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What are the three major festivals in China?

Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival.

1, Spring Festival, that is, Lunar New Year, is one of the most important traditional festivals in China, which marks the beginning of a year. During the Spring Festival, every household will carry out cleaning, paste Spring Festival couplets, set off firecrackers, celebrate the New Year and have a family reunion dinner, which symbolizes the farewell of the old year and the welcome of the new year.

The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as the Dragon Boat Festival, usually falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month to commemorate the ancient poet Qu Yuan. The traditional customs of this day include dragon boat racing, eating zongzi and hanging wormwood, which have strong cultural connotation and national characteristics.

The Mid-Autumn Festival on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month is a traditional full moon night in China, symbolizing reunion and harvest. The main customs of Mid-Autumn Festival are enjoying the moon, eating moon cakes and carrying lanterns, which is a time for family reunion.