24 Traditional Chinese Festivals and Customary Dates

Traditional festivals in China include the Spring Festival on the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar, the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar, the Dragon Head-raising Festival, the Social Day Festival on the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar, the Shangri-La Festival on the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, the Cold Food Festival on the 105th or 106th day of the winter solstice, the Ching Ming Festival on the day before or after the 5th day of the 4th month of the lunar calendar, the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the 5th month of the lunar calendar, the Tanabata Festival on the seventh day of the 7th month of the lunar calendar, the Chinese New Year's Festival on the 15th day of the 7th month of the lunar calendar, the Mid-Autumn Festival Lunar August 15, Chongyang Festival Lunar September 9, the next Yuan Festival Lunar October 15, Lunar 8 Lunar December 8, Winter Solstice Festival Lunar December 21 to 23, the small year due to the north and south of different customs around the world, known as the small year of the day is also not the same, the general northern region is the Lunar New Year's Eve Lunar New Year's Eve Lunar New Year's Eve Lunar December Ganjiu or 30, a **** 17, and There are not 24.

Traditional Chinese festivals, is an important part of the long history and culture of the Chinese nation, a variety of forms, rich in content the formation of traditional festivals, is a nation or country's history and culture of the long-term accumulation of cohesion process.