Traditional festivals in China and their significance

Traditional festivals are an important carrier of inheriting excellent history and culture, which can not only increase people's knowledge and benefit from festivals, but also help to show culture, carry forward virtues, cultivate sentiments and carry forward traditions. Folk festivals are the product of the evolution and development of human civilization, and most festival customs have already appeared in ancient times. The formation process of traditional festivals is the process of precipitation and cohesion of Chinese history and culture. We can't forget the historical significance of traditional festivals in China just because foreign festivals are popular.

The traditional festivals in China retain the unique cultural memory of the Chinese nation, and condense and influence the values, cultural psychology, lifestyle and aesthetic purport of the Chinese nation. In traditional festivals, colorful entertainment activities, such as Lantern Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and firecrackers to welcome spring, are all aimed at rendering and creating a spiritual and cultural atmosphere of family reunion and universal celebration, which is a valuable cultural product left by our ancestors.

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Some traditional festivals in China:

1, Dragon Boat Festival

Dragon Boat Festival is a very popular folk festival in China. This is a traditional custom of the Chinese nation since ancient times. Due to the vast territory and numerous stories and legends, not only many different festival names have been produced, but also different customs have been observed in different places. The Dragon Boat Festival in midsummer is a festival to ascend to heaven, and the Dragon Boat Festival in the form of dragon boat race is an important theme of the Dragon Boat Festival, which is still popular in the southern coastal areas of China.

2. Tomb-Sweeping Day

Since the Mid-Autumn Festival, there have been customs such as offering sacrifices to the moon, enjoying the moon, eating Yue Bai, enjoying osmanthus flowers and drinking osmanthus wine, which have been passed down to this day and last forever. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a colorful and precious cultural heritage. The full moon is a symbol of people's reunion, a sustenance for missing their hometown and relatives, and hopes for a bumper harvest and happiness.

3. Double Ninth Festival

Celebrating the Double Ninth Festival generally includes traveling to enjoy autumn, climbing high and overlooking, watching chrysanthemums, planting dogwood all over, eating double ninth cake, drinking chrysanthemum wine and other activities. The Double Ninth Festival was formed as early as the Warring States Period and was officially designated as a folk festival in the Tang Dynasty. From generation to generation. September 9th of the lunar calendar 1989 is designated as the Day for the Elderly, and the whole society is encouraged to establish the atmosphere of respecting, loving and helping the elderly.

4. Lantern Festival (15th day of the first month)

On the first full moon night of the Lunar New Year, traditional customs include going out to enjoy the moon, lighting lanterns and setting off flames, celebrating solve riddles on the lanterns, eating Yuanxiao and pulling rabbit lanterns. In addition, in many places, traditional folk performances, such as playing dragon lanterns, playing lions, walking on stilts, boating, yangko dancing and playing Taiping drums, have all joined the Lantern Festival.

Baidu Encyclopedia-China Traditional Festival