings, the 15th day of the seventh month for the Earthly Officials to forgive sins, and the 15th day of the tenth month for the Water Officials to relieve distress. These three days are called the "Upper Yuan Festival", "Middle Yuan Festival" and "Lower Yuan Festival". The Lower Yuan Festival is the day when the Shui Guan (Water Official) relieves Yang Gu Di Jun (Emperor Yang Gu) of his debt and is commonly known as the Lower Yuan Day. Winter Solstice (December 21 or 22, solar calendar), for the beginning of into the nine. Ancient people believed that the winter solstice was an auspicious day because the day was longer than the day and Yang Qi was rising. Therefore it is worth celebrating. Ming and Qing emperors had a ceremony to the sky, called the "winter solstice suburb days". New Year's Eve, the last night of the end of the year. The last day of the end of the year known as the "year in addition", meaning that the old year to this in addition, another new year. In addition, that is, the meaning of removing; Xi, refers to the night. "New Year's Eve" is the year in addition to the meaning of the night, also known as New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, etc., when the end of the year's last night. New Year's Eve is the day to get rid of the old and bring in the new, reunite the whole family, and worship the ancestors, along with the Qingming Festival, the half of the seventh month, and the Chongyang Festival, which are the traditional festivals of ancestor worship in Chinese folklore. New Year's Eve, in the hearts of the Chinese people is of special significance, the end of the most important day of the year, wandering even further away from the wanderer is to rush home to reunite with their families, in the sound of firecrackers in the old year, fireworks in the sky to welcome the new year. Among the twenty-four solar terms, there are also some individual natural points that are also traditional festivals, such as Qingming and the winter solstice, which have both natural and humanistic connotations. In addition, China's ethnic minorities have also retained their own traditional festivals, such as the Dai Water Festival, the Mongolian Naadam Conference, the Yi Torch Festival, the Yao Danu Festival, the March Festival of the Bai people, the Zhuang Song Wei, the Tibetan Tibetan New Year and Wangguo Festival, the Hmong Flower Jumping Festival, and so on.