The origin of traditional festivals

The traditional festivals in China are developed from ancient ancestors. From these secular folk festivals, the "rich and colorful social life and cultural content" of the Chinese nation are clearly recorded.

There are various traditional festivals in China, which are an integral part of our long history and culture. The formation process of traditional festivals is a "long-term accumulation and cohesion process of history and culture" of a nation or country. Since 2008, three traditional festivals have been added to the national statutory holidays: Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival.

The origin of Chinese traditional festivals has a long history, and it has experienced many ethnic changes, which is a process of historical and cultural accumulation. There are many traditional festivals in China, and different festivals have a lot of holiday time, which are accumulated through years of constant changes.

The customs of other traditional festivals in China.

1, Spring Festival

During the Spring Festival, you can find it everywhere, such as posting New Year's greetings, observing New Year's Eve, having a reunion dinner and paying New Year's greetings. However, due to different local customs, the nuances have their own characteristics. The folk customs of the Spring Festival are diverse and rich in content, which is a concentrated display of the essence of China people's life and culture.

2. Lantern Festival

As far as the length of festivals is concerned, there is only one day in Han Dynasty, three days in Tang Dynasty and five days in Song Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, lights were lit from the eighth day until the seventeenth night of the first month. It is the longest Lantern Festival in the history of China, which is connected with the Spring Festival. This day is a city. Very lively and spectacular.

3. Tomb-Sweeping Day

In its historical development, Tomb-Sweeping Day has incorporated the custom of forbidding fire and cold food in the Cold Food Festival. According to legend, the Cold Food Festival was established in the Spring and Autumn Period to commemorate the Jiexiu, a loyal minister of the State of Jin. In folklore, the Cold Food Festival is related to Jie tui.

4. Mid-Autumn Festival

On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, there is the custom of burning lanterns to help the moon. At present, there is still the custom of piling tiles on towers and burning lamps in Huguang area. Jiangnan has the custom of making lantern boats.

5. Double Ninth Festival

In the process of historical continuation, the Double Ninth Festival is a traditional festival in China, which combines many folk customs and cultural connotations. Celebrating the Double Ninth Festival generally includes traveling to enjoy the scenery, climbing high and looking far, watching chrysanthemums, picking Chinese herbal medicines, planting dogwood everywhere, holding old-age banquets, eating double ninth cake, keeping in good health with medicinal wine, drinking chrysanthemum wine and other activities.