Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Traditional festivals - Tomb-Sweeping Day, Mid-Autumn Festival, Qixi Lantern Festival, New Year's Eve, Double Ninth Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Spring Festival.

Tomb-Sweeping Day, Mid-Autumn Festival, Qixi Lantern Festival, New Year's Eve, Double Ninth Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Spring Festival.

In chronological order: Spring Festival (the first day of the first lunar month), Lantern Festival (the fifteenth day of the first lunar month), Tomb-Sweeping Day (the fifth day of the fourth lunar month), Dragon Boat Festival (the fifth day of the fifth lunar month), Chinese Valentine's Day (the seventh day of the seventh lunar month), Mid-Autumn Festival (the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month), Double Ninth Festival (the ninth day of the ninth lunar month) and New Year's Eve (the last day of the year).

the Spring Festival; Chinese New Year

The most solemn and distinctive traditional festivals in China generally refer to New Year's Eve and the first day of the first month. But among the people, the traditional Spring Festival refers to the sacrificial ceremony from the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month or the 23rd or 24th of the twelfth lunar month to the 15th of the first lunar month in La Worship, with New Year's Eve and the first day of the first lunar month as the climax.

the Lantern Festival

The first month is January, and the ancients called the night "Xiao". The fifteenth day is the first full moon night in a year, so the fifteenth day of the first month is called the Lantern Festival. Also known as "Shangyuan Festival". According to the folk tradition in China, the moon is high in the sky and there are 10,000 lanterns on the ground on the festival night of Spring Festival, so people can watch lanterns, solve riddles on the lanterns, eat Yuanxiao and have family reunion.

Qingming Festival

In ancient times, it was also called March Festival, and Tomb-Sweeping Day was around April 5th in the Gregorian calendar, which was one of the 24 solar terms. Among the 24 solar terms, Qingming is the only solar term that is both a solar term and a festival. Tomb-Sweeping Day is one of the important traditional folk festivals in China, and was listed in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage in 2006.

Dragon Boat Festival

On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, Duan means "start" and "start". The fifth day can be called Dragon Boat Festival. In the lunar calendar, the earthly branch marks the moon, the shade is built in the first month, February is the base, and May is noon in turn, so May is called noon month, and "five" is connected with "noon", and "five" is also the yang number, so the Dragon Boat Festival is also called Dragon Boat Festival, Worship Wu, Duanyang, Noon, Worship Wu and Noon Day. In addition, it is also called May Festival, Ai Festival and summer in some places.

Mid-Autumn Festival

China's traditional festival, also known as "Reunion Festival". August 15 is autumn, hence the name "Mid-Autumn Festival". The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the ritual of the ancient emperors offering sacrifices to the moon in autumn. Since Wei, Jin, Tang and Song Dynasties, it has gradually evolved into the custom of enjoying the moon. The word "Mid-Autumn Festival" first appeared in the book Zhou Li, and it really became a national holiday in the Tang Dynasty. In ancient times, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, people would offer exquisite moon cakes to the Moon God. After the sacrifice, the whole family will share it together to show family reunion. Together with Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Tomb-Sweeping Day, it is called the four traditional festivals of the Han nationality in China.

Double Ninth Festival

The ninth day of the ninth lunar month, also known as "Double Ninth Festival" and "Old People's Day", is also called Double Ninth Festival because the ancient Book of Changes defined "six" as yin number and "nine" as yang number. On September 9, the sun and the moon merged with each other, so it is called the Double Ninth Festival, and there are five traditional customs. 1. Climbing mountains, with crisp autumn air and pleasant scenery, is a tourist season, which can cultivate interest and be beneficial to health. Second, inserting Cornus officinalis can drive away autumn mosquitoes and kill pests. The third is drinking and enjoying chrysanthemums. When chrysanthemums are in full bloom, watch autumn chrysanthemums and drink chrysanthemum wine. The fourth is to eat Chongyang cake. Made of white and delicious rice cakes, it is called Chongyang cake. The fifth is to carry out activities to respect the elderly. The wind of respecting the elderly in Chongyang has never stopped since ancient times.

References:

China Festival-China Net

? "Festival" Introduction and Specific Date-Baidu Encyclopedia