12 what are the customs of traditional festivals in China?

The first day of the first month is the Spring Festival, which is the beginning of a new year and the most solemn traditional festival of the Chinese nation. The Spring Festival originated from the activities of offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors in the beginning and end of the Shang Dynasty. It is the biggest, most lively and most important ancient traditional festival in China. Festival activities mainly include posting Spring Festival couplets, setting off firecrackers, wrapping jiaozi, and paying New Year greetings. Poems describing the Spring Festival include "January Day" by Wang Anshi in the Northern Song Dynasty: firecrackers are one year old, and the spring breeze brings send warm into Tu Su. Thousands of families always trade new peaches for old ones.

Second, Lantern Festival.

The fifteenth day of the first month is the Lantern Festival, also known as Shangyuan, Yuanxiao and Yuanxiao. There are also customs of watching lanterns and eating Yuanxiao (sweet dumplings). Jiaozi, jiaozi in the south, and Yuanxiao in the north. Poems describing the Lantern Festival include the poem "Cha Sheng Zi Yuan Xi" by Ouyang Xiu, a writer in the Song Dynasty: Last year, the Lantern Festival, the flower market was brightly lit as day. The moon rose to the willow tree, and he met me at dusk. On the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month of this year, the moonlight and lights are still the same as last year. I will never see my old friend last year again, and my tears are soaked through my clothes. Since the Tang Dynasty, there has been a folk custom of watching lanterns at night. During the Northern Song Dynasty, from 14 to 16, a curfew was imposed, and the Lantern Street Flower Market was patrolled, singing and dancing all night, which was unprecedented. It's also a good opportunity for young people to meet and talk about love.

Third, the Cold Food Festival.

Cold food should be eaten two days or one day before Qingming, and fire is not allowed. Eat cold food for three days. Legend has it that when Jin Wengong was exiled, Zitui once cut shares for him to satisfy his hunger. However, after Jin Wengong returned to China to become a monarch, Zitui forgot about it, and Jietui didn't want to brag about his achievements any more, so he competed for favor and lived in seclusion with his mother. Later, Jin Wengong repeatedly asked Jiexiu to come out of the mountain, but he didn't want to be an official. Finally, Jin Wengong released Yamakaji, pushed him under the tree and burned his mother. In order to commemorate the loyal ministers and righteous men, future generations did not make a fire and ate cold food on the day when Xie Tui died.

Fourth, Tomb-Sweeping Day

On April 5th every year in Tomb-Sweeping Day, the main activities are grave sweeping and hiking. Qingming is also one of the 24 solar terms. Tomb-Sweeping Day's poems include "Tomb-Sweeping Day" written by Du Mu in the Tang Dynasty: It rains in succession during the Qingming Festival, and pedestrians on the road want to die. Ask local people where to buy wine? The shepherd boy just laughed and didn't answer Xingshan Village.

Five, Dragon Boat Festival

The Dragon Boat Festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, and customs include dragon boat racing, eating zongzi, picking mugwort leaves and tying red lines. It is said that Qu Yuan died in Luojiang with tears on this day.

Sixth, Tanabata.

Tanabata is the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, also known as Begging for Clevership Festival. Legend has it that cowherd and weaver girl meet each other through Tianhe every night, and women put wine and fruit in front of the court and insert seven-hole needles on the moon with five-color lines. Passing is smart, which is called pleasing. Tanabata can be said to be China's Valentine's Day. The poem describing Tanabata is "Que Qiao Xian" by Qin Guan: When the golden wind and the jade dew meet, countless people will be attracted. Common complaint against acacia, tender feelings like water, meet each other as if it were a dream, when it is hard to see the bridge. As long as two people love us to the end, why covet my Heron?

Seven, Mid-Autumn Festival

In the middle of the Yuan Dynasty, it was the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month. In the old days, Taoist temples were used for fasting and feeding evil spirits, and monk temples were used for Menglan pot meetings to free relatives from evil spirits. Later, it gradually became a ghost festival, with activities such as offering sacrifices to deceased relatives.

Eight, Mid-Autumn Festival

The Mid-Autumn Festival is August 15, which is in the center of the three months in autumn. At this time, it is around the autumnal equinox, the autumn is crisp, and the moon is brighter at the full moon, which is the time for family reunion. On this festival, families get together to enjoy the moon. Moon cake is the first food in Mid-Autumn Festival, and there are different opinions about its origin. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Liu Bowen, the counselor of Zhu, the leader of the anti-Yuan uprising in Taizhou, Jiangsu Province, took advantage of the crowded Mid-Autumn Festival to give each other round cakes, which contained a note of "Killing Tartars on the night of August 15th". Everyone saw the note in the cake, just like a "Tatar" (Yuan Bing) doing everything with his hands on this night. After that, every family ate moon cakes to celebrate the victory of the uprising, and officially called the moon cakes of the Mid-Autumn Festival moon cakes.

Nine, Double Ninth Festival

Chongyang is September 9, and nine is the pole of yang number, hence the name. On this day, there are habits of climbing mountains, enjoying chrysanthemums, drinking and wearing English. Now it is designated as a festival for the elderly. Poems describing the Double Ninth Festival include "Living in a Mountain Holiday and Thinking of Shandong Brothers" written by Wang Wei in the Tang Dynasty: "Being in a foreign land, I miss my relatives twice every holiday".

Laba festival

Winter solstice is the shortest day, and the ancients used it as the starting point of solar terms to hold celebrations and sacrifices. In ancient times, La Worship was held at the end of the year, which was called the twelfth lunar month (the date is uncertain). According to Buddhist legend, Sakyamuni celebrated the eighth day of December. Therefore, Buddhist temples should cook porridge to worship Buddha on this day. As a result, the people set Laba as the day of the twelfth lunar month and cooked Laba porridge.

Xi。 Little?New?Year

Off-year is1February 23rd or 24th (now 23rd), which is also called Chef's Day. It is said that Kitchen God is the patron saint sent by God to the people, and reports the good and evil of the people on this day every year. Therefore, on this day, people worship the kitchen, hoping to speak well of themselves before God, which led to the formation of China people eating kitchen candy in the off-year. This day is mainly about sweeping dust and offering sacrifices to stoves.

Twelve, New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve is the last night of the year. The old year ends today, and the next day is New Year's Eve, so it is called New Year's Eve. Customs include avoiding evil spirits (burning firecrackers), observing the old age and having a reunion dinner.