What are the traditional festivals in China?

The following festivals are counted according to the lunar calendar (also known as the summer calendar and the lunar calendar):

January in the lunar calendar

1. The second day of the first month, the dog day

3, the third day of the first month, the pig day, the small period

4, the fourth day of the first month, the sheep day, Sun Tianshi doctor (Sun Simiao) birthday

5, the first five days of the first month, the cow day, the fifth day of the breakthrough, the opening of the market, the birth of the mythical god of wealth five ways

6, the sixth day of the first month, the day of the horse, the day of the delivery of the poor

Traditional Chinese festivals

7, the seventh day of the first month, the people day, the first day of the first month of the year

7, the first day of the first month of the first month of the year. The seventh day of the first month, the Day of Man, also known as the Festival of Human Victory, send the fire god

8, the eighth day of the first month, the Valley Day, the birth of Yan Wangzhi in Taoism, the day of the Eight Immortals

9, the ninth day of the first month, the Day of Heaven, the birth of the Jade Emperor in Taoism

10, the tenth day of the first month, the Day of the Earth, the birthday of the stone (stone sacrifices)

11, the twelfth day of the first month, the Day of the Fire, the Day of the Mouse Marrying Her Wife in Folklore, the day of the fried soy beans (mouse eye), lighting a hundred fires (rat's eye), light a hundred fires, throw a hundred diseases

12, the thirteenth day of the first month, the day of the upper (test) lamp, Guan Gong ascension day

13, the fifteenth day of the first month , Lantern Festival, the day of the main lamp, the Taoist Festival of the Shangyuan, the birth of the celestial official Yao

14, the eighteenth day of the first month, the day of the fall of the lamp

15, the twentieth day of the first month, the day of the penetration of the festival, the festival of penetration of the day, also known as the festival of patching up the sky and the The festival is also known as the "Little Heavenly Barn", which originated from the mythological story of Nuwa mending the sky. This festival is also related to the "rain" festival. After the beginning of spring, the festival is called "rain". Ancient people believed that it was the day when "water was born in the sky" and it rained in response to the festival, so it was called "Tianjian". The fusion of myths and festivals has led to the formation of the folk festival tradition of Tianjian Festival. The main customs of the festival: pancakes "to make up for the sky wear", sky wear shooting, messy rice and needles.

16, the 25th day of the first month, Tiancang Festival (Fill Cang Festival), some say that Tiancang Festival is the day of the sacrifice of the stars, and some say that it is for the sacrifice of the land or the sacrifice of the mill god. By filling the barn, it means filling the barn.

February in the lunar calendar

1, the first day of February, Zhonghe Festival, the birthday of the sun

Traditional Chinese Festivals

2, the second day of February, Chunlong Festival, also known as the Dragon's Head Raising Festival, Qinglong Festival, and the birthday of Jigong Bodhisattva in Buddhism

3, the third day of February, the birth of the mythical Emperor Wenchang

4, the twelfth day of February, Flower Dynasty Festival (a festival of the fifteenth month of February), also called Flower God Festival, which is also called Flower God Festival. ), also known as the Flower God Festival, the birthday of a hundred flowers, and the birthday of the Flower God (Flower Festival)

5. February 15 , the birth of the Ninth Heavenly Maiden in Taoism, and the births of Taishang Laojun and Jingzhong Yuewang in Daoism

6. February 19, the birth of Guan Shiyin, the Bodhisattva of the Guan Shiyin in Buddhism

7. February 21, the birth of Puxian, the Bodhisattva of the Primate of the Buddha, in Buddhism

8. 105 days after the winter solstice, and the day before the Ching Ming Festival The day before the Winter Solstice , the Cold Food Festival, the date of which is not fixed in the lunar calendar (see Ching Ming)

9, Ching Ming, one of the 24 solar terms, the date of which is not fixed in the lunar calendar, but usually falls within the second half of February to the first half of March

March in the Lunar Calendar

1,The third day of the third month of the lunar calendar , the Shangsi Festival , the girl's return home to her mother's house, the birth of the Yellow Emperor, the birthday of the Emperor of the Realm of Wudu in Daoism, and the Peach Fair of the Queen Mother in myths

2, March 12, Tree Planting Day

3, March 15, the birth of Zhao Gongyuanshuai in mythology, the birth of Old Mother Taishan in Taoism

Fourth month of the Lunar Calendar

1, the first day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, the sacrifice to the God of Hail

2, the fourth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, the birth of Manjushri in Buddhism

4, the eighth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, the Festival of the Bath of the Buddha, (the Longhua Hui), the birth of Shakyamuni in Buddhism

5, April 12, Birthday of the Snake King in Taoism

6, April 14, Birthday of the Immortal in Taoism (Birthday of Lu Dongbin)

7, April 18, Birthday of Hua Tuo, the Divine Physician

8, April 28, Birthday of the King of Medicine (Shennong)

May of the Chinese Lunar Calendar

1, Early 5th of May, Tuanku Festival

2. May 13, Rain Festival

June of the Lunar Calendar

1, the first day of June, the Half-Yearly Festival (half-yearly)

2. The sixth day of June, the Sunning Clothes Festival, Sunning Foo Festival "June 6, Sunning in red and green." "Auntie Festival" "June 6, please auntie", in ancient times or another festival, called Tian Kuang (meaning bestowed gifts) Festival, June 6 is also a festival in Buddhist temples, called the festival of turning the scriptures, sacrifices to the gods of the mountains

3. June 19, in Buddhism Bon Festival, with the Bon Festival, commonly known as the Ghost Festival

4, July 18, the birth of Xiwangmu (Queen Mother of the West) in Taoism

5, July 20, Cotton's Birthday

6, July 23, the birth of Zhuge Wuhou (Zhuge Wuhou)

7, July 30, the birth of Jizang Wangbodhisattva (Jizang Festival) in Buddhism

August of the Chinese Lunar Calendar

1, the first day of the eighth lunar month. Heavenly Doctor's Festival

2, August 3, the birthday of Zaojun in Daodu

3, August 8, the Lower Si Festival, the mythological Yaochi Assembly

4. August 15 , the Mid-Autumn Festival

5, August 20, the birthday of Rice

7, August 27, the birth of Confucius

8, the summer solstice: The summer solstice is one of the twenty-four solar terms and is observed on either the 21st or 22nd of June of the lunar calendar. June 21st or 22nd on the Gregorian calendar. Summer solstice, the sun directly above the ground to the northernmost point of the year, almost directly to the Tropic of Cancer, at this time, the northern hemisphere day up to the longest, and the further north the longer.

September

1. 9 September, Chung Yeung Festival

2. 19 September, the birth of Guanyin in Buddhism

October

1. 1 October, the first day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar, the October Morning, the Cold Clothes Festival, also known as Ancestor Sacrifice Festival

2. 15 October, the 15th day of the tenth month of the Taoist Xia Yuan Festival, the birth of Yu, the water official

November

November

1. 1 October, the winter, the winter, the winter, the winter, the winter of the Chinese New Year, the winter of the Chinese New Year. p>

1, the winter solstice, so also known as the day south solstice, subyear (second only to the new year), is the only one of the twenty-four solar terms used to determine the order of the month and the leap month, the winter solstice in the month of November (Zi month) within the month (i.e., the earliest November first, the latest November twenty-ninth or thirtieth) is the formulation of the leap month of the major premise. Because both the festival and the Gregorian calendar are solar attributes, the calendar date of the festival is instead relatively fixed, with the winter solstice often falling around December 22 in the Gregorian (solar) calendar.

Lunar Lunar New Year

1, December 8, Lunar New Year's Day, the day of Siddhartha Gautama Buddha in Buddhism

2, December 23, Zaozao Festival, Zaozao Day, commonly known as "over the small year", also known as the small year, the small year under the small year, small years of the festival

3, December 24, sweeping the dust

4, December 25, the winter solstice is often around the 22nd day of December (solar calendar), the winter solstice. p>4, December 25, Dao Duzhong receive the Jade Emperor

5,, the last day of December, the year in addition to the day, in addition to the day, in addition to the night called New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, the night of the big festival, the big end, etc., the folk said that New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, sealing the well (sacrifices to the god of the well), posting Spring Festival couplets to welcome the God of Fortune, to eat New Year's Eve, the New Year's Eve vigil