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The legend of festivals in China has the word 100.

1, Tomb-Sweeping Day

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Zhong Er, the son of the Jin Dynasty, fled abroad to escape persecution. He was hungry, so he pushed the minister meson to cut meat and make soup, which restored Zhong Er's spirit. After Zhong Er became a monarch, he admired Jiexiu, but Jiexiu took his mother to hide in the mountains. Zhong Er released Yamakaji without forcing anyone to leave, and only got two bodies. In order to commemorate Jie Zitui, Jin Wengong ordered that the day of burning mountains be called "Cold Food Festival", which was later changed to "Tomb-Sweeping Day". ?

2. Dragon Boat Festival

Qu Yuan's proposal was opposed by nobles, demoted, driven out of the capital and exiled. Later, when Qin Jun attacked Chu, Qu Yuan felt like a knife and decided to live and die with the country. On May 5th, he threw himself into the Miluo River. People felt Qu Yuan's loyalty and rowed in the river to find his body, which developed into a dragon boat race. Eating zongzi today is a custom of worrying about being eaten by fish in the river. ?

3. Chinese Valentine's Day

The weaver girl hates the boring life in the heavenly palace. She married a cowherd in Hexi privately and lived a life of farming by men and weaving by women. This angered the Emperor of Heaven. He brought back the Weaver Maid and only allowed them to meet on July 7th every year. Their loyal love touched the magpie. On that day, countless magpies flew in and built a colorful bridge on the Tianhe River with their bodies, so that the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl could meet on the Tianhe River. And meet on July 7th, also became China's Valentine's Day.

4. Mid-Autumn Festival

After Houyi shot the sun, he asked the Queen Mother for a bag of elixir, and wanted to take it with his wife Chang 'e. He didn't want his disciple Meng Peng to take advantage of Houyi's going out to snatch the medicine, so Chang 'e had to swallow it and fly to the sky. When Hou Yi came back, he learned what had happened and missed his wife very much, so he set up a incense table in the back garden, put honey and ate fresh fruit, and sacrificed Chang 'e in the moon palace from afar. People also follow the example of setting up incense tables to pray for good luck and peace, so it is the custom of Mid-Autumn Festival in Yue Bai.

5. Double Ninth Festival

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a plague demon in Ruhe River, which affected the whole world. There was a young man named Hengjing in runan county who learned martial arts through hardships. He got a bag of dogwood leaves, a bottle of chrysanthemum wine and a secret recipe to ward off evil spirits from his master and rushed back to his hometown. On September 9, he led the villagers to climb the mountain peak and eradicated this scourge. Later, people regarded climbing on the Double Ninth Festival as an activity to avoid disasters.