What are the eight traditional festivals in China?

The eight traditional festivals in China are: Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival, China Valentine's Day, Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth Festival and Solstice.

1, Spring Festival refers to the traditional Chinese New Year in the cultural circle of Chinese characters. Traditional names are New Year, New Year and New Year, but they are also verbally called New Year, Celebrating New Year and China New Year. In ancient times, the Spring Festival refers to the beginning of spring in the solar terms and is also regarded as the beginning of a year. Later, it was changed to the first day of the first lunar month as the New Year.

Generally speaking, it doesn't end until the fifteenth day of the first month (Shangyuan Festival), but among the people, the traditional Spring Festival refers to the sacrifice of stoves from La Worship on the 23rd or 23rd or 24th of the twelfth lunar month to the 19th of the first month. Spring Festival, commonly known as "Chinese New Year", is the most solemn traditional festival of the Chinese nation. China people have celebrated the Spring Festival for more than 4,000 years.

Lantern Festival began in Qin Dynasty more than 2000 years ago. Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty ordered the fifteenth day of the first month to be designated as the Lantern Festival. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the sacrificial activities of "Taiyi God" were scheduled for the 15th day of the first month (Taiyi: the God in charge of everything in the universe).

When Sima Qian created the taichu calendar Law, he had already identified the Lantern Festival as a major festival. The first month is the first month of the lunar calendar. The ancients called the night "dawn" and the fifteenth day is the first full moon night in a year, so the fifteenth day of the first month is called the Lantern Festival.

3. Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as the outing festival, is at the turn of mid-spring and late spring, that is, the first 108 day after the winter solstice. It is a traditional festival in China, and it is also one of the most important festivals to worship ancestors and sweep graves.

The traditional Tomb-Sweeping Day of the Han nationality in China began in the Zhou Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,500 years. Influenced by the Han culture, 24 ethnic minorities in China, such as Manchu, Hezhe, Zhuang, Oroqen, Dong, Tujia, Miao, Yao, Li, Shui, Jing and Qiang, also have the customs of Tomb-Sweeping Day. Grave sweeping, ancestor worship and outing are the basic themes.

4. China Valentine's Day, also known as Begging for Clevership Festival, Seven Clever Days or Seven Sisters's Birthday, originated in China. It is a traditional festival in China and some East Asian countries influenced by Chinese culture. On the night of the seventh or sixth day of the seventh lunar month, women seek wisdom from the weaver girl in the courtyard, so they call it "seeking cleverness".

It originated from the worship of nature and women's needlework, and was later endowed with the legend of Cowherd and Weaver Girl, making it a festival symbolizing love. On May 20th, 2006, China Valentine's Day was listed in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage by People's Republic of China (PRC) and the State Council, and now it is considered as "Valentine's Day in China".

Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Moon Festival, Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, August Festival, Moon Festival, Daughter's Day or Reunion Festival, is a popular traditional cultural festival in China and East Asian countries, which falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month. Because its value is only half that of Sanqiu, it is named, and some places set the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 16.