What are the grandest and warmest festivals in China? How did they get here? What are the traditional cuisines?

Spring Festival; the Spring Festival; Chinese New Year

Commonly known as "Chinese New Year". Setting off firecrackers means saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new. Jiaozi in the morning, New Year's Eve dinner at noon and dessert at night. Don't bicker during the day, don't break dishes, and say "Peace through the years" at once. This is a good sign, which indicates that everything will be smooth and the family will be happy in the coming year. Neighbors meet and exchange auspicious words. The younger generation kowtowed to the elders, who gave the children lucky money.

From the second day to the fifth day, married women ask their parents to "pay New Year greetings". Bring steamed stuffed buns, strips (ribs) and four kinds of fresh vegetables (long-term parents of the four seasons).

the Lantern Festival

Also known as Shangyuan Festival, Yuanxiao. On the fifteenth day of the first month, we watch lanterns at night, and there are various folk entertainment activities on the fifteenth and sixteenth. At home, big steamed buns shaped like worms, hedgehogs, pockets and jujube hill are steamed with white flour, symbolizing the bumper harvest in the coming year.

The second day of the second lunar month

Also known as the dragon heads up. People have a taboo of "if you don't shave your head in the first month, you will die if you shave your head", so people wait for this day to shave their heads for good luck. Every family spreads pancakes, popcorn and fried soybeans.

Qingming Festival

Grave-sweeping and ancestor worship. Burn paper in front of the grave and hang white strips to call the soul.

Dragon Boat Festival

Commonly known as Dragon Boat Festival in May. Wormwood is inserted at the door of every household, and children wear sachets, and colorful threads are tied around their necks, hands and ankles. Wash your face and eat zongzi by the river before sunrise.

Ghosts'Festival

Commonly known as Ghost Festival, July 15, fried buns and went to the grave to worship ancestors.

Mid-Autumn Festival

That is August 15. Bring moon cakes and fruits to make new friends before the festival. In the evening, the whole family got together in Yue Bai. There is a custom that "men don't Yue Bai, women don't sacrifice stoves".

October

Commonly known as ghost festival. Go to the grave and add soil to it. Every household eats oil buns. As the saying goes, "October 1st, you chirp."

Winter solstice festival

One of the 24 solar terms. Count to nine from the winter solstice. Every household eats jiaozi. As the saying goes, if you don't eat jiaozi, your ears will freeze.

Laba Festival

Commonly known as Rabar. There is a folk saying "Eat laba rice, start the new year". Laba porridge symbolizes a bumper harvest. Some people paint Laba porridge on trees and pray that big trees and small trees will eat Laba porridge and have more festivals in the coming year.

Sacrifice to the kitchen god

On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, every household decorated the kitchen candy, sent the old stove owner to heaven, and told him to "speak well in heaven and keep peace in the next world." In order to have a stable home next year. On the morning of the first day of the first month, please return to Master Jujube. "Go on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month and come on the 15th of the first lunar month."

New Year's Eve

Family reunion is also called "leaving blessings". The later you go to bed, the more blessed you will be in the coming year.