What are the holiday customs in China?

The Spring Festival is the largest and most lively ancient traditional festival in China. Commonly known as "Chinese New Year". According to the China lunar calendar, the first day of the first month is "Year Yuan, Month Yuan, Time Yuan", which is the beginning of a year. Traditional celebrations last from New Year's Eve to the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month. Every year on New Year's Eve, families get together for New Year's Eve dinner, which is the so-called "reunion dinner". Then they keep the old age together and catch up. Fireworks and firecrackers pushed the festive atmosphere of the festival to a climax. At this time, there is a custom of eating jiaozi in northern China, which means "making friends when you are young". In the south, there is a habit of eating rice cakes, which symbolizes a good life. Putting up Spring Festival couplets, beating gongs and drums, decorating lanterns and celebrating the New Year are very lively. In addition, there are activities such as New Year's greetings, lion dances, dragon lanterns, social fires and flower viewing.

2. Lantern Festival: The 15th night of the first lunar month is the traditional Lantern Festival in China, also known as Shangyuan Festival and Lantern Festival. The Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month will push the celebration of New Year's Eve to another climax. On the night of Lantern Festival, the streets are decorated with lanterns. People appreciate lanterns, solve riddles on lanterns and eat Yuanxiao, which has become a custom from generation to generation.

February 2: According to folklore, the second day of the second lunar month is the day when the Dragon King in charge of sex and rain looks up. After that, the rain will gradually increase. Therefore, this day is called "Spring Festival". It is widely circulated in northern China that "on February 2, the dragon looked up; A big warehouse is full, but a small warehouse is mobile.

Tomb-Sweeping Day: Tomb-Sweeping Day is not only one of the 24 solar terms, but also a traditional festival with a long history. The day before in Tomb-Sweeping Day was called Cold Food Festival. The two festivals coincide with the warm spring in March, with bright spring and tender red and green willows. The establishment of the Cold Food Festival is to commemorate the intermediary promotion of the Jin Dynasty in the Spring and Autumn Period. During the Qingming cold food period, there were customs such as forbidding fire and cold food, worshipping ancestors and sweeping graves, and going out for an outing. In addition, there are swings.

Dragon Boat Festival: The fifth day of the fifth lunar month is the traditional Dragon Boat Festival in China, also known as Duanyang Festival, Chongwu Festival and Dragon Boat Festival. As early as the Zhou Dynasty, there was a custom of "Tibetan orchid bathing". But today, many activities of the Dragon Boat Festival are related to the memory of Qu Yuan, a great writer in China. On this day, every household will eat zongzi, and dragon boat races will be held in various parts of the south, all of which are related to mourning Qu Yuan.

6. Tanabata: On the seventh day of July every year, all the magpies in the world build a magpie bridge on the Milky Way to let the cowherd and the weaver girl meet. This wonderful legend began in the Han dynasty and has been handed down from generation to generation for more than 1000 years. On this day, people have the custom of asking the Weaver Girl for skills. Generally, it is a competition to see who is more original. So Qixi is also called Beggar's Day or Daughter's Day. Every time Tanabata comes, it will be held.

7. Mid-Autumn Festival: The fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month is in the middle of autumn, so it is called Mid-Autumn Festival. On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, in addition to enjoying the moon, offering sacrifices to the moon and eating moon cakes, there are activities such as dancing grass dragons and building stupas in some places. In addition to moon cakes, all kinds of seasonal fresh fruits and nuts are also delicious on Mid-Autumn Festival night. This night, people look up at the bright moon as jade, and naturally look forward to family reunion. Wanderers who are far away from home also depend on it.

8. Double Ninth Festival: The activities of the Double Ninth Festival on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month are very rich, including climbing, enjoying chrysanthemums, drinking chrysanthemum wine, eating double ninth cake and inserting dogwood. The Double Ninth Festival is also the "Old People's Day". On this day, the old people either admire chrysanthemums to cultivate their sentiments or climb mountains to exercise, which adds infinite fun to the night view of Sang Yu.

9. Winter Solstice Festival: Winter Solstice is a grand festival in ancient China. Taiwan Province Province, China still retains the tradition of worshipping ancestors with nine-layer cakes, as a sign of not forgetting to change books and wishing family reunion. In the north, there is the custom of slaughtering sheep and eating jiaozi from winter solstice. In the south, traditional food includes rice balls and noodles from winter solstice.

10. Laba Festival: Laba Festival is a Buddhist festival. This day is the day when Sakyamuni became a Buddha, which is also called "Tao becomes a festival". The most important activity on this day is to eat Laba porridge. The earliest Laba porridge only added red beans to rice porridge, and later it evolved into a very complicated and exquisite one. The main ingredients are dozens of kinds such as white rice, yellow rice, glutinous rice, millet and water chestnut rice.

1 1. New Year's Eve: New Year's Eve is the last day of the year. On this day, ordinary families try their best to get together and the whole family gathers together.

Gather around the fire, drink and eat delicious food to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year, while the sound outside is firecrackers.

The family spent the last night of a warm year together.