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What are the festivals in China?

1. Spring Festival: The traditional name of the Spring Festival is New Year, New Year, and New Year, but it is also known verbally as celebrating the new year, celebrating the new year, and celebrating the new year. In ancient times, the Spring Festival used to specifically refer to the beginning of spring in solar terms, and was also regarded as the beginning of the year. Later, it was changed to the first day of the first lunar month as the New Year.

2. Lantern Festival: The Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, also known as "the Lantern Festival", is a traditional Chinese folk festival. The first lunar month is the first month of the lunar calendar, which the ancients called "Xiao", and the 15th is the first full-moon night of the year, so the 15th day of the first lunar month is called the Lantern Festival. Also known as Xiaozhengyue, Yuanxi or Lantern Festival, it is the first important festival after the Spring Festival. China has a vast territory and a long history, so the customs of the Lantern Festival are different across the country. Among them, eating Yuanxiao, admiring lanterns, dragon dancing, and lion dancing are some of the important folk customs of the Lantern Festival.

3. Lu Shen’s birthday: the fifth day of the first lunar month;

4. Spring Dragon Festival: the second day of the second lunar month, also called the Dragon’s Head Head and Green Dragon Festival; there is a folk custom of haircuts

5. Flower Festival: February 15th; referred to as Huachao, commonly known as "Flower Festival", "Hundred Flowers Birthday", "Flower Birthday" and "Vegetable Picking Festival". Han traditional festival. Popular in Northeast, North China, East China, Central and South China and other places. It is held on the second day of the second lunar month, and there are also Flower Festivals on the 12th and 15th of February. During the festival, people go out together to enjoy the flowers in the countryside, which is called "outing". Girls cut out five-colored paper and stick it on the flower branches, which is called "appreciating red". There are also customs in various places such as "decorating lion flowers" and "laying flower magic lanterns".

6. Shangsi Festival: On the third day of March, the legendary Queen Mother holds a peach party;

7. Cold Food Festival: the day before Qingming Festival; Cold Food Festival is also known as the "No Smoking Festival". "Cold Festival" and "Hundred-Five Festival" are one hundred and five days after the winter solstice in the lunar calendar and one or two days before the Qingming Festival. On the first day of the festival, no fireworks are allowed and only cold food is eaten. In the development of later generations, customs such as sweeping sacrifices, outings, swings, Cuju, hook-drawing, and egg-fighting were gradually added. The Cold Food Festival lasted for more than 2,000 years and was once known as the largest folk festival.

8. Qingming Festival: Fifteen days after the Spring Equinox, usually April 5th in the Gregorian calendar, and April 4th in leap years; Qingming Festival is a festival to worship ancestors, mainly involving tomb sweeping. A concrete manifestation of maintaining close ties with the clan and practicing filial piety. Tomb-sweeping Festival falls at the turn of mid-spring and late spring, which is 106 days after the winter solstice. On May 20, 2006, this folk festival was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists. In addition, there are many poems about Qingming, among which Du Mu's "Qingming" poem is the most famous

9. Buddha's Birthday: On the eighth day of April, Buddha's Birthday is commemorated and celebrated by Northern Buddhism, the founder of Buddhism, Buddha Sakyamuni. The day when Buddha was born. The Buddha's Birthday Festival is also known as the Buddha Bathing Festival, the Buddha Drainage Society, the Longhua Society, the Huayan Society, etc. Since ancient times, Buddhist temples have held a series of grand Buddha-bathing ceremonies and celebrations on that day, praying to the Buddha to bless society and eliminate disasters, and to invite masters to open forums and preach. Buddhists will review and learn from the compassionate teachings of Buddha on this day. Also known as the Cow Festival - after this day the cows will go to the ground;

10. Dragon Boat Festival: the fifth day of May, also known as the Duanyang Festival; the Dragon Boat Festival is the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar every year, also known as the Dragon Boat Festival The Dragon Boat Festival, the Noon Day Festival, the May Festival, the May Day Festival, the AI ??Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival, the Chongwu Festival, the Noon Day Festival, and the Summer Festival were originally a summer festival to drive away plague. The Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional festival for the Han people in my country. The essential activities on this day have gradually evolved into eating rice dumplings, racing dragon boats, hanging calamus, mugwort and moxa leaves, smoking atractylodes and angelica, and drinking realgar wine. It is said that eating rice dumplings and racing dragon boats are to commemorate Qu Yuan, so after liberation, the Dragon Boat Festival was named "Poet's Day" to commemorate Qu Yuan. As for hanging calamus and moxa leaves, smoking atractylodes and angelica, and drinking realgar wine, it is said to ward off evil spirits.

11. Summer Solstice Festival: Summer Solstice Festival is one of the earliest 24 festivals in Chinese history, and it is also a traditional folk festival. At that time, the temperature was rising and crops were growing vigorously, requiring cultivating and weeding. In ancient times, there was a three-day holiday. Fifteen days after the Lunar New Year's Day is the summer solstice. The day has the longest and last day of the year, and the days in the northern hemisphere have become shorter since then. The lunar summer solstice is the longest day.

12. Tiankuang Festival: The sixth day of the sixth lunar month, in addition to being the "Aunt's Day". In ancient times, there was another festival called "Tiankuang Festival". Tiankuang Festival is a Taoist name with a relatively late origin. On the sixth day of the sixth lunar month, there was an old custom among Huai'an folk to bask in the red and green sun on June 6. It is said that the custom of "sunshine red and green on June 6th" originated in the Tang Dynasty. The eminent monk Xuanzang of the Tang Dynasty took Buddhist scriptures from the West (India) back to his country. When he was crossing the sea, the scriptures were soaked by the sea water. He took out the scriptures and dried them in the sun on the sixth day of June. This day became an auspicious day. At first, dragon robes were dried for the emperor on this day in the palace. Later, it spread from the palace to the people. Every household would dry their clothes in front of the gate on this day. Later, this became a custom.

13. Qixi Festival: The seventh day of the seventh lunar month every year is the traditional festival of the Han people in my country. Because the main participants in this day's activities are girls, and the content of the festival activities is mainly about begging for skillful skills, people call this day "Begging for Skillful Skills Festival" or "Girls' Day" or "Girls' Day". The Chinese Valentine's Day is the most romantic festival among our country's traditional festivals, and it was also the day that girls valued most in the past. On this night, women sewed needles and begged for skills, prayed for good fortune and longevity, worshiped the Seventh Sister, the ceremony was pious and solemn, flowers, fruits, and red flowers were displayed, and all kinds of furniture and utensils were exquisite, small and attractive.

On May 20, 2006, the Chinese Valentine's Day was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list by the State Council. Now it is considered as "Chinese Valentine's Day".

14. Ghost Festival: On the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, the Ghost Festival is also known as "Ghost Festival", "Half Moon Festival" or "Obon Festival". The Zhongyuan Festival is a Taoist term. The name "Zhongyuan" originated from the Northern Wei Dynasty. In some places, it is commonly known as "Ghost Festival" and "Shigu". It is also called the Day of the Dead and the Half of July. According to records in ancient books: "The Taoist Scriptures use the fifteenth day of the first lunar month as the upper yuan, the fifteenth day of July as the middle yuan, and the fifteenth day of October as the lower yuan." The Zhongyuan Festival is related to New Year's Eve, Qingming Festival, and Double Ninth Festival (except, Qing Dynasty). , 9) and other three festivals are the four major festivals for worshiping ancestors in traditional Chinese festivals. "Tao Zang" records: "On the day of the Zhongyuan Dynasty, local officials searched and selected people to distinguish good and evil... During their day and night, they lectured and recited this sutra, and the great sages of the ten directions chanted the spiritual chapter together. The hungry ghosts who were prisoners were released at that time." Folks mostly miss their loved ones on this festival and send good wishes for the future.

15. Ksitigarbha Festival: July 30th;

16. Mid-Autumn Festival: August 15th of the lunar calendar, one of my country's traditional festivals. There are many theories about the origin of the holiday, as well as many legends and traditions surrounding this day. The Mid-Autumn Festival, Spring Festival, Qingming Festival and Dragon Boat Festival are also known as the four traditional festivals of the Chinese Han people.

17. Double Ninth Festival: The Double Ninth Festival (The Double Ninth Festival) falls on September 9th of the lunar calendar. It is the traditional Double Ninth Festival, also known as the "Old Man's Day". Because the "Book of Changes" defines "six" as a yin number and "nine" as a yang number, on September 9th, the sun and the moon are yang, and the two nines overlap, so it is called Double Ninth Festival, also called Double Nine. The Double Ninth Festival has been formed as early as the Warring States Period. In the Tang Dynasty, the Double Ninth Festival was officially designated as a folk festival, and has been followed by all dynasties ever since. The Double Ninth Festival is also known as "Stepping into Autumn" and March 3rd as "Stepping into Spring". Both families come out in large numbers. On this day, all relatives will climb high together to "avoid disasters", plant dogwoods, and enjoy chrysanthemums. Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the atmosphere of the Double Ninth Festival has become increasingly intense, and it has become one of the traditional festivals that has been chanted the most by literati throughout the ages.

18. October Dynasty: The first day of October in the lunar calendar, commonly known as: "October Dynasty", is another "Ghost Festival" after "Qingming" and "Zhongyuan". Also known as the "Ancestor Worship Festival";

19. Xiayuan Festival: It is a traditional Chinese folk festival. It falls on the 15th day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar, also known as "Xiayuan Day" and "Xiayuan".

20. Winter Solstice: The Winter Solstice is a very important solar term in the Chinese lunar calendar and a traditional festival of the Chinese nation. The Winter Solstice is commonly known as "Winter Festival", "Long Solstice Festival" and "Asia Festival". "years old" and so on. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period more than 2,500 years ago, China had used Tugui to observe the sun and determine the winter solstice. It is the earliest one of the twenty-four solar terms to be formulated, and the time is in December of the solar calendar every year. Between the 21st and the 23rd, this day is the shortest day and longest night in the whole year in the northern hemisphere. In most parts of northern China, there is also the custom of eating dumplings on this day, and eating dumplings in the south. The proverb: When the winter solstice comes, eat dumplings. 21. Laba Festival: the eighth day of December;

22. Stove Festival: "Little New Year" does not specifically refer to one festival. Due to local customs, the festivals called "Little New Year" are also different. Most of the northern The region calls the Stove Worship Festival on the 23rd/24th of the twelfth lunar month as Xiaonian. Many areas in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai call the fifth day of the first lunar month as Xiaonian. There are also many areas in China that call the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month as Xiaonian. The Winter Solstice also has The place is called Xiaonian. Xiaonian also means that people start to prepare new year goods and prepare for a good new year. It means that the New Year will have a new atmosphere. It mainly includes three meanings: 1. It means that the twelfth lunar month is Xiaojian. Year; 2. Festival, on the 23rd or 24th of the twelfth lunar month, the old custom is to worship the stove on this day; 3. Refers to the year when fruit trees and bamboos grow slowly.

23. New Year’s Eve: New Year’s Eve is the day of the year. One of the most important traditional festivals in my country, it refers to the evening of the last day of the lunar year, which is the night before the Spring Festival. Because it often falls on the 30th or 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, it is also called the New Year's Eve. The last day of the New Year is called "New Year's Eve", and that night is called "New Year's Eve". People often stay up all night on New Year's Eve, which is called "Shou Sui": "Children stay up all night and cheer together. "On New Year's Eve, not only must the home and exterior be kept clean, but door gods, Spring couplets, New Year pictures, and door cages must be pasted, and people put on new clothes with festive colors and patterns.

Adopt mine. Adopt mine. I searched for them holiday by holiday in Baidu Encyclopedia. It took half an hour. It was really hard. Also, I could only find these. Well, there are 56 ethnic groups in China, and each ethnic group has its own festivals. How can it be possible to find them all? But these commonly used ones should be enough