The customs, legends, times and couplets of several traditional festivals in China.

1, Spring Festival is the first day of the first lunar month, also known as the Lunar New Year, commonly known as "Chinese New Year". The Spring Festival has a long history, which originated from the activities of offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors in the beginning and end of the Shang Dynasty.

2. The 15th day of the first lunar month: Lantern Festival,

The name Yuanxiao has been used ever since. Because Lantern Festival has the custom of hanging lanterns and watching lanterns, it is also called Lantern Festival among the people. In addition, there are customs such as eating Yuanxiao, walking on stilts and riddles.

3. The day before Tomb-Sweeping Day: Cold food.

Tomb-Sweeping Day is a festival in the old customs. The day before Tomb-Sweeping Day, mainly in Jin Wengong in the Spring and Autumn Period, cold food was used to commemorate the dead.

April 5th: Tomb-Sweeping Day.

. Tomb-Sweeping Day is a traditional festival in China, and it is also the most important festival to worship ancestors and sweep graves. According to the old custom, when sweeping graves, people should bring food, wine, fruit, paper money and other items to the cemetery, offer food to the graves of their loved ones, then burn the paper money, cultivate new soil for the graves, break some green branches and insert them in front of the graves, then kowtow and worship, and finally go home after eating and drinking. 5. The fifth day of the fifth lunar month: Dragon Boat Festival.

In memory of Qu Yuan, in order to prevent fish and shrimp from eating his body, people made cakes of various shapes with glutinous rice and flour and threw them into the river, which became the source of eating zongzi and fried cakes during the Dragon Boat Festival.

6. The seventh day of the seventh lunar month: Qixi Valentine's Day.

. According to China folklore, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet at the Magpie Bridge in Tianhe tonight. Later, some women asked Vega for help on this night and other customs.

7. August 15th of the lunar calendar: Mid-Autumn Festival.

. This day is in the middle of autumn, so it is called "Mid-Autumn Festival". In the evening, the full moon in Gui Xiang is regarded as a symbol of happy reunion by the old customs. This is a festival to prepare all kinds of fruits and cooked food to enjoy the moon. Eat moon cakes on Mid-Autumn Festival.

8. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month: Double Ninth Festival.

. Because "Gao" and "Gao" are homonyms, there is a custom of eating "Chongyang cake" on the Double Ninth Festival.

9. The winter solstice is a very important solar term in the China lunar calendar, and it is also a traditional festival. The time is between February 22nd and 23rd of Gregorian calendar 12. Now, some places still celebrate the winter solstice as a festival. The northern region has the custom of slaughtering sheep and eating jiaozi and wonton from winter solstice, while the southern region has the custom of eating glutinous rice balls and long noodles from winter solstice on this day. There is also the custom of offering sacrifices to heaven and ancestors in winter solstice in various regions.

10, the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month: Laba Festival

. In ancient times, the sacrifice to "gods" in December was called the twelfth lunar month, so the twelfth lunar month was called the twelfth lunar month. On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the old custom is to drink Laba porridge.

The formation of traditional festivals is a process of long-term accumulation and cohesion of national or national history and culture. There are various traditional festivals in China, which are an important part of China's long history and culture and are unique to the Chinese nation.