What are the special festivals in China?

Qingming is an ancient festival of the Chinese nation. It is not only a solemn festival to sweep graves and worship ancestors, but also a happy festival for people to get close to nature, go for an outing and enjoy the fun of spring. Tomb-Sweeping Day is located on April 5th of the Gregorian calendar, that is,15th after the vernal equinox.

2. Dragon Boat Festival

Dragon Boat Festival, the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, originated in China. It was originally a festival in which ancient ancestors sacrificed their ancestors in the form of dragon boat races. Qu Yuan, a Chu poet in the Warring States Period, committed suicide by throwing himself into the Miluo River during the Dragon Boat Festival, which was later regarded as a festival to commemorate Qu Yuan. In some places, there are sayings in memory of Wu Zixu, Cao E and meson tui.

3. Chinese Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day in China is the earliest love festival in the world. It is a traditional folk custom in China to sit and watch the morning glory and the weaver girl, visit friends in the boudoir, worship the weaver girl, seek marriage, learn needlework, and pray for blessings.

4. Mid-Autumn Festival

The Mid-Autumn Festival, that is, the ancestor worship festival in July and a half, mainly includes ancestor worship, setting off river lanterns, worshipping the dead and burning paper ingots. Mid-Autumn Festival evolved from the ancient "July and a half", harvesting crops in autumn and offering sacrifices to ancestors.

July and a half is a festival to celebrate the harvest and repay the earth in early autumn, and some crops have matured. According to the law, people should worship their ancestors and report Qiu Cheng to them with new rice. It is a traditional cultural festival to commemorate ancestors, and its cultural core is to respect ancestors and filial parents.

5. Mid-Autumn Festival

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.