What are the stories of traditional Chinese festivals?

1, the Spring Festival

On the origin of the Spring Festival, the old due to the lack of ancient literature (Qin Shi Huang burning books, or other reasons) can not be directly proved its origin, in the development of the inheritance of the many legends that have arisen.

There are several popular sayings that the Spring Festival originated from the ancient "Wax Festival", from "witchcraft rituals", from "Ghost Festival", from "Ancient Harvest Rituals", from "Ancient Harvest Rituals", from "Ancient Harvest Rituals", from "Ancient Harvest Rituals", from "Ancient Harvest Rituals", from "Ghost Festival". "Ancient harvest rituals", from "Shun following the tribal alliance leader said", from "Wannian young people to create a 10,000-year calendar said", from avoiding "year "

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In the evolution of the historical development of most of the traditional festivals were attached to some of the legends instead of its true origin. The Spring Festival is no exception, also was attached to the "to avoid the evil beast of the year" and other stories and legends as its origin.

In fact, the Spring Festival was not formed because of stories and legends such as "avoiding evil", but these absurd legends were constructed by later generations. Chinese culture has a long history and is profound and profound, and the Spring Festival culture, as an important part of China's long history and culture, covers humanities and philosophy, astronomy and astrology and other aspects of its formation, and contains a profound and rich cultural connotation.

Ancient traditional festivals attach importance to beliefs and rituals, honoring heaven and ancestors is the core of ancient traditional festivals, and the Spring Festival was not formed as a result of stories and legends.

2, Lantern Festival

Lantern Festival, also known as the Shangyuan Festival, the small first month, Yuanxi or the Festival of Lights, for the first month of the first fifteen days of the lunar calendar each year, is one of China's traditional festivals. The first month is the first month of the lunar calendar, the ancients called "night" for "night", the 15th day of the first month is the first full-moon night of the year, so the 15th day of the first month is called "Lantern Festival".

According to Taoism's "Three Elements", the 15th day of the first month is also known as the "Festival of the First Element". Since ancient times, the Lantern Festival has been dominated by the festive custom of watching lanterns.

3, Qingming Festival

Qingming Festival, also known as the Green Festival, line Qing Festival, March Festival, Festival of Ancestors, Festival in the middle of spring and late spring. Originating from the spring festival activities in the ancient times, the Qingming Festival has both natural and humanistic connotations, and is both a natural festival point and a traditional festival.

The Qingming Festival is a traditional major spring festival, tomb-sweeping rituals, in memory of ancestors, is the Chinese nation's fine tradition for thousands of years, is not only conducive to promote filial piety and affection, awakening the family *** with the memory, but also to promote the cohesion of family members and even the nation's cohesion and sense of identity.

The Qingming Festival combines natural festivals and human customs as a whole, is the unity of time, place and people, fully embodies the ancestors of the Chinese people in pursuit of "heaven, earth, people" harmony and unity, pay attention to conform to the time and place, follow the laws of nature. The Qingming Festival is rich in customs and traditions. Sweeping tombs and offering sacrifices to ancestors and going on excursions are the two main themes of the Qingming Festival, which have been passed down from ancient times in China and are still practiced to this day.

4, the Dragon Boat Festival

The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as the Duan Yang Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival, the Zheng Yang Festival, the Bathing Orchid Festival, the Tianzhong Festival, etc., is a traditional festival of Chinese folklore. The Dragon Boat Festival originates from the worship of heavenly signs and evolved from the dragon totem sacrifice in the ancient times.

Duanwu Festival in midsummer, Canglong seven lodges rose to the south of the sky, is the day of the dragon ascension, that is, as the "I Ching - Qian Gua" lines of the fifth line of the lines said: "Flying Dragon in the sky"; at this time, the Dragon Star both "to get the middle" and "to get the right! ", in a position of great good fortune, Enshi Pu also, the Dragon Virtue. The origin of the Dragon Boat Festival covers the ancient astrological culture, humanistic philosophy and other aspects of the content, contains a profound and rich cultural connotation.

Duanwu Festival in the development of inheritance mixed with a variety of folklore as a whole, the festival is rich in customary content, picking the dragon boat and eating rice dumplings is the Dragon Boat Festival of the two main themes of etiquette, the two traditional themes of etiquette inherited since ancient times in China, and still not stop.

5, the Mid-Autumn Festival

The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival, the Autumn Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival, the August Festival, the August Meeting, the Moon Chasing Festival, the Playing Moon Festival, the Moon Worship Festival, the Daughters' Festival, or the Festival of Reunion, is a traditional cultural festival that is popular among many ethnic groups in China and the countries of the Chinese Character and Cultural Circle, on the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunar calendar; the name is because of its value in the middle of the third quarter of the autumn, and there are some places where it is set on the sixteenth day of the eighth month.

The Mid-Autumn Festival began in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Song Dynasty, and by the time of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it had become one of the Chinese traditional festivals on a par with the Spring Festival. Influenced by Chinese culture, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also a traditional festival in some East and Southeast Asian countries, especially for local Chinese. Since 2008, the Mid-Autumn Festival has been listed as a national holiday, and on May 20, 2006, the State Council included it in the list of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritages.

The Mid-Autumn Festival has been practiced since ancient times, with customs such as sacrificing to the moon, enjoying the moon, worshipping the moon, eating mooncakes, enjoying osmanthus flowers, and drinking osmanthus wine, which have been passed down to the present day and continue unabated. The Mid-Autumn Festival has become a colorful and precious cultural heritage, with the fullness of the moon signifying the reunion of people, in order to express the feelings of nostalgia for the hometown and relatives, and to pray for a good harvest and happiness. The Mid-Autumn Festival and the Dragon Boat Festival, Spring Festival, Qingming Festival and known as China's four major traditional festivals.

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