What are the traditional festivals in China?

China traditional festivals are an important part of the long history and culture of the Chinese nation, with various forms and rich contents. The formation of traditional festivals is a process of long-term accumulation and cohesion of the history and culture of a nation or country.

The ancient traditional festivals of the Chinese nation cover such humanistic and natural cultural contents as primitive beliefs, sacrificial culture, astronomical calendars, and Yi Shu Shu, and contain profound and rich cultural connotations. Chinese traditional festivals developed from ancient ancestors not only clearly recorded the rich and colorful social life and cultural contents of Chinese ancestors, but also accumulated profound historical and cultural connotations.

The traditional festivals in China mainly include: Spring Festival (the first day of the first lunar month); Lantern Festival (15th day of the first lunar month); Dragon heads up (the second day of the second lunar month) and social day festival (the second day of the second lunar month); Shangsi Festival (the third day of the third lunar month); Cold food festival (15 or 16 days after the winter solstice); Tomb-Sweeping Day (after April 5th of Gregorian calendar); Dragon Boat Festival (the fifth day of the fifth lunar month); Chinese Valentine's Day (the seventh day of the seventh lunar month); Mid-Autumn Festival (the 15th day of the seventh lunar month); Mid-Autumn Festival (August 15th of the lunar calendar); Double Ninth Festival (the ninth day of the ninth lunar month); Next Yuan Festival (October 15th of the lunar calendar); Winter Solstice Festival (December 21-23 in Gregorian calendar); New Year's Eve (the 29th or 3th day of the twelfth lunar month), etc.