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The Meaning of Festivals

The festivals are to pass on and carry forward the traditional Chinese culture, the Chinese have the tradition of being prudent and careful, and the festivals always have symbolic and commemorative significance of worshipping ancestors, as well as reuniting with family members and praying for family and friends.

The significance of festivals

Traditional Chinese festivals are an important part of the long history and culture of the Chinese nation, which are diverse in form and rich in content, and contain deep and rich cultural connotations.

Traditional Chinese festivals include: Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Dragon Head-raising Festival, Shangsi Festival, Cold Food Festival, Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Tanabata Festival, Mid-Yuan Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Chungyang Festival, Haoyuan Festival, Winter Solstice Festival, New Year's Eve and so on.

Traditional festivals are an important carrier of the transmission of outstanding historical and cultural heritage, people in the festival to increase knowledge, be taught, but also to highlight the culture, promote virtues, cultivate sentiment, and promote tradition.