What is the origin of the three major festivals

The Qingming Festival originated in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, and is a traditional festival of the Han Chinese people, one of the twenty-four solar terms in China, which takes place around April 5 on the solar calendar every year. After the Qingming Festival, the rain increases, the earth presents the image of spring and scenery. At this time of year, everything "spit out the old and bring in the new", whether it is the vegetation in nature, or with the natural **** at the human body, are at this time to change away from the winter dirt, ushered in the breath of spring, to realize the transformation from yin to yang.

Anciently, the day before Qingming for the "Cold Food Festival" said, according to legend, started in the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Wen of Jin mourning meson push "cut shares to fill the hunger", and then gradually Qingming Cold Food into one. In the Tang Dynasty, tomb-sweeping dates were generally in the Cold Food Festival, and after the Song Dynasty, it was moved to the Qingming Festival. Legend has it that the origin of the "Cold Food Festival" is in the middle of Shanxi Province, Jiexiu, Jiexiu one's origin is to commemorate Jie Zi push "cut the stock to fill the hunger" and do not want to be rewarded, and ultimately died in the fire burned here, Mianshan Mountain is also known as "Jie Shan

The Mianshan Mountain is also known as "mesa mountain" because of this.

According to legend, after Dayu cured the water, people used the word "Qingming" to celebrate that the flood had been removed and the world was at peace. At this time of spring flowers, everything is revived, the sky is clear, it is a good time for spring trekking. As early as in the Tang Dynasty has begun, inherited through the generations to become accustomed to. In addition to appreciate the nature of the lake and mountains, spring scenery, but also to carry out a variety of recreational activities, add interest to life.

Customs Qingming Festival popular tomb-sweeping, in fact, tomb-sweeping is Qingming Festival, the day before the content of the Cold Food Festival, Cold Food is said to have begun in the Duke of Jin to mourn the mediator of the push. Tang Xuanzong Kaiyuan twenty years of imperial decree, "cold food on the tomb". Since the cold food and Qingming are close to each other, it gradually became Qingming Tomb Sweeping. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, tomb-sweeping was more popular. In ancient times, children often flew kites to sweep tombs. Some kites were equipped with bamboo flutes, which made a sound like the sound of a kite when blown by the wind, and it is said that this is how the kite got its name.

There are many lost customs of the Qingming Festival, such as the ancient had a long history of Dai Liu, shooting willow, playing the swing, etc., it is reported that the Liao Dynasty customs of the most important Qingming Festival, up to the court down to the people of the common people to play the swing for fun, the ladies gathered in the clouds, the wind of trekking is also extremely prevalent. >>

After the founding of New China, people are on this day to sweep the tombs of the martyrs, in memory of the revolutionary forefathers

Duanwu Festival

On the fifth day of the fifth month of the Lunar Calendar, commonly known as the "Dragon Boat Festival", the end of the "beginning", "first" meaning. The first five days can be called the end of the five. Lunar calendar to the Earth's branches of the month, the first month of building c, February for the d, in turn to May for the noon, so that May for the month of noon, "five" and "noon" through, "five" and for the number of Yang, so the Dragon Boat Festival also known as the Duanwu is also known as the five, heavy five, Duanyang, in the sky, heavy afternoon, noon, in addition to some places will be called the Dragon Boat Festival May Festival, Ai Festival, Summer Festival. From the historical point of view, "Dragon Boat Festival" two words were first seen in the Jin Zhou Zhi "land and customs": "mid-summer Dragon Boat Festival, cooking wassail corn". Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional festival of the Han Chinese people in China. The essential activities of this day gradually evolved into: eating zongzi, dragon boat racing, hanging calamus, moxa, fumigation Cangzhu, Angelica dahurica, drink xionghuang wine. It is said that eating rice dumplings and dragon boat racing, is to commemorate the Qu Yuan, so after the liberation of the Dragon Boat Festival was named "Poet's Day" to commemorate the Qu Yuan. As for hanging calamus, moxa leaves, fumigate Cangzhu, Angelica dahurica, drink Xionghuang wine, it is said to be in order to suppress the evil spirits.

To this day, the Dragon Boat Festival is still a very popular and solemn festival among the Chinese people. The Dragon Boat Festival has been a national holiday since 2008. The state attaches great importance to the protection of intangible cultural heritage, on May 20, 2006, the folklore approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list

Mid-Autumn Festival

According to historical records, ancient emperors had a ritual system of sacrificing the sun in the spring and the moon in the fall, and the word "Mid-Autumn Festival" first appeared in the book The term "Mid-Autumn Festival" first appeared in the book "Zhouli"; until the early Tang Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Festival became a fixed festival, "Tang Book - Taizong Records" recorded "August 15 Mid-Autumn Festival"; Mid-Autumn Festival began to flourish in the Song Dynasty. The festival is held on the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, which coincides with the halfway point of the three autumns, so it is called the "Mid-Autumn Festival", also known as the "Mid-Autumn Festival"; and because of this festival in the fall, August, so it is also known as the "Autumn Festival", "August Festival", "August Meeting"; and there are beliefs and related festivals and activities to pray for reunion, so also known as "Reunion Festival", "Daughter's Festival The Mid-Autumn Festival is also known as the "Reunion Festival" and "Daughter's Festival". Because the main activities of the Mid-Autumn Festival are centered around the "moon", it is also commonly known as the "Moon Festival", "Moon Festival", "Moon Chasing Festival "In the Tang Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Festival was also known as the Moon Festival of Duanzheng. About the origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival, there are roughly three kinds: the origin of the ancient worship of the moon, the custom of singing and dancing under the moon to look for puppets, and the legacy of the ancient Autumn Festival to worship the God of the land.

August 15 is the middle of autumn, so it is called Mid-Autumn or Mid-Autumn. The moon on August 15 is fuller and brighter than the full moons of other months, so it is also called "Moon Festival" and "August Festival". On the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, people try to get together with their families as much as possible, taking the significance of the fullness of the moon and the people, and the 15th day of the 8th month is also called the "Festival of Reunion".

The Spring Festival

The Spring Festival (Spring Festival) is the most solemn and characteristic traditional festival of Chinese folklore, generally refers to New Year's Eve and the first day of the first month. But in folklore, the traditional meaning of the Spring Festival refers to the Lunar New Year's Eve from the Lunar New Year's Day sacrifice or Lunar New Year's Day twenty-three or twenty-four of the sacrificial stove, until the first month of the fifteenth, which to the New Year's Eve and the first day of the first month of the culmination. During the Spring Festival, the Han Chinese and many ethnic minorities in China hold various activities to celebrate. These activities are mainly to worship gods and buddhas, pay homage to ancestors, get rid of the old and bring in the new, welcome joy and receive blessings, and pray for a good year. The activities are colorful and have strong ethnic characteristics.　　

The state attaches great importance to the protection of intangible cultural heritage, May 20, 2006, "Spring Festival" folk approved by the State Council included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.