China s Forgotten Traditional Festivals 5

Valentine's Day, Arbor Day, Forest Day, Cherish Water Day, Father's Day, Army Day, Labor Day Youth Day.

Winter solstice: commonly known as the "Winter Festival", in fact, it is the first day of the Spring Festival, in ancient times, on this day, every family in the north eats wontons, and every family in the south eats frozen ears, and has a holiday of 15 days, can put firecrackers for 15 days, which is more lively than the current Spring Festival.

According to the national traditions and customs of our country, there are eight traditional festivals in a year:

1. Spring Festival: The Spring Festival is the most solemn and distinctive traditional festival in China, and it is also the most lively ancient festival. Generally refers to Chinese New Year's Eve and the first day of the first lunar month, which is the first day of the year, also called the lunar year, commonly known as "New Year".

2. Lantern Festival: the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Lantern Festival refers to the first full moon night of the year, also known as the "Shangyuan Festival".

3. Qingming: Qingming Festival is a traditional festival in China, and it is also the most important sacrificial festival in Tuchong, which is a day to worship ancestors and sweep tombs. Tomb sweeping is commonly known as going to the grave, an activity to sacrifice the dead.

At the same time, Qingming is one of the 24 solar terms in China. Because the 24 solar terms objectively reflect the changes in temperature, rainfall, phenology and other aspects of the four seasons of the year, the ancient working people used it to arrange agricultural activities.

4. Dragon Boat Festival: the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.

5. Qixi Festival: The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, Valentine's Day in ancient China. It is also known as the "Begging Festival" or "Daughter's Day".

6. Mid-Autumn Festival: August 15 of the lunar calendar every year is the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival. This is the middle of autumn of the year, so it is called Mid-Autumn Festival.

In the Chinese lunar calendar, the year is divided into four seasons, and each season is divided into three parts: Meng, Zhong and Ji, so the Mid-Autumn Festival is also called Mid-autumn. The moon on the 15th of August is rounder and brighter than the full moon of other months, so it is also called "moon night" and "August festival". On this night, people look up at the bright moon in the sky like jade, and naturally look forward to family reunion.

Wanderers who are far away also take this opportunity to express their feelings of longing for their hometown and relatives. Therefore, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also known as the "Reunion Festival".

7. Huai Hand Oak Chongyang: The ninth day of the ninth lunar month. It is called "Ascending Festival", and the customs have activities such as traveling to enjoy the scenery, climbing high and overlooking, watching chrysanthemums, planting dogwoods all over the place, eating Chongyang cakes, drinking chrysanthemum wine, etc. Now China has designated the ninth day of September as the Respect for the Aged Day.

8. Winter solstice: The winter solstice is a very important solar term in China's lunar calendar, and it is also a traditional festival. The winter solstice is commonly known as the "Winter Festival", "Long Solstice Festival", "Ya Sui" and so on.

Have you heard of the Winter Clothes Festival, the Renri Festival, the Tiancai Festival, the Shangsi Festival, the Lotus Viewing Festival, the Flower Dynasty Festival, the Tianzhen Festival, the Tianjiu Day, the Tail Tooth Festival, these Chinese festivals that are disappearing day by day?

Shangsi Festival is an ancient traditional Chinese festival, commonly known as the third day of March, which was set as the day of the first month of March before the Han Dynasty, and later fixed on the third day of the third month of the summer calendar. Shangsi is the earliest document that appeared in the early Han Dynasty. "Zhou Li" Zheng Xuan's Note:

When the year was removed, now in March it is like water and the like. According to records, the Shangsi Festival was already popular in the Spring and Autumn Period. The Shangsi Festival is the most important festival held in ancient times to purify the baths.

Analects: Those who are in the twilight of spring, the spring clothes are completed, the crown is five or six, the boy is six or seven, the bath is like seven Yi, the wind is dancing, and the song returns. That's what it was like when it was written.

The Flower Dynasty Festival, referred to as the Flower Dynasty, is commonly known as the "Flower God Festival", "Hundred Birthday Birthdays", "Flower God Birthday", and "Picking Vegetables Festival". Han traditional festivals. It is popular in the northeast, north, east, and central and southern parts of Tongwankuan. It is held on the second day of the second lunar month, and there is also February in Juliang.

Ten. Second, the stool February 15 flower festival.

Winter solstice: commonly known as the "Winter Festival", in fact, it is the first day of the Spring Festival, in ancient times, the day of the ruler celery, the north eats wontons, the south eats frozen ears, and the holiday is 15 days, can put firecrackers for 15 days, than the Spring Festival in the current Hui Lu is more lively.

The eight traditional Chinese festivals are: Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Qixi Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth Festival, and Winter Solstice.

1. The Spring Festival refers to the traditional Lunar New Year in the Chinese character cultural circle. The traditional names are New Year, New Year, and New Year, but it is also verbally called Lunar New Year, New Year, and New Year. In ancient times, the Spring Festival used to refer to the beginning of spring in the solar terms, and was also regarded as the beginning of the year, and later changed to the beginning of the first month of the lunar calendar as the New Year.

Generally, it does not end until the New Year on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month (Shangyuan Festival), but in the folk, the Spring Festival in the traditional sense refers to the wax sacrifice from the wax sacrifice of the lunar month or the sacrificial stove on the twenty-third or twenty-fourth day of the lunar month to the nineteenth day of the first lunar month. The Spring Festival, commonly known as the "New Year's Festival", is the most solemn traditional festival of the Chinese nation. Chinese have celebrated the Spring Festival for more than 4,000 years.

2. The Lantern Festival began in the Qin Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago. Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty ordered that the fifteenth day of the first lunar month be designated as the Lantern Festival. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the sacrificial activities of the "Taiyi God" were set on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month (Taiyi: the god who ruled over all the universe).

When Sima Qian created the "Taichu Calendar", he had already identified the Lantern Festival as a major festival. The first lunar month is the first month of the lunar calendar, the ancients called the night "xiao", and the fifteenth day is the first full moon night of the year, so the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is called the Lantern Festival.

3. Qingming Festival, also known as the Qingqing Festival, is at the turn of mid-spring and late spring, that is, the 108th day after the winter solstice. It is a traditional Chinese festival and one of the most important sacrificial festivals, which is a day to worship ancestors and sweep tombs.

The traditional Qingming Festival of the Han Chinese people began around the Zhou Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,500 years. Influenced by the Han culture, 24 ethnic minorities in China, including the Manchu, Hezhe, Zhuang, Oroqen, Dong, Tujia, Miao, Yao, Li, Shui, Jing and Qiang, also have the custom of the Qingming Festival. Tomb sweeping to worship ancestors and outings are the basic themes.

4. Qixi Festival, also known as the Qiqiao Festival, Qiqiao Festival or Seven Sisters' Day, originated in China, is a traditional festival in Chinese areas and some East Asian countries influenced by Han culture, and women beg for wisdom and wisdom in the courtyard on the night of the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar or the sixth day of July, so it is called ""Qiqiao".

It originated from the worship of nature and women's needle-threading, and was later given the legend of the Cowherd and Weaver Girl Vertical Ribbon, making it a festival symbolizing love. On May 20, 2006, the Qixi Festival was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list by the Chinese people, and is now considered to be "Chinese Valentine's Day".

5. The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival, the Autumn Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival, the August Festival, the August Meeting, the Moon Chasing Festival, the Moon Festival, the Moon Worship Festival, the Daughter's Festival or the Reunion Festival, is a traditional cultural festival popular in many ethnic groups in China and East Asian countries, when it is on the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar; Because it coincides with the middle of the third autumn, hence the name, and some places set the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 16.

Traditional Chinese festivals are: Chinese New Year's Eve (the last day of the lunar month), Spring Festival (the first day of the first lunar month), Lantern Festival (the fifteenth day of the first lunar month), Cold Food Festival (the day before the Qingming Festival), Qingming Festival (solar calendar: around April 5), Shangwei Festival (lunar calendar:

The third day of the third month of March), Dragon Boat Festival (lunar calendar: the fifth day of the fifth month of May), Qixi Festival (lunar calendar: the seventh day of the seventh month of July), Mid-Autumn Festival (lunar calendar:

August 15), Chung Yeung Festival (lunar calendar: September 9), Winter Clothes Festival (lunar calendar: the first day of October), Laba Festival (lunar calendar:

The eighth day of the lunar month), the small year (the twenty-third day of the lunar month, the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month) and so on.

1. Chinese New Year's Eve (the last day of the lunar month).

Because it is often on the 29th or 30th day of the summer calendar, it is also called the 30th day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and it is one of the most important traditional festivals in China. The private sector attaches the most importance to it. Every household is busy or cleaning the courtyard to welcome their ancestors home for the New Year, and worship rice cakes and three animals.

2. Spring Festival (the first day of the first month).

Commonly known as the "New Year's Festival", the traditional name is New Year, New Year, Tianla, New Year, orally also known as the New Year, the New Year, and the New Year. Chinese have celebrated the Spring Festival for at least 4,000 years. In the folk, the traditional Spring Festival in the old sense refers to the wax sacrifice from the wax sacrifice of the lunar month or the sacrificial stove on the 23rd or 24th of the lunar month to the 19th day of the first lunar month.

In modern times, people set the Spring Festival on the first day of the first lunar month, but it generally does not end until the New Year on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month (Shangyuan Festival).

3. Lantern Festival (the fifteenth day of the first lunar month).

Also known as Shangyuan Festival, Little New Year's Month, Yuan Xi or Lantern Festival, it is the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar every year, and is the last important festival in the Chinese Spring Festival customs. The first lunar month is the first month of the lunar calendar, which the ancients said"Night"It is called the Lantern Festival, so the fifteenth day of the first full moon night of the year is called the Lantern Festival.

Since ancient times, the custom of the Lantern Festival has been dominated by the warm and festive lantern-watching custom. Traditional customs go out to admire the moon, light lamps and set off flames, guess lantern riddles, eat Lantern Festival, pull rabbit lanterns, etc. In addition, the Lantern Festival in many places has also added traditional folk performances such as dragon lanterns, lion playing, stilt walking, rowing boats, twisting Yangge, and playing Taiping drums.

4. Cold Food Festival (the day before the Qingming Festival).

On the 105th day after the winter solstice in the summer calendar, one or two days before the Qingming Festival. At the beginning of the day, no smoking and only cold food is eaten. And in the development of later generations, the customs such as sacrificial sweeping, stepping on the green, swinging, juju, hooking, cockfighting, etc., stretched for more than 2,000 years before and after the cold food festival, and was once known as the first major festival day of Chinese folk.

The Cold Food Festival is the only traditional Chinese festival named after food customs.

5. Qingming Festival (Gregorian calendar: around April 5).

It is also called the Qingqing Festival, at the turn of mid-spring and late spring. Qingming Festival is a traditional Chinese festival and one of the most important sacrificial festivals, which is a day to sweep tombs and worship ancestors. The traditional Qingming Festival of the Chinese nation began in the Zhou Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,500 years.

After the development and evolution of history, Qingming has a very rich connotation, different customs have been developed in various places, and sweeping the tomb to worship the ancestors, outing is the basic theme.

1. Spring Festival: The first day of the first lunar month, that is, the Lunar New Year, is the first year of the year, and is the "New Year's Festival" in the traditional sense.

2. Lantern Festival (Shangyuan Festival): shouting to accompany the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, also known as the Shangyuan Festival, the small first month, the first day of the Yuan Xi or the Lantern Festival, is the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar every year, and is one of the traditional festivals in China.

3. Land Festival (Dragon Raising Head): The second day of the second month of February, also known as the "Sheri Festival" chaotic sparrow, the day of the society is divided into the spring day and the autumn day, the spring society is the fifth day after the beginning of spring, and the autumn society is the fifth day after the beginning of autumn.

4. Shangsi Festival: Zheng Dusan in early March is a traditional Chinese folk festival. The festival can be traced back to the late Spring and Autumn period in written accounts, and is the most important festival in ancient times to hold the "cleansing and bathing" activity.

5. Cold Food Festival: The day before the Qingming Festival, 105 days after the winter solstice in the summer calendar, and one or two days before the Qingming Festival. At the beginning of the day, no smoking and only cold food is eaten.

6. Qingming Festival: Around April 5 of the solar calendar, it is also known as the Qingqing Festival, the Xingqing Festival, the March Festival, and the Ancestor Festival, and the festival period is at the turn of mid-spring and late spring.

There are 8 traditional festivals in our country. Specifically:

1. Spring Festival. The first year of the lunar calendar, commonly known as "New Year". The main customs are eating rice cakes, dumplings, and New Year's greetings. (as shown in the image below).

2. Lantern Festival.

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival. The Lantern Festival is also called the "Lantern Festival" and "Lantern Festival", because the main activity of this festival is to put lights at night. (as shown in the image below).

3. Qingming Festival.

Qingming Festival around April 5 of the Gregorian calendar, only Qingming Festival has not evolved into a festival from the solar term rock ridge. (as shown in the image below).

4. Dragon Boat Festival.

The fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar is the Dragon Boat Festival. The customs of the Dragon Boat Festival include hanging bell statues, hanging mugwort leaves, calamus, fighting herbs, driving away five poisons, racing dragon boats, eating zongzi, drinking realgar wine, and wearing sachets. (as shown in the image below).

5. Qixi Festival.

On the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, a way to express love, lovers eventually become married. (as shown in the image below).

6. Mid-Autumn Festival.

The fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar is the Mid-Autumn Festival. The customs mainly include lighting lamps, watching the tide, appreciating flowers (mainly osmanthus flowers), setting up wild teasing feasts, etc. (as shown in the image below).

7. Chung Yeung Festival:

The ninth day of the ninth lunar month is a festival for the elderly who respect, respect, love and help the elderly. (as shown in the image below).

8. Chinese New Year's Eve. The night of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve is called Chinese New Year's Eve. The main customs are sacrifice, reunion, Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and New Year's celebration. The last day of the lunar month is Chinese New Year's Eve, which is to set off firecrackers, paste Spring Festival couplets, and light lamps to observe the New Year. (as shown in the image below).

Traditional Chinese festivals are an important part of the long history and culture of the Chinese nation, with diverse forms and rich contents. The formation of traditional festivals is a process of long-term accumulation and condensation of the history and culture of a nation or country. The ancient traditional festivals of the Chinese nation cover the humanities and natural cultural content such as primitive beliefs, sacrificial culture, astronomical calendars, and Yili mathematics, and contain profound and rich cultural connotations, so what are the traditional Chinese festivals?

Chinese traditional festivals are an important part of the long history and culture of the Chinese nation, with diverse forms and rich contents. The formation of traditional festivals is the process of condensing the mountain spring after the long-term accumulation of the history and culture of a nation or country. The ancient traditional festivals of the Chinese nation cover the original beliefs, sacrificial culture, astronomical calendars, Yili and other humanistic and natural cultural content, containing profound and rich cultural connotations, so what are the traditional Chinese festivals?

1. The main traditional festivals in China are the Spring Festival (the first day of the first lunar month); Lantern Festival (the fifteenth day of the first lunar month); The dragon raises its head, the Sheri Festival (the second day of the second lunar month); Shangsi Festival (the third day of the third lunar month); Cold Food Festival (105 or 106 days after the winter solstice); Qingming Festival (around April 5 in the Gregorian calendar); Dragon Boat Festival (the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar). 2. Qixi Festival (the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar); Midyear Festival (the 15th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar); Mid-Autumn Festival (15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar); Chung Yeung Festival (the ninth day of the ninth lunar month); Xia Yuan Festival (15th day of the 10th month of the lunar calendar); Winter Solstice Festival (December 21-23 in the Gregorian calendar); Chinese New Year's Eve (29th or 30th day of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar), etc. [1]3 In addition, among the 24 solar terms, there are also some that are both natural solar terms and traditional festivals, such as:

Qingming, Winter Solstice, etc., these festivals have both natural and humanistic connotations, they are not only natural solar terms, but also traditional festivals. That's it for the introduction of traditional Chinese festivals.