What are the traditional folk customs? What are the traditional folk customs?

Traditional folk custom is an important part of China culture, which has been handed down from generation to generation and is deeply loved by people all over the world. Let me introduce some representative traditional folk customs to you.

1. Spring Festival: The Spring Festival is the most important traditional festival in China and one of the most solemn festivals in China. It is celebrated on the first day of the first lunar month and usually lasts 15 days. There are many ways to celebrate the Spring Festival, among which the most representative ones are posting Spring Festival couplets, setting off firecrackers, dancing dragons and lions, and enjoying lanterns. The moral of the Spring Festival is to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, and pray for peace, happiness and harvest in the coming year. Related expansion activities include watching lanterns and watching lion and dragon dances.

2. Tomb-Sweeping Day: Tomb-Sweeping Day is a traditional sacrificial festival in China, which falls on the fourth or fifth day of the fourth lunar month. On this day, people will go to the grave to worship their ancestors and express their thoughts for their deceased relatives. The celebrations in Tomb-Sweeping Day mainly include ancestor worship, grave sweeping and outing. Tomb-Sweeping Day's moral is to remember the old friend and carry on the family line. Related expansion activities include outing and flying kites.

3. Dragon Boat Festival: Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional festival in China, which falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. On this day, people will eat zongzi, race dragon boats and hang wormwood. There are many explanations about the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival, the most famous of which is the legend commemorating Qu Yuan. The moral of Dragon Boat Festival is to pray for peace, exorcism and protection. Related expansion activities include dragon boat race, zongzi and so on.

4. Mid-Autumn Festival: Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional reunion festival in China, which falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month. On this day, people will enjoy the moon and eat moon cakes, solve riddles on the lanterns. The origin of Mid-Autumn Festival is related to the legend of the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon. The moral of Mid-Autumn Festival is reunion and praying for a bumper harvest. Related outreach activities include moon viewing and solve riddles on the lanterns.

The above is an introduction to several traditional folk customs in China. Every festival has its own unique way of celebration and meaning. Through these traditional customs, people have passed on the culture and history of the Chinese nation. I hope this information can help you better understand the traditional folk customs of China.