What are the important festivals in China?

10. Winter Solstice FestivalThe Winter Solstice Festival, which falls on December 21st or 22nd in the Gregorian calendar every year, is the festival with the shortest sunlight hours in the northern hemisphere. According to the ancient Chinese belief, starting from the winter solstice, the yang of heaven and earth begins to become more and more vigorous, which also represents the beginning of the next cycle, making it a very auspicious day. On this day, people usually have the custom of eating dumplings and soup dumplings.

9. Chongyang Festival is the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar every year. It was formed as early as the Warring States period and was officially designated as a folk festival in the Tang Dynasty. On Chongyang Festival, people will jump far, look at chrysanthemums, put in dogwoods and eat Chongyang cakes.

8. Chinese Valentine's Day, also known as Beggar's Day. On this night, women have the traditional custom of begging the Weaving Maiden for wisdom in the courtyard, which is why it is called "Begging for Wisdom". Because the traditional folk myth of the Tanabata story of the cowherd and the weaving maiden is given a romantic color, so now Tanabata is the Chinese "plot man", many young boys and girls will choose to express their love to their beloved ones on this day.

7. Xiao Nian (Zaosi Festival) Xiao Nian is also called Zaosi Festival. According to legend, every year on the 23rd day of the Lunar New Year, the god of the stove goes back to the sky to report to the Jade Emperor about the good and evil on earth, and the Jade Emperor uses this as the basis for rewarding and punishing people. Therefore, on this day, people will worship the Zaoshen enshrined in their homes, hoping that the Zaoshen will say more good things and less bad things in front of the Jade Emperor.

6. Laha Festival is the eighth day of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar. Every year, when the Laha Festival arrives, families will make Laha congee. Northern people will soak a big pot of Lahai garlic, in the cold day to drink a mouthful of hot soft and sticky Lahai porridge. Eating a mouthful of delicious Lahai garlic is an unparalleled pleasure.

Qingming FestivalThe Qingming Festival is celebrated on April 4 or April 5 of each year on the Gregorian calendar. Its origins began with the ancient "tomb sacrifice" ceremony of emperors and generals, which was later copied by the people, resulting in the specific custom of visiting ancestors and sweeping tombs on this day.

The Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar is the Lantern Festival, which is also known as the "Yuan" month of the lunar calendar. Ancient people called the night "dawn", so the 15th day of the first month, the first full moon of the year, is called the Lantern Festival. At the Lantern Festival, people eat Lantern Festival, guess riddles, enjoy the moon, and set off fireworks, which is very lively.

3. The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month every year. According to legend, Qu Yuan, a famous poet of Chu during the Warring States period, was extremely indignant upon learning the news of Chu's demise, so he jumped into Miluo River on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar holding a stone. In honor of Qu Yuan, people row dragon boats on this day every year and throw zongzi to the river general.

2. Mid-Autumn FestivalThe fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar is the second largest traditional festival in China, 3354 Mid-Autumn Festival. This festival began in the early Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Song Dynasty. Since ancient times, there has been the custom of enjoying the moon and eating mooncakes. The full moon symbolizes the reunion of people. On this day, people miss their hometowns and relatives, and they also pray for a good harvest and happiness in the coming year.

1. Spring FestivalThe Spring Festival is the grandest traditional festival of the Chinese nation and has been celebrated by the Chinese for more than 4,000 years. Although the first day of the Spring Festival refers to the first day of the first month, the atmosphere of the Spring Festival gathers as early as the month of Lunar New Year and lasts until the fifteenth day of the first month. Every year, the Spring Festival