What are the traditional Chinese festivals and customs

1, New Year's Eve: the night of the New Year's Eve is called New Year's Eve. The main customs are worship, reunion, New Year's Eve dinner, and New Year's Eve.

2, Spring Festival: Spring Festival is the first year of the lunar calendar, commonly known as "New Year". The main customs are to eat rice cakes, dumplings, pay homage to the New Year.

3. Lantern Festival: The 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar is the Lantern Festival. The Lantern Festival is also called the "Festival of Lights" and "Lantern Festival" because the main activity of this festival is to release lanterns at night. In addition, the Lantern Festival is also known as "Shangyuan" or "Shangyuan Festival". The Lantern Festival is also known as "Shangyuan Festival". Lanterns, drums, toilets, riddles, etc. are the customs of the Lantern Festival.

4, Cold Food: Cold Food Festival in the winter solstice after 105 days or 106 days, one or two days before the Qingming Festival, according to legend, is to commemorate the Spring and Autumn period of the State of Jin's famous ministers and righteousness Jie Zi Tui and set up. Fireworks are strictly forbidden during the festival, and only cold food can be eaten.

5, Qingming Festival: Qingming Festival in the Gregorian calendar around April 5, evolved from the festival for the holiday only Qingming. The main festive activities are forbidden fire and cold food, tomb sweeping and trekking, willow with flowers, swinging, cuju, kite flying, tug-of-war, playing polo and so on.

6, the Dragon Boat Festival: the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar for the Dragon Boat Festival. Dragon Boat Festival customs are hanging Zhong Kui statue, hanging moxa leaves, calamus, fight the hundred grass, drive the five poisons, dragon boat races, eat zongzi, drink xionghuang wine, wear scented bags.

7, Mid-Autumn Festival: the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar is the Mid-Autumn Festival. Customs mainly include burning lanterns, watching the tide, enjoying flowers, and holding banquets.

8, Chrysanthemum Festival: the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar, is the Chrysanthemum Festival. Ancient Chinese people to nine as the number of Yang, the first nine days of September, the two Yang heavy, so called "Chongyang". Chongyang Festival, also known as the "Festival of the Elderly". The main customs of the Chongyang Festival are to climb up, insert cornelian cherry, drink chrysanthemum wine, eat chrysanthemum cakes, chrysanthemums and other ornaments.