Seeking some information on traditional Chinese lunar holidays

Nowadays, winter solstice is still celebrated as a festival in some places. Northern regions have the custom of slaughtering sheep, eating dumplings and wontons on the winter solstice, while southern regions have the custom of eating winter solstice rice balls and winter solstice long thread noodles on this day. There is also the custom of offering sacrifices to the sky and ancestors on the day of winter solstice in various regions.)

The eighth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar: the Lunar Festival

(In ancient times, the December sacrifice to the "gods" was called Lunar, so the twelfth month of the lunar calendar is called Lunar. On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, the old custom to drink Laha congee. Legend has it that Siddhartha Gautama attained Buddhahood on this day, so monasteries cook congee for Buddha every day, and then folk custom until today.)

Third day of the Lunar New Year in the twelfth month of the lunar calendar: New Year's Eve

(The night of the thirtieth day of the Lunar New Year is called New Year's Eve. The original meaning of the word "除" is "去", which is derived from "易"[交替]; the original meaning of the word "夕" is "日暮", which means "sunset". The original meaning of the character "夕" is "sunset", which is derived from "night". Therefore, the night of New Year's Eve contains the meaning of "the old year will be removed here, and the new year will be replaced tomorrow". The word "New Year's Eve" means to get rid of the old and bring in the new. New Year's Eve first originated in the pre-Qin period, "by removing". According to "Lv's Spring and Autumn Annals - The Record of the Seasonal Winter", the ancients used to beat drums on the day before New Year's Eve to get rid of "epidemics and plague ghosts", so that the coming year would be free from diseases and calamities. This is the origin of the "New Year's Eve" festival. "New Year's Eve" in ancient times there are many other names, such as in addition to the night, in addition to the year, in addition to the year, in addition to the big, big end and so on. The name of the festival, though many, is always the meaning of sending the old to welcome the new, and getting rid of diseases and disasters.)

The first day of the first month of the lunar calendar: the Spring Festival

(is the first year of the lunar calendar, commonly known as the "big year". The origin of the Spring Festival has a history of about four thousand years in China. It is one of the most lively and grandest traditional festivals in China. Ancient Spring Festival, refers to the twenty-four solar terms in the lunar calendar, "spring" season, after the North and South Dynasties will be the Spring Festival at the end of the year, and refers to the entire spring, when the earth back to spring, everything is renewed, people will take it as the beginning of a new year. In the early years of the Republic of China after the Xinhai Revolution, the first day of the first month of the year was designated as the Spring Festival after the lunar calendar was changed to the Gregorian [solar] calendar. It was not until September 27, 1949, that the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference officially designated the first day of the first month of the new year as the Spring Festival, and many people still call the Spring Festival the Chinese New Year).

Nian:

(Everyone often refers to the Spring Festival as "Chinese New Year", but the original meaning of "Nian" is not the same as today's. It is said that in the very ancient times, the word "Nian" was used to refer to "Chinese New Year". It is said that in ancient times, there was the most vicious beast in the world called "Nian". It grew bigger than a camel. It ran faster than the wind and roared louder than thunder. When it came out, it ate people and hurt animals, and people's lives were seriously threatened. In order to punish the "year", the gods locked it into the mountains, only allowed it to come out once a year. People in the long-term practice, found that the "year" has "three fears" - afraid of red color, afraid of loud noise, afraid of fire. So, one year, on the night of the 30th day of the Lunar New Year, people put red paper on the door, and constantly beat the gongs and drums, firecrackers, and light up the house all night long. "Year" came at night to see, bright lights in every house; listen, everywhere the sound of firecrackers, scared it did not dare to enter the village. During the day, it sneaked down the mountain, see still red on the door of every house, everywhere thud, scared it scared, turned around and ran back. Since then, the "year" has not dared to come back, it is said to starve to death in the mountains and old forests. Later on, people turned the prevention of "Nian" and "Nianxuan" into a peaceful and stable New Year. There is no more "Nian", but the custom of celebrating the New Year still remains. Bright red spring couplets, brilliant lights, crisp firecrackers, loud gongs and drums, year after year.)