What are the customs of traditional festivals in China and China?

1, Spring Festival is the first traditional festival in China. In the past, the Spring Festival was called "New Year" because according to the lunar calendar that has been used in China's history, this day is the first day of the first month and the beginning of a new year. According to records, the people of China have celebrated the Spring Festival for more than 4,000 years, which was initiated by Yu Shun. One day more than two thousand years BC, Shun became emperor and led his men to worship heaven and earth. Since then, people have regarded this day as the beginning of a year, that is, the first day of the first month. It is said that this is the origin of the Lunar New Year, which was later called the Spring Festival. 19 1 1 After the Revolution of 1911, China adopted the Gregorian calendar, and the Lunar New Year was renamed "Spring Festival" (the Gregorian calendar lasted from the end of June to the middle of February). During the Spring Festival, every household puts up Spring Festival couplets and New Year pictures to decorate their rooms. The night before the Spring Festival is called "New Year's Eve", which is an important moment for family reunion. The whole family get together and have a big "New Year's Eve". Many people stay up late, which is the so-called "shou nian". The next day, everyone began to "pay New Year greetings" to relatives and friends, greeting each other and wishing all the best in the new year. During the Spring Festival, lion dancing, dragon dancing, boating and walking on stilts are the most common traditional recreational activities.

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival, also known as Shangyuan Festival, Lantern Festival and Lantern Festival. This is the first full moon night after the Spring Festival. According to legend, Emperor Wendi of the Han Dynasty (179- 157) celebrated Zhou Bo's suppression of the rebellion of the Lus on the 15th day of the first month. Every night, he will go out to play in the palace and play with people, and set the fifteenth day of the first month as the Lantern Festival. Sima Qian founded the taichu calendar, which listed the Lantern Festival as a major festival. Since the Sui, Tang and Song Dynasties, it has been in full swing. "Sui Shu Music Record" Day: "Every first month, all nations come to the DPRK and live outside the Duanmen Gate, which lasts for eight miles until the 15th." Tens of thousands of people participated in singing and dancing, from faint to dark. With the changes of society and times, the custom of Lantern Festival has changed greatly, but it is still a traditional folk festival in China. After the Lantern Festival, there is a custom of eating Yuanxiao and watching lanterns. Yuanxiao is round, with glutinous rice flour as the skin and fruit and sugar stuffing inside, which is a symbol of "reunion". Lantern Festival began in the first century A.D. and is still popular all over the world. On the night of the Lantern Festival, many cities will hold the Lantern Festival and display all kinds of lanterns, which are novel and varied. In rural areas, people hold recreational activities, such as setting off fireworks, walking on stilts, playing dragon lanterns, dancing yangko and swinging.

The zhonghe festival is on the second day of the second lunar month, commonly known as the dragon looks up. At this time, before and after the shock, spring returned to the earth and everything recovered. Insects, snakes and animals that lie dormant in the soil or caves will wake up from hibernation, and the legendary dragon will also wake up from a deep sleep, hence the name "Dragon Head Up". In ancient times, dragons were sacred symbols, so they were used to drive away pests. In the Ming dynasty, smoked insects were very popular. On February 2 nd, people will fry the cakes left over from the New Year's Day sacrifice on the smoke bed and kang, which is called fumigation. In rural areas, people use plant ash to wind around the house and then walk around the water tank of the hospital, which leads to the return of the dragon. Interestingly, this day's diet is also named after dragons. Eating jiaozi is called eating dragon ears, eating spring cakes is called eating dragon Lin, and eating noodles is called eating dragon whiskers. This is probably the name of "Longxu Noodles" now. Children shave their heads and get a haircut on this day, which is called "the head-shaving faucet". On this day, women still don't sew, which is said to avoid hurting longan. There is also a candle shining on the wall of the house, and there is a saying that "February 2, shining on the beams, scorpions and centipedes have nowhere to hide." However, this festival has been forgotten by people now, but there are still customs such as eating spring cakes.

4. Tomb-Sweeping Day visited the grave to worship his ancestors around April 5th in Tomb-Sweeping Day. Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as March Festival in ancient times, has a history of more than 2,000 years. Tomb-Sweeping Day is one of the 24 solar terms around April 5th in the Gregorian calendar. Among the 24 solar terms, Qingming is the only solar term that is both a solar term and a festival. Tomb-Sweeping Day used to be a festival to worship ancestors, but now more activities are to sweep graves and mourn martyrs on this day. During Tomb-Sweeping Day, the weather became warmer and plants sprouted again. People often go outing together, fly kites and enjoy the spring scenery in the suburbs, so Tomb-Sweeping Day is sometimes called the outing festival.