A small number of handwritten newspapers about traditional festivals in China

Traditional festivals in China are an important part of the long history and culture of the Chinese nation, with various forms and rich contents. The formation of traditional festivals is a process of long-term accumulation and cohesion of national or national history and culture.

The ancient traditional festivals of the Chinese nation include primitive beliefs, sacrificial culture, astronomical calendar, Yi Shushu and other humanistic and natural cultural contents, which contain profound and rich cultural connotations. The traditional festivals in China, which developed from ancient ancestors, not only clearly recorded the colorful social life and cultural content of Chinese ancestors, but also accumulated profound historical and cultural connotations.

The traditional festivals in China mainly include: Spring Festival (the first day of the first lunar month); Lantern Festival (15th day of the first lunar month); Dragon heads up (the second day of the second lunar month) and social day festival (the second day of the second lunar month); Shangsi Festival (the third day of the third lunar month); Cold food festival (from winter to the future 105 or 106 days); Tomb-Sweeping Day (after April 5th of Gregorian calendar); Dragon Boat Festival (the fifth day of the fifth lunar month); China Valentine's Day (the seventh day of the seventh lunar month); Mid-Autumn Festival (the 15th day of the seventh lunar month); Mid-Autumn Festival (August 15th of the lunar calendar); Double Ninth Festival (the ninth day of the ninth lunar month); Next Yuan Festival (October 15th of the lunar calendar); Winter solstice festival (Gregorian calendar 65438+February 21~ 23); New Year's Eve (the 29th or 30th day of the twelfth lunar month), etc. ? [ 1]?

In addition, some of the 24 solar terms are both natural solar terms and traditional festivals, such as Tomb-Sweeping Day and winter solstice. These festivals have both natural and humanistic connotations. They are both natural solar terms and traditional festivals. ? [2]?

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. "Spring and Autumn Life Calendar": "The heavens and the earth are open, and everything is turbid; Yin and Yang depend on ... Morning glory blooms in the sun, the moon and the five latitudes; Forty-five thousand years, the sun, the moon and the five latitudes turn; ... the image of the sky, the instrument of the law and the earth, and the sun and the moon. " The formulation of ancient trunk and branch calendars provided a prerequisite for the emergence of festivals. In the development and evolution of history, dynasties changed and ancient calendars changed greatly. * * There are 102 calendars before and after, and the specific dates of some "traditional festivals" are actually different.

In the history of the Chinese nation, many festivals have been born, some of which have been preserved, and some have been "lost" halfway. ? [2-5]

Month and day are the same (lunar calendar): Spring Festival (the first day of the first month), Dragon Head Rise (the second day of February), Shangsi Festival (the third day of March), Dragon Boat Festival (the fifth day of May), Tanabata (the seventh day of July) and Double Ninth Festival (the ninth day of September).

Mid-month: Lantern Festival (15th day of the first month), Mid-Autumn Festival (15th of July), Mid-Autumn Festival (15th of August) and Xiayuan Festival (15th of October).

The first day of the first month and the end of the first month: the origin, inheritance and development of ancient traditional festivals such as the Spring Festival (the first day of the first month), Poverty Watching Festival (the 29th or 30th day of the first month), Cold Clothes Festival (the first day of October) and New Year's Eve are the "cultural process of gradual formation and perfection" of human society and the product of the evolution and development of human civilization. According to the research results of modern anthropology and archaeology, the two most primitive beliefs of human beings are the belief in heaven and earth and the belief in ancestors. The belief in heaven and earth and ancestors originated from the worship of nature and ancestors in the early days of mankind, which led to various worship and sacrifice activities. Sacrifice is a belief activity, which stems from the belief in the harmony between heaven and earth. Ancient festivals are folk cultures created by people based on primitive beliefs to meet the needs of life. Some popular festivals in ancient times clearly recorded the rich and colorful social life of the ancients, and also accumulated profound historical and cultural connotations of China. In the ancient farming society, people lived and worked in peace and contentment. They chose a day to worship the gods and ancestors, and they had various regular festivals. Abundant offerings to gods and ancestors developed into festival feasts, and gradually formed some established ways of celebration, that is, the so-called festival folk customs. The early festival culture embodies the ancient people's humanistic spirit of advocating nature, the unity of man and nature, cautiously pursuing the future, and firmly thinking about the source; A series of sacrificial activities contain profound cultural connotations, such as respecting morality, ritual and music civilization, etc. The traditional festivals of the Chinese nation are diverse in form and rich in content. They are an important part of the long history and culture of the Chinese nation and the basic framework of a civilized country. ? [ 1-2][6]?