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Recommend festivals in China?

Cold food festival: usually the sixth day after winter solstice. The days near Tomb-Sweeping Day. Before the calendar reform in Tang Ruowang in the early Qing Dynasty, Tomb-Sweeping Day was scheduled for two days after the Cold Food Festival. After the political reform in Tang Dynasty, Tomb-Sweeping Day was scheduled before the Cold Food Festival. The definition of modern twenty-four solar terms follows the Tang family, so the Cold Food Festival is the day before Tomb-Sweeping Day. After the founding of New China, many regions equated the Cold Food Festival with Tomb-Sweeping Day and celebrated it on the same day.

Mid-Autumn Festival: the 15th day of the seventh lunar month (in some places, especially in southern China, it is July 14. According to legend, in the last year of Mid-Autumn Festival in Song Dynasty, Mongols invaded a place, and residents celebrated the festival one day in advance to avoid it. Taoism calls it Mid-Autumn Festival, Buddhism calls it Yulan Festival, which is commonly known as Ghost Festival and July 30th. There are related festivals in many areas of China cultural circle. "In the first few days, the market sold funerary wares, shoes and hats, fake gold rhinoceros belts and colorful clothes. Put it on a paper shelf and sell it. " .

Tail tooth: Tail tooth is a traditional festival of Han nationality in southern Fujian, the "end" of merchants' one-year activities and the "first sound" of people's Spring Festival activities. The second and sixteenth day of each month is the day when Minnan businessmen worship the land god, which is called "tooth making". February 2 is the first time to make a tooth, which is called "the first tooth"; 1February 16 The dentist was the last dentist, so it was called "tail tooth".

Sacrificing a stove: Sacrificing a stove is a traditional custom with great influence and wide spread among Han people. In the past, almost every kitchen had a "Kitchen God" shrine. People call this deity "Siming Bodhisattva" or "Chef Siming". It is said that he is the "Nine-day East Chef Wang Siming" sealed by the Jade Emperor, who is responsible for managing the stoves of various families and is worshipped as the head of the family. Kitchen shrines are mostly located in the north or east of the kitchen, with the idol of Kitchen God in the middle. Some people who don't have the niche of the Kitchen King even put the idol directly on the wall. Some gods only draw a kitchen god, while others have two men and women. The goddess is called "Grandma Chef". Kitchen God is the most representative and popular god among the Han people, and it has entrusted the good wishes of the working people of the Han nationality to ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters and welcome good luck.