Chinese traditional festivals and customs, Chinese traditional festivals and their customs

1.Spring Festival. The Spring Festival, commonly known as the Chinese New Year, is one of the most lively festivals of the year.

There are many customs for the New Year, such as sticking Spring Festival couplets on the evening of the 30th, eating New Year's dinners, sacrificing and keeping the New Year. When the New Year arrives, fireworks and firecrackers should be set off to "take over the New Year", and glutinous rice balls and rice cakes should be eaten on the first day of the New Year, symbolizing reunion and life step by step. The elders also give the younger generations a "good market" (red envelope), trying to make a smooth and profitable meaning.

There are many celebrations during the Spring Festival, such as New Year's greetings, lion dances, dragon plays, theatrical performances, etc., and the celebrations will continue until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

2.Yuanxiao Festival. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is Yuanxiao, also known as the Lantern Festival, which is a continuation of the Spring Festival celebrations. Hanging lanterns, setting off fireworks, guessing lantern fans, and eating Yuanxiao on the night of Yuanxiao are the customs that have been passed down from generation to generation in our hometown.

3.Dragon's Head Festival. Legend has it that the second day of the second lunar month is the day when the dragon king, who is in charge of clouds and rain in the sky, raises his head, and the rain will gradually increase after that. On the day of the Dragon Head Festival, many people have the habit of rushing to the temple fair, burning pillars and high incense, praying for a year of good weather and rain.

4.March 3. It is the day when the Zhuang people hold the song, and it is rumored that this day is the day when the song fairy Liu Sanjie "becomes an immortal", and on this day the Guangxi Zhuang area will hold a grand celebration. Singing mountain songs, dancing bamboo pole dances, and eating five-color glutinous rice are the most attractive places for Guangxi people on March 3rd.

5.Ching ming festival. It is not only one of the 24 solar terms in China, but also a traditional festival with a long history. The Qingming Festival coincides with the spring of March, and the people have the habit of going on outings and worshipping ancestors and sweeping tombs.

6.Dragon boat festival. The fifth day of the fifth lunar month is the Dragon Boat Festival, and in some places it is also called the Duanyang Festival. On this day, every household has to kill chickens and ducks to make sacrifices and eat zongzi, which is said to be to commemorate Qu Yuan. In many places in the south, there is also the custom of rowing dragon boats and holding dragon boat races.

7.Tanabata Festival. It's Valentine's Day in China.

It is said that every year on the seventh day of the seventh month, it is the day when the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet, and this beautiful legend has been passed down from generation to generation for thousands of years, and has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Nowadays, many young people choose this day to send flowers to their sweethearts, confess their hearts, and celebrate romantic moments with their sweethearts.

8.Mid-autumn festival. The fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar is the Mid-Autumn Festival.

On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the folk have the habit of admiring the moon, worshiping the moon, eating moon cakes, and putting Kong Ming lanterns. On this night, people look up like a full moon, and naturally look forward to family reunion. Especially for wanderers who are far away, they will miss their relatives in their hometown even more, so the Mid-Autumn Festival is also known as the "Reunion Festival".

9.Chung yeung festival. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month is the Double Ninth Festival, also known as the "Old Man's Day". Folk have the custom of climbing, appreciating flowers, and drinking Chongyang wine. On this day, the old man either climbed high to exercise, or enjoyed the flowers to cultivate his sentiments, adding infinite fun to the evening scene of Sangyu.

10.Winter solstice. Also known as the Winter Festival, it is one of the 24 solar terms in China, and it is also a very important festival in our country's folk, there is a saying of "Winter Solstice New Year" in the south, on this day, the southerners have the tradition of wrapping zongzi, Chun glutinous rice balls, and eating glutinous rice balls.

Mid-autumn festival. Eat mooncakes and drink fine wine.

Chung yeung festival. Climb high and drink good wine.

Lantern Festival. The fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar is also known as the Lantern Festival and the Shangyuan Festival. Taoism believes that the three basic elements that produce all things in heaven and earth are heaven, earth, and water, that is, the "three elements", and the three are called "officials", which are the segments in the flow of time and space.

Emperor Ziwei of Tianguan blessed him and was born on the fifteenth day of the first month, called Shangyuan Festival. People light up 10,000 lanterns, admire the moon and lanterns, set off fireworks, guess lantern riddles, and eat Lantern Festival. The Lantern Festival in some places also has the custom of "walking a hundred diseases", also known as "roasting a hundred diseases" and "scattering a hundred diseases" to drive away diseases and eliminate disasters.

The Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month also has some little-known folk activities that have been lost: sacrificing doors, sacrificing households, chasing rats, and welcoming Zigu.

There are many traditional festivals in China, and the customs of these traditional festivals are also different from place to place.

The Spring Festival is commonly known as the "New Year". Set off firecrackers to signify the farewell to the old and welcome the new. Dumplings in the morning, family feasts at noon, and sweets in the evening.

During the day, you are not allowed to quarrel, you are not allowed to break the dishes, and if you break them, you must immediately say, "The year is safe." "All the best in the coming year, happy family. Neighbors meet and say auspicious words to each other.

The younger generation kowtows to the elders, and the elders give the children New Year's money.

From the second to the fifth day of junior high school, the married woman wants her mother's family to "pay New Year's greetings". Carry a gift bun, a gift strip (pork with ribs), and four kinds of fresh vegetables (for the four seasons).

The Lantern Festival is also known as the Shangyuan Festival, the Yuan Festival. Watching the lanterns on the night of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, ten.

On May and 16, there will be various folk entertainment activities. At home, white flour is used to steam large steamed buns that resemble long worms, hedgehogs, pockets, and jujube mountains, symbolizing a good harvest in the coming year.

February 2 is also known as the dragon raising its head. There is a taboo among the people that "if you don't shave your head in the first month, you will die if you shave your uncle", so people wait for this day to shave their heads in order to be auspicious. Stalls pancakes, popcorn, fried soybeans.

Qingming Festival is a mass activity to worship ancestral graves. Burn paper at the grave, hang white slips of paper, and raise the soul with banners.

The Dragon Boat Festival is commonly known as the May Dragon Boat Festival. Wormwood is inserted at the door of every house, children wear sachets, and multicolored threads are tied around their necks, hands and necks. Before sunrise, take river water to wash your face and eat zongzi.

The midyear festival is commonly known as the Ghost Festival, on the fifteenth day of July, fry the oil buns, and go to the grave to worship the ancestors.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is August 15. Before the festival, bring moon cakes and fruits to new friends. In the evening, the whole family reunites to worship the moon. There is a custom of "men do not worship the moon, women do not sacrifice to the stove".

October 1 is commonly known as Halloween. Go to the grave and add soil to the grave. Every household eats oil buns. As the saying goes, "October 1st, oil chirps." ”

One of the 24 solar terms of the Winter Solstice Festival. Count nine from the winter solstice. Every household eats dumplings, as the saying goes: if you don't eat dumplings, you will freeze your ears.

Laba Festival is commonly known as Laba. There is a popular saying among the people that "eat and start to do the year". Laba porridge symbolizes the abundant harvest of five grains, and some people apply Laba porridge on the tree and pray: Big trees and small trees eat Laba, and there will be more big lumps in the coming year.

On the twenty-third day of the lunar month, every household set up stove sugar, sent the old stove to heaven, and let him "say good things in the heavens, and keep the peace in the lower world." "In order to bring peace to the family in the coming year. Please go back to the stove on the morning of the first day of the first lunar month, "Go on the 23rd day of the lunar month, and come on the first and fifth days of the new year." ”

Chinese New Year's Eve The whole family gathers for the New Year, also known as "staying up", the later you sleep, the more blessed you will be in the coming year.

.Chinese New Year's Eve - the 30th day of the 12th lunar month (February 2 of the Gregorian calendar). People often stay up all night on Chinese New Year's Eve, which is called "keeping the year".

On Chinese New Year's Eve, the home and outside the house must not only be cleaned, but also the door gods, Spring Festival couplets, New Year paintings, and door cages should be hung, and people will change into new clothes with festive colors and patterns.

A list of traditional festivals with names, times and customs at a glance.

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