There are 1 1 traditional festivals in China: New Year's Eve, Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Cold Food Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Qixi Festival, Double Ninth Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and Laba Festival. Chinese excellent traditional culture is the cultural memory of the motherland and the nation, and it is the foundation of inheritance and development. Tomb-Sweeping Day's gratitude, the patriotism of Dragon Boat Festival, the loyalty of Qixi Festival and the respect for the elderly in Chongyang all shine with the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation. Common festivals are as follows: 1. Origin of New Year's Eve (Lunar New Year's Eve in December): New Year's Eve originated from "banishment" in the pre-Qin period. According to Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals and Dong Jiji, the ancients beat drums to drive away the "plague god" on the day before the New Year, so that there would be no disease or disaster in the coming year. This is the origin of "New Year's Eve" Festival. 2. The origin of the Spring Festival (the first day of the first lunar month): The ancient Spring Festival refers to the "beginning of spring" season in the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar. It was not until the Southern and Northern Dynasties that the Spring Festival was changed to the end of the year, which generally refers to the whole spring. At this time, spring returns to the earth and everything is renewed. People regard it as the beginning of a new year. In the early years of the Republic of China after the Revolution of 1911, after the lunar calendar was changed to the Gregorian calendar, the first day of the first month was designated as the Spring Festival. It was not until1September 27th, 949 that the China People's Political Consultative Conference officially designated the New Year on the first day of the first month as the "Spring Festival", so many people still call it the Spring Festival. 3. Lantern Festival (the fifteenth day of the first lunar month) Source: This is the first full moon night after the Spring Festival. According to legend, Emperor Wendi of the Han Dynasty (179- 157) celebrated Zhou Bo's suppression of the rebellion of the Lus on the 15th day of the first month. Every night, he will go out to play in the palace and play with people, and set the fifteenth day of the first month as the Lantern Festival. 4. Tomb-Sweeping Day (around April 5) Source: The traditional Tomb-Sweeping Day in China began in the Zhou Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,500 years. Tomb-Sweeping Day is first of all a very important solar term. As soon as Tomb-Sweeping Day arrives, the temperature rises, which is a good season for spring ploughing and planting. Therefore, there is a saying that "melons and beans are planted before and after Qingming". Agricultural proverb "Planting trees is not as clear as Qingming". Later, as the days of Qingming and cold food approached, cold food was the day when people banned fire to sweep graves. Gradually, cold food and Qingming became one, and cold food became another name of Qingming and became a custom of Qingming. On Qingming Day, there are no fireworks, only cold food. 5. Dragon Boat Festival (the fifth day of the fifth lunar month) Source: It was produced in memory of Qu Yuan, an ancient poet in China. Qu Yuan (about 340 BC-278 BC) was a native of Chu during the Warring States Period. He could not realize his political ideal, nor could he save the destruction of Chu. When the State of Qin destroyed Chu, on the fifth day of May, he threw himself into the river with a huge stone in his arms. When people by the river learned about it, they went by boat to salvage Qu Yuan's body. In memory of this great patriotic poet, later generations designated this day as the Dragon Boat Festival. Source: New Education Era Teacher Edition