Four traditional folk festivals

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Dragon Boat Festival (nickname: Duanyang Festival, Double Ninth Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Zhengyang Festival, Magnolia Festival and Tianzhong Festival) is the first festival in China to be selected as a world intangible cultural heritage. It originated in ancient China and falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month every year. Dragon Boat Festival was originally a festival to drive away plague and dragon boat festival in summer. Later, people took the Dragon Boat Festival as a festival to commemorate Qu Yuan, and there were also sayings to commemorate Wu Zixu, Cao E and Jiezitui. There are folk customs such as "picking dragon boats", "eating zongzi", "flying kites" and "hanging wormwood and calamus".

Mid-Autumn Festival

Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Moon Festival, Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, August Festival, Moon Chasing Festival, Moon Appreciating Festival, Daughter's Day or Reunion Festival, is a popular traditional cultural festival in many ethnic groups and countries in the Chinese character cultural circle in China, and 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. The Mid-Autumn Festival began in the early years of the Tang Dynasty and prevailed in the Song Dynasty. By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it had become one of the traditional festivals in China, which was as famous as the Spring Festival. Influenced by China culture, Mid-Autumn Festival is also a traditional festival for overseas Chinese in some countries in East and Southeast Asia, especially local Chinese. Since 2008, Mid-Autumn Festival has been listed as a national statutory holiday. On May 20th, 2006, it was listed in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage by the State Council. Since the Mid-Autumn Festival, there have been customs such as offering sacrifices to the moon, enjoying the moon, Yue Bai, eating moon cakes, enjoying osmanthus and drinking osmanthus wine, which have been passed down to this day and lasted for a long time. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a colorful and precious cultural heritage. The full moon is a symbol of people's reunion, a sustenance for missing their hometown and relatives, and hopes for a bumper harvest and happiness. Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Spring Festival and Tomb-Sweeping Day are also called the four traditional festivals in China.

Qingming Festival

Tomb-Sweeping Day is the most important festival in China, usually on April 5th in the Gregorian calendar. China people have been polite and respectful to their ancestors since ancient times, so the tradition of the Spring Festival gradually took shape during the Qingming period. Every year in Tomb-Sweeping Day, many places will hold various commemorative activities in memory of revolutionary ancestors and war heroes. There are folk customs such as hiking, grave sweeping and ancestor worship.

the Spring Festival; Chinese New Year

Spring Festival is one of the four traditional festivals in China. The traditional "Spring Festival" evolved from the sacrificial activities in the first year of the ancient year, and it is the most solemn traditional festival of the Chinese nation. The date is set on the first day of the first lunar month every year. During the Spring Festival, every household will hold various celebrations, most of which are mainly to offer sacrifices to gods and buddhas, ancestors, bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, and pray for the new. The forms of activities are rich and colorful, with strong national characteristics.