What are the traditional festivals in China?

The traditional festivals and dates in China are as follows:

1, Spring Festival: The first day of the first month, that is, the Lunar New Year, is the beginning of the year and the traditional "festival";

2. Lantern Festival (Shangyuan Festival): The fifteenth day of the first month, also known as Shangyuan Festival, Xiao Yuan Festival, Yuanxi or Lantern Festival, is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month every year and is one of the traditional festivals in China;

3. Land Birthday: The second day of February, also known as "Society Day", is divided into Spring Society Day and Autumn Society Day. Spring Society Day is the fifth day after beginning of spring and Autumn Society Day is the fifth day after beginning of autumn;

4. Shangsi Festival: The third day of March is a traditional folk festival in China. This festival can be traced back to the end of the spring and autumn period in the text description, and it is the most important festival in the ancient "bath removal" activities;

5. Cold Food Festival: the day before Tomb-Sweeping Day, from summer to the future 105, and one or two days before Tomb-Sweeping Day. When the first day is a festival, no smoking is allowed, only cold food is eaten;

6. Tomb-Sweeping Day: Around April 5th in the Gregorian calendar, it is also called Walking Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day Festival, March Festival and ancestor worship festival. The solar term is at the turn of mid-spring and late spring;

7. Dragon Boat Festival: On the fifth day of May, it is also called Duanyang Festival, Double Ninth Festival, Noon Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Zhengyang Festival, Magnolia Festival and Tianzhong Festival.

8. Tanabata: The seventh day of July, also known as Begging for Cleverness Festival, Seven Clever Festival, Double Seven, Sweet Day, Sunday, Blue Night, Daughter's Day or Seven Sisters's birthday. The legend of Cowherd and Weaver Girl on Tanabata comes from people's worship of natural phenomena.

9. July 30th (Mid-Autumn Festival): July 14/15, that is, the ancestor worship festival on July 30th, also known as Shigu, Ghost Festival, Jail Festival and Diguan Festival. Festival customs mainly include ancestor worship, setting off river lanterns, worshipping the dead and burning paper ingots.

10, Mid-Autumn Festival: August 15, also known as Mid-Autumn Festival, Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, August Festival, Moon Festival, Daughter's Day or Reunion Festival, is a traditional cultural festival popular in many ethnic groups in China and countries in Chinese cultural circles;

1 1, Chung Yeung Festival: On the ninth day of September, the Book of Changes designated "nine" as the yang number, and on September 9, it was called "Chongyang";

12, Cold Clothes Festival: the first day of October, also known as "October Dynasty", "ancestor worship festival" and "Ghost Festival", is a traditional festival of sacrifice in China, which is said to have originated from the Zhou Dynasty; ?

13, Xia Yuan Festival: 10 15, which is the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar, also known as "Xia Yuan Day" and "Xia Yuan". It is one of the traditional folk festivals in China.

14, winter solstice festival: solar calendar 12 around February 22nd, commonly known as "Winter Festival", "Dragon Festival" or "Asian Year". The solstice in winter has both natural and humanistic connotations. It is not only an important solar term among the 24 solar terms, but also a traditional festival of the Chinese nation.

15, Laba Festival: the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, commonly known as Laba, is the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. The ancients had a tradition of offering sacrifices to ancestors and gods (including door gods, household gods, house gods, kitchen gods and well gods) and praying for good harvest and good luck.

16. Kitchen Festival: the 23rd or 24th of the twelfth lunar month, which has a long history in China folk customs, is a traditional festival of the Chinese nation, also known as off-year, Xie Festival and Kitchen God Festival;

17, New Year's Eve: The 29th or 30th of the twelfth lunar month is the last night of the year. The last day of the end of the year is called "year's minute", which means that the old year is divided and replaced by the new year. ?

The formation of traditional festivals is a process of long-term accumulation and cohesion of the history and culture of a country or a nation. The ancient traditional festivals of the Chinese nation involve primitive beliefs, sacrificial culture, astronomical phenomena, calendars and other humanistic and natural cultural contents, covering philosophy, humanities, history, astronomy and other aspects, and contain profound and rich cultural connotations.

Extended data:

The development of traditional festivals in China;

1. As an important part of the long history and culture of the Chinese nation, China traditional festivals reflect the rich social and cultural life of ancient people and accumulate profound historical and cultural connotations of China.

2. Most holiday customs began to appear in ancient times, but the richness and popularity of customs experienced a long development process. Folk festivals come from humanities and natural culture, and the earliest folk activities are related to primitive worship and sacrificial culture.

3. Every traditional festival has its own activity carrier, such as temple fair, lantern festival, lion dance, New Year's Festival, dragon boat race, offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors, etc.

Most traditional festivals were formed in ancient times. In the pre-Qin period, due to the different customs between the north and the south, the customs between the north and the south have not been integrated and popularized, and many ancient festivals and customs activities are rarely recorded in the Central Plains literature.

5. The Han Dynasty was the first great development period after the reunification of China. The economic and cultural exchanges between the North and the South made customs and habits merge with each other, which provided good social conditions for the spread and popularization of holiday customs.

6. Festivals have developed into the Tang Dynasty, and have changed from the initial solemn sacrificial atmosphere to entertainment etiquette. Since then, festivals have become colorful, and many sports and entertainment activities have appeared, which soon became a fashion. These customs continue to develop and continue.

7. The Tang Dynasty is an important period when traditional festival customs are mixed and shaped, and its main part has been passed down to this day.

Baidu Encyclopedia-China Traditional Festival