Chinese traditional festival time, customs, and related to the more famous a few ancient poems

There are eight traditional Chinese festivals, according to the order of the date, the lunar and Gregorian calendar date of each traditional festival, customs, related poems and famous lines are excerpted below for the owner's reference.

1. New Year's Eve - the 29th or 30th day of the 12th lunar month (January 22nd). People often stay up all night on New Year's Eve, which is called the "New Year's Watch". On New Year's Eve, not only should the house be cleaned up, but also the door god, spring couplets, New Year's paintings, hanging door cages, and people change into new clothes with festive colors and patterns. The poems describing the New Year's Eve are:

New Year's Eve

Song Wen Tianxiang

The universe is empty, and the years have gone by;

The end of the road is stormy, and the poor side is full of snow and frost.

The life with the years to end, the body and the world to forget;

No more Tusu dream, pick lamp night is not yet over.

2. Spring Festival - the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar (January 23rd). Chinese New Year customs, generally to eat rice cakes, dumplings, dumplings, meatballs, whole fish, wine, apples, peanuts, melon seeds, candy, tea and dishes; and accompanied by dusting, washing bedding, preparing New Year's goods, posting Spring Festival couplets, posting New Year's paintings (Zhong Kui, the God of the Door), dumplings, sticking paper cuttings, sticking window decorations, sticking the word "blessed", pointing candles, light a fire, firecrackers, to the New Year's Eve, to pay homage to the new year, to visit relatives, to send New Year's gifts, on the graves of the ancestors, shopping in flower markets, haunted The Spring Festival is a time of great joy and happiness for the family. The poems describing the Spring Festival include:

The New Year's Day

Wang Anshi of Song Dynasty

The sound of firecrackers is the only thing that can be heard in the year, the spring breeze sends warmth into the Tuusu, and

A thousand gates and ten thousand telsels are always replaced by a new peach.

3. Lantern Festival - the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar (February 6, Gregorian calendar). The first month is the first month of the lunar calendar, the ancients called it "night", and the fifteenth day is the first full moon night of the year, so the first fifteenth of the month 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 important festival after the Spring Festival. China is a vast country with a long history, so the customs of the Lantern Festival are not the same throughout the country, among which eating lanterns, lanterns, dragon dances, lion dances and so on are several important folk customs of the Lantern Festival. The poems describing the Lantern Festival include:

The Lantern Festival

Song Ouyang Xiu

Last year at the time of the Lantern Festival, the lanterns in the flower market were as bright as day.

The moon reaches the top of the willow, and people meet after dusk.

This year on New Year's Eve, the moon and the lights are still the same.

Not seeing last year's people, tears wet spring shirt sleeves.

4. Qingming Festival - the 14th day of the 3rd month of the lunar calendar (April 4, Gregorian calendar). The customs of Qingming Festival are rich and interesting, in addition to preaching the prohibition of fire, sweeping graves, there are a series of customs and sports activities such as trekking, swinging, kicking Cuju, playing polo, sticking willow and so on. The poems describing the Qingming Festival include:

Du Mu, Tang Dynasty

The rain falls one after another during the Qingming Festival, and the pedestrians on the road want to break their souls.

The shepherd boy pointed to the apricot blossom village.

5. Dragon Boat Festival - the fifth day of the fifth lunar month (June 23rd). The activities on this day are now gradually evolving into eating zongzi, racing dragon boats, hanging calamus, artemisia, mugwort, fumigating cangzhu, dahuric dahurica, drinking xionghuang wine, tying a hundred rope, making incense horn, sticking five poisons, sticking talismans, releasing the yellow smoke, and eating twelve red. The poems describing the Dragon Boat Festival include:

"Dragon Boat Festival"

Tang Wenxiu

The festival is divided into the Dragon Boat Festival since who said that the rumors of ancient times are Qu Yuan;

Kan laugh at the empty Chu River, can not be washed to the injustice of the straight ministers.

6. Tanabata Festival - the seventh day of the seventh lunar month (August 23rd). Tanabata Festival is one of the most romantic of China's traditional festivals, and also the most important day for girls in the past. On the evening of this day, women threaded needles and begged for coincidences, prayed for blessings, prayed for activities, worshiped the seven sisters, the ceremony was pious and grand, displaying flowers and fruits, women's red, all kinds of furniture and utensils were exquisite and small, and attracted people's favor. Poems about the Tanabata Festival include:

The Tanabata Festival

Tang Luoyin

The starry river of Nymphaea is in the sky, and the family laughs and sets up a red feast.

It should be dumped into Xie's jewelry box, and Tanlang's embroidery should be written in full.

The fragrant tents are clustered in a row, and the golden needles are threaded to pay homage to Cindy.

The copper kettle will tell us that the day will dawn, and we will be disappointed for another year of good times.

7. Mid-Autumn Festival - 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar (September 30th, Gregorian calendar). The Mid-Autumn Festival is a very ancient custom in China. The custom of enjoying the moon originated from the moon sacrifice, and the serious sacrifice turned into a light-hearted entertainment. The "folk moon worship" has become a way for people to long for reunion, happiness and well-being, and to send their love to the moon. A large incense burner is set up, and moon cakes, watermelons, apples, red dates, plums, grapes and other offerings are placed on the table, of which moon cakes and watermelons are absolutely indispensable. The poems describing the Mid-Autumn Festival include:

"Looking at the Moon and Remembering the Distance"

Tang Zhang Jiuling

The moon is born on the sea, and the sky is the end of the world **** this time.　

Lover complains about the distant night, and thinks of each other on the night.　

The candle is extinguished, the light is full, the clothes are covered with dew.　

It's not a good idea to give them a handful of gifts, but it's a good idea to go back to bed and dream about them.

8. Chongyang Festival - the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar (October 23rd). Chrysanthemum Festival has the custom of ascending the heights, the golden autumn September, high and cool, this season can be achieved by ascending the heights to look far away, fitness to get rid of the purpose of the disease. This season can achieve the purpose of climbing high and looking far and wide to achieve a relaxed mind, fitness and dispel diseases. Associated with climbing high are the customs of appreciating chrysanthemums and writing poems, inserting dogwoods, and eating Chongyang cakes.

Note: The calendar dates are in accordance with the year 2012. Because Chinese traditional festivals are customarily calculated according to the lunar calendar, the calendar dates may vary from year to year.