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What are the traditional festivals of the Han nationality?

1, Spring Festival, one of the four traditional festivals in China, is the beginning of a year, the traditional Chinese New Year. The Spring Festival is usually called "the festival of the year". The traditional names are New Year, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve and New Year's Eve. It is also called "Chinese New Year" and "Chinese New Year" verbally. People in China have celebrated the Spring Festival for at least 4000 years. The Spring Festival is the most solemn traditional festival of the Chinese nation, and it is also an important carrier for China people to release their emotions and satisfy their psychological demands. It is also the annual carnival and eternal spiritual pillar of the Chinese nation. Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival are also called the four traditional festivals in China.

2. Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as the outing festival, is at the turn of the vernal equinox and the end of spring, usually around April 5 of the Gregorian calendar, and the first15th day after the vernal equinox. Qingming has two connotations: nature and humanity. It is both a natural solar term and a traditional festival. Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as the outing festival, is at the turn of the vernal equinox and the end of spring, usually around April 5, after the vernal equinox 15 on the Gregorian calendar. Qingming has two connotations: nature and humanity. It is both a natural solar term and a traditional festival.

The Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month is one of the four traditional festivals in China. According to the Chronicle of Jingchu, midsummer is because the sun is on the mountain in midsummer, and May is midsummer. Its first afternoon is a sunny day, so the fifth day of May is also called "Duanyang Festival". In addition, the Dragon Boat Festival is also called Zhengyang Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Noon Festival, May Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Bathing Orchid Festival, Tianzhong Festival and so on. Dragon Boat Festival originated in China. It was originally a totem festival held by the tribes who worshipped dragon totem in ancient Baiyue area. Before the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a custom of offering sacrifices to dragon ancestors and racing dragon boats in Baiyue area.