What festivals are there every month?

65438+ 10/New Year's Day: New Year's Day, that is, the Gregorian calendar 65438+1 0/,commonly known as New Year's Day in most countries in the world. Yuan means beginning, and the beginning of each number is called yuan; Dan means daytime. New Year's Day means the first day. New Year's Day is also called three yuan, that is, year yuan, month yuan and hour yuan.

February 14 Valentine's Day: Valentine's Day, also known as St. Valentine's Day or St. Valentine's Day, is one of the traditional festivals in western countries and originated from Christianity. This is a festival about love, romance, flowers, chocolates and greeting cards. On this day, men and women exchange gifts to show their love or friendship.

March 8th International Women's Day: International Women's Day, also known as "International Women's Day", falls on March 8th and 8th in China. It is a festival established on March 8 every year to celebrate women's important contributions and great achievements in the economic, political and social fields.

April 7th World Health Day: To commemorate the adoption of the organization's charter, the World Health Organization was formally established at the first World Health Assembly held in Geneva on June 1948, and decided to designate April 7th as World Health Day every year, encouraging countries to hold various commemorative activities.

May 1 International Labor Day: International Labor Day, also known as May 1 International Labor Day and International Demonstration Day, is a national holiday in more than 80 countries in the world. On May 1 day every year. This is a festival for working people all over the world.

June 23rd International Olympic Day: Commemorating1The modern Olympic Games born in Sorbonne, Paris on June 23rd, 894. The purpose of Memorial Day is to encourage all people in the world, regardless of gender, age or sports skills, to take part in sports activities.

July 7th? China People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression Memorial Day: broadly speaking, it refers to a series of anti-Japanese memorial days. Anti-Japanese anniversaries announced by national statutory holidays and anniversaries include July 7th War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression anniversaries, September 18th War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression Victory anniversaries and September 18th War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression anniversaries.

August 1 Army Day of China People's Liberation Army: August 1 Army Day is the anniversary of the founding of China People's Liberation Army. It is held on August 1 day every year and is established by the People's Revolutionary Military Commission of China to commemorate the founding of the Chinese Red Army of Workers and Peasants.

September 8th International Journalists' Day: The secretariat of the International Journalists' Association held a meeting on June 26th, 1985, and decided that September 8th every year is the International Journalists' Solidarity Day, referred to as World Journalists' Day.

65438+1 October1China National Day: It is usually the independence of this country, the signing of the constitution, the birthday of the head of state or other commemorative days with great significance; Some are saints' day, the patron saint of this country.

165438+1October 8th China Journalists' Day: a festival for 550,000 journalists in China. The State Council has officially designated 1 1 8th as "Journalists' Day".

65438+February 1 World AIDS Day: In order to raise people's awareness of AIDS, the World Health Organization has designated June 1988 as World AIDS Day every year, calling on all countries and international organizations to hold relevant activities on this day to publicize and popularize AIDS prevention and control knowledge.

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Festivals refer to important memorable days in life. It is a kind of folk culture created by people all over the world to meet the needs of production and life, and it is an important part of the world folk culture.

All ethnic groups and regions have their own festivals. Some festivals originated from traditional customs, such as Spring Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Double Ninth Festival in China. Some festivals originate from religion, such as Christmas in Christian countries.

Some festivals come from commemorating someone or an event, such as Dragon Boat Festival, National Day and Youth Day in China. There are also days designated by campaigns advocated by international organizations, such as Labor Day, Women's Day and Mother's Day.

With the passage of time, the connotation and celebration methods of festivals are also changing. At present, festivals are often confused with holidays. In fact, most festivals have no legal holidays. For example, some traditional festivals in China still have no holidays, such as the Double Ninth Festival.

The origin of traditional festivals in China

In ancient times when production was underdeveloped, when people could not explain the mysteries of nature and master their own destiny, many taboos and superstitions arose. Spring Festival is the biggest traditional festival in China. The original intention of setting off firecrackers is to avoid the evil spirits of mandrill. Later, the contents of ancestor worship, god worship, reunion and entertainment were added.

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