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How many traditional festivals are there in China and how many traditions are there in China?

1. China has 1 1 traditional festivals a year.

2. The Spring Festival (the first day of the first lunar month), that is, the Lunar New Year, is the beginning of a year, a traditional festival and the most solemn traditional festival of the Chinese nation.

The Lantern Festival (the fifteenth day of the first lunar month) is also called Lantern Festival, the first month, Yuanxi and Shangyuan Festival. The ancients called "night" night, and the fifteenth day of the first month was the first full moon night in a year, so it was called "Lantern Festival".

4. Tomb-Sweeping Day (around April 5th, Gregorian calendar) is also called outing festival, outing festival, March festival, ancestor worship festival, etc.

The Dragon Boat Festival (the fifth day of the fifth lunar month) is also called Duanyang Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Zhengyang Festival and Tianzhong Festival.

6. Valentine's Day in China (the seventh day of the seventh lunar month) is also called Qiqiao Day, Seven Sisters Day, Daughter's Day, Beggar's Day, Seven Mothers' Day, Qiaoxi Festival, Niuniu Women's Day, Double Seven Days, and so on. Because the worship of Seven Sisters was held on the seventh day of July, it was named Tanabata.

7. Mid-Autumn Festival (the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month) The Mid-Autumn Festival is the name of Taoism, which is called July and a half in folk customs and Arahara Festival in Buddhism, commonly known as Ghost Festival.

8. Mid-Autumn Festival (the 15th day of the eighth lunar month) is also called Mid-Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Moon Worship Festival, Reunion Festival, etc. The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the worship of celestial phenomena and evolved from the ancient sacrifice to the moon.

9. On the Double Ninth Festival (the ninth day of the ninth lunar month), the number of "Nine" is the number of Yang in the Book of Changes. The number of "Nine Nine" is heavy, so it is called "Chongyang", and it is also called "Chongyang" because both the day and the month meet nine.

10, winter solstice (Gregorian calendar 65438+February 2 1 or 22), also known as short day, winter festival, next year, winter worship, etc. , one of the eight festivals in four seasons, is regarded as a big holiday in winter. In ancient times, there was a saying that the winter solstice was as big as a year, so it was called "sub-year" or "off-year".

1 1, Laba Festival (the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month) is commonly known as "Laba". In ancient times, the sacrifice to "God" in December was called the twelfth lunar month, so the twelfth lunar month was called the twelfth lunar month, which was mainly popular in northern China.

12, New Year's Eve (29 or 30 of the twelfth lunar month), also known as New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, New Year's Eve, etc. It is the last night of the end of a year, which means that the old year is over and the new year is replaced.