Ancient Chinese Traditional Festivals

The first day of the first month of the new year, Spring Festival, is traditionally called New Year, but verbally it is often called New Year's Day; in ancient times, Spring Festival used to refer exclusively to the beginning of spring in the solar system, and the Lunar New Year was known as "New Year's Day", which means the first day of the year.

The fifth day of the first month of the new year, the birthday of the god of the road, "road head god" is a god of wealth in Wuzhi. This day is regarded as the birthday of the god of wealth in Wuzhi, and it is a spectacular day to welcome him with a sunrise ceremony.

The Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar

The 2nd day of the 2nd month of the 2nd lunar month (Dragon's Head Raising) Folklore has it that the 2nd day of the 2nd lunar month is the day when the Dragon King, who is in charge of clouds and rain in the sky, raises his head. From then on, there will be more and more rain. Therefore, this day is called the "Spring Dragon Festival".

February 15 Flower Dynasty Festival Legend has it that this is the "Birthday of the Hundred Flowers".

March 3, the Festival is commonly known as the third of March, the festival in the Han Dynasty before the first half of March Si Day, and later fixed in the summer calendar on the third day of March.

April 4 Cold Food Festival Legend has it that this festival, which commemorates Jie Zhi Tui of the Spring and Autumn Period.

April 5 Qingming Festival Originally one of the 24 solar terms in the summer calendar. It is said to have begun in ancient times with the ritual of "tomb sacrifice" of emperors and generals, and was later copied by the people, who made sacrifices to their ancestors and swept their tombs on this day, which has become a fixed custom of the Chinese nation through the generations.

The Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth month is also known as the Dragon Boat Festival, Wuzhi Festival, May Festival, Wuzhi Festival, Ai Festival, Duanwu, Chongwu, Wuzhi, Summer Festival. It is generally accepted by the public that the Dragon Boat Festival commemorates Qu Yuan, an ancient Chinese patriotic poet who threw himself into the Miluo River on the fifth day of the fifth month to die for his country.

The Sixth Day of the Sixth Month

Tian Kuang (天贶) Festival The Tian Kuang Festival originated from Zhao Heng, the Song Zhen Zong. On the sixth day of the sixth month of a certain year, he claimed that the heaven gave him the book of heaven, so he set this day as the Tian Kuang Festival.

The Festival of Turning Scriptures This day is also a festival of Buddhism: Legend has it that when the Tang Monk came back from fetching scriptures from the West, he accidentally threw all the scriptures into the sea, and then fished them up and dried them in the sun before they were preserved. Therefore, the temple collection of scriptures also in this day to check the exposure.

Gu Festival "June 6, please aunt". In the past, on the sixth day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar, the rural custom is to invite back the old and young girls who have been married, and then send them back after a good reception.

June 24th Yi Torch Festival; Miao in this day to sacrifice "land" God; June 25th of the lunar calendar for the White Torch Festival.

The seventh day of the seventh month, the Tanabata Festival Legend has it that the Cowherd and the Weaving Maiden meet every year on this day because of the magpies building a bridge, which is also known as the Daughter's Day of China, also known as the Beggar's Day or the Festival of Seven Coincidences.

July 15 Obon, Chinese New Year's Day, Ghost Festival Commonly known as the "Half of July" (13 or 14 in some areas). It is said that the ancestors who passed away were released by the King of Hell at the beginning of July for half a month, so there is a custom of receiving ancestors at the beginning of July and sending them off at the half of July.

July 30th Jizo Festival Buddhist festival: Jizo is in the Shakyamuni after the death of Maitreya Buddha was not born before, the world of living beings rely on to save the suffering of a bodhisattva, the King of Jizo once vowed to be in the universal after the wish to become a buddha, and therefore often appeared in the human being, the sky, the hells, to help the suffering. Some Buddhist books say that Jizo King is the incarnation of King Yama, the lord of the underworld who appears with a benevolent face.

August 15 Mid-Autumn Festival According to the Chinese lunar calendar, the eighth month of the lunar calendar is the second month of autumn, which was known as mid-autumn in ancient times, and is therefore known as the Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Autumn Sunset, the August Festival, the Half of the August Moon, the Moon Festival, and the Festival of the Moon, and is also known as the Festival of the Reunion, because the moon on this day is full, which symbolizes the reunion of the family.

On the first day of October, the Ancestor Worship Festival is called the "October Pilgrimage". The first day of October is also the first day of winter, after which the weather gets colder. People are afraid that the souls of their ancestors in the underworld will lack clothing, so in addition to the usual offerings of food, joss sticks, paper money, etc., there is also an indispensable offering - a robe for the dead. During the festival, people burn the clothes to their ancestors, which is called "sending cold clothes". Therefore, the first day of October is also known as the "Burning Clothes Festival".

In the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, the Koushi Festival is a grand traditional festival of the Lisu people, equivalent to the Spring Festival of the Han people.

The 8th day of the Lunar New Year, the Lapa Festival, is also known as the "Festival of the Buddha's Path" because it is said to be the day when Shakyamuni attained enlightenment under the Buddha Yabodhi and founded Buddhism.

On the 23rd day of the Lunar New Year, the Zaos Festival is also known as the "New Year's Day". It is said that every year on the 23rd day of the Lunar New Year, Mr. Zaowang goes up to heaven to report to the Jade Emperor on the good and bad deeds of the family, so that the Jade Emperor can reward and punish them.

Lunar New Year's Eve on the 30th day of the Lunar New Year's month

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