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What festivals and customs do Han people have? Introduction to the festival customs of the han nationality.

1, Lantern Festival: The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival, also known as Shangyuan Festival and Lantern Festival. On this day, you should eat glutinous rice dumplings or water-milled dumplings. There are roughly white sugar roses, black sesame seeds, red bean paste, assorted foods, coconut milk and so on. There is a folk custom of "Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month". On the night of Lantern Festival, there are folk activities such as solve riddles on the lanterns and watching lanterns, which add to the lively atmosphere of the festival.

2. Dragon Boat Festival: The fifth day of the fifth lunar month is the Dragon Boat Festival. Because five is the number of yang, it is also called Duanyang Festival, which is a festival to commemorate Qu Yuan, a patriotic poet of Chu. On this day, every household will eat zongzi. Zongzi are mostly triangular, and there are many varieties, such as jujube zongzi, red bean paste zongzi, ham zongzi and bacon zongzi. In some areas, besides eating zongzi, there is also the custom of drinking realgar wine and cherries. In addition, there are folk activities of dragon boat racing.

3. Mid-Autumn Festival: August 15th of the lunar calendar is the Mid-Autumn Festival. People generally attach great importance to this festival, such as family reunion, enjoying the moon, tasting various moon cakes and eating seasonal fruits, such as grapes, pomegranates, persimmons and melons. There are traditional moon cakes in various regions, such as purple to red in Beijing. Every Mid-Autumn Festival, people rush to buy moon cakes and give them to relatives and friends to wish each other a reunion.

4. Double Ninth Festival: The ninth day of the ninth lunar month is the traditional Double Ninth Festival.