A few traditional Chinese festivals in English

The Spring Festival the Spring Festival (New Year's Day of the Chinese lunar calendar), the first day of the first month of the Lunar Calendar, the Spring Festival has a long history, originated in the Yinshang period at the end of the first year of the year of sacrifices to the gods and ancestors.

The Lantern Festival (Lantern Festival) the Lantern Festival, the first month of the lunar calendar, the first month is the first month of the lunar calendar, the ancients called the night for the "night", and the fifteenth day of the year is the first full-moon night, so the first month of the fifteenth for the Lantern Festival. It is also known as the Small New Year's Day, the Lantern Festival, or the Lantern Festival, and is the first major festival after the Spring Festival.

The Qing Ming Festival the Qing Ming Festival/Tomb-sweeping Day, April 5, Qingming Festival is a festival of ancestor worship, the traditional activity of tomb-sweeping.

Duanwu Festival the Dragon-Boat Festival, the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar every year, was originally a summer festival to drive out the plague, and then the Chu poet Qu Yuan threw himself into the river on the Dragon Boat Festival, it became a festival to commemorate Qu Yuan. Dragon Boat Festival customs are eating zongzi, dragon boat racing, hanging calamus, artemisia, moxa, fumigation Cangzhu, Angelica dahurica, drink xionghuang wine, etc.).

Mid Autumn Festival the Mid Autumn Festival (the Moon Festival), the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar every year. August is the second month of autumn, known as mid-autumn in ancient times, because in the middle of autumn and August, so the folk called Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Autumn Festival, August Festival, half of the eighth month, the Moon Festival, the Moon Festival, but also because of the day the moon is full, symbolizing reunion, also known as the reunion festival.

Chiyang Festival the Double Ninth Festival, the first nine days of September on the lunar calendar, two nine heavy, known as the heavy nine, nine is the number of Yang, solid heavy nine also known as the heavy sun. Chongyang this day all the relatives to climb together to avoid disasters, insert dogwood, chrysanthemums