1. The Spring
Festival is the first day of the first lunar month, also known as the lunar year, commonly known as the "New Year". This is one of the most solemn and lively traditional festivals among the people of our country. The Spring Festival has a long history, and it originated from the worship of gods and ancestors at the beginning and end of the Yin Shang period. According to China's lunar calendar, the first day of the first month of the first month was called Yuan Ri, Yuan Chen, Yuan Zheng, Yuan Shuo, New Year's Day, etc., commonly known as the first day of the new year, and in the Republic of China period, the Gregorian calendar was used instead, and the first day of January in the Gregorian calendar was called New Year's Day, and the first day of January of the lunar calendar was called the Spring Festival.
The Spring Festival is coming, which means that spring is coming, Vientiane is recovering and renewing plants and trees, and a new round of sowing and harvesting season is about to begin. Before the Spring Festival, it is necessary to prepare New Year's goods, add new clothes, and paste Spring Festival couplets. Spring Festival is a day for relatives to reunite, is a happy and peaceful festival, Chinese New Year's Eve observance, the northern region has the custom of eating dumplings on Chinese New Year's Eve, the south has the habit of eating rice cakes. In the Spring Festival, firecrackers, go to relatives to see friends, and in some places there are customs such as worshipping ancestors, lion dances, playing dragon lanterns, performing community fires, visiting flower markets, and visiting temple fairs.
2. The
Lantern Festival is the first full moon night of the year on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month of the lunar calendar, and it is the traditional Chinese festival - the Lantern Festival. The first month of the first month is the first month of the lunar calendar, the ancients called the night "Xiao", so the fifteenth day of the first month is called the Lantern Festival, also known as the "Shangyuan Festival", also known as the Lantern Festival, according to the Chinese folk tradition, in this night when the bright moon hangs high in the sky, people point up ten thousand lanterns to celebrate. Go out to enjoy the moon, light lanterns, guess lantern riddles, eat Lantern Festival, reunite with the family, celebrate the festival together, and enjoy it. In many places, traditional folk performances such as dragon lantern playing, lion playing, stilt walking, rowing boats and twisting Yangge, and playing Taiping drums have been added to the festivals. This traditional festival, which has been inherited for more than 2,000 years, is not only popular on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, but also celebrated every year in the areas inhabited by overseas Chinese.
3. Qingming FestivalQingming
is one of the 24 solar terms in China. As soon as Qingming arrives, the temperature rises and the rainfall increases, which is a good season for spring plowing and spring planting. Therefore, there is an agricultural proverb of "before and after the Qingming Festival, order melons and plant beans" and "planting trees and afforestation, no more than the Qingming Festival".
Qingming Festival is a traditional festival in our country, and it is also the most important sacrificial festival, which is a day to worship ancestors and sweep tombs. Tomb sweeping is commonly known as going to the grave, an activity of sacrifice. Most of the Han and some ethnic minorities sweep the tombs on the Qingming Festival. Qingming Festival, also known as the Qingqing Festival, according to the solar calendar, it is between April 4 and 6 every year, it is the spring bright and beautiful grass and trees spit green season, and it is also a good time for people to go on a spring outing (called Qingqing in ancient times), so the ancients had the custom of Qingming outing and carrying out a series of sports activities.
Fourth, the Dragon Boat Festival is the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, which is
a traditional Chinese folk festival - the Dragon Boat Festival, which is one of the ancient traditional festivals of the Chinese nation. The Dragon Boat Festival began in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and has a history of more than 2,000 years. The Dragon Boat Festival is also known as Duanwu, Duanyang. In addition, the Dragon Boat Festival also has many other names, such as: Midday Festival, Chongwu Festival, May Festival, Yulan Festival, Daughter's Festival, Tianzhong Festival, Dila, Poet's Day, Dragon Day and so on. Although the names are different, on the whole, the customs of the people in various places are still more similar than different. Regarding the origin and legend of the Dragon Boat Festival, there are commemoration of Qu Yuan, commemoration of Wu Zixu, commemoration of Cao E, totem sacrifice of Wuyue nation, saying that it originated from the summer solstice festival of three generations, saying that the evil moon and evil day are avoided, and so on.
The Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional habit of the Chinese for more than 2,000 years, due to the vast area, many ethnic groups, and many stories and legends, not only have many different festival names, but also have different customs in various places. Its contents mainly include: the daughter returns to her parents' house, the statue of the bell Kui, the ghost boat, the noon dodge, the noon leaf charm, the hanging calamus, wormwood, the swimming of all diseases, the wearing of incense sachets, the preparation of livestock, the dragon boat race, the competition, the batting, the swing, the child to paint the realgar, drink the realgar wine, the calamus wine, eat the five poison cakes, salted eggs, zongzi and seasonal fresh fruits, etc., in addition to the colorful activities have gradually disappeared, the rest has been spread throughout China and neighboring countries. Some activities, such as dragon boat racing, have been developed and have become international sporting events that have broken through the boundaries of time and geography.
5.
Qixi Festival in our country, on the night of the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the weather is warm, and the plants and trees are fragrant, which is commonly known as the Qixi Festival, and some people also call it the "Qiqiao Festival" or "Daughter's Festival". Qixi Festival is passed down in the legend of the Cow Lang Weaver Girl, on this night every year, it is the Weaver Girl and the Cowherd who meet in the Queqiao, and the women of the mortal world beg her for wisdom and ingenuity on this night, and it is indispensable to ask her for a happy marriage, which is the most romantic festival in the traditional Chinese festival, and it is also the day
that the girls attach the most importance to in the past Sixth and Mid-Autumn Festival
Every year on the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, it is the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival. This is the middle of autumn of the year, so it is called Mid-Autumn Festival. It is also called "Moon Night" and "August Festival". On this night, people look up at the bright moon in the sky, hold a banquet to admire the moon, and look forward to family reunion. Wanderers who are far away also take this opportunity to express their longing for their hometown and relatives. Also known as the "Reunion Festival". Our people also have the custom of "autumn twilight and sunset", that is, worshipping the moon god. There are many customs and forms of the Mid-Autumn Festival, but they all carry people's infinite love for life and yearning for a better life.
7. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month of the Chung Yeung Festival is the traditional Chung Yeung
Festival. Because the ancient "Book of Changes" in the "six" set the number of yin, the "nine" set as the number of yang, September 9, the sun and the moon and yang, the two nine are heavy, so it is called Chongyang, also called Chongjiu, Jiujiu Chongyang, because with the same sound as "Jiujiu", nine is the largest number in the number, has the meaning of longevity, and autumn is also the golden season of a year's harvest, the ancients believed that it was an auspicious day worth celebrating, and began to live this festival very early. The activities to celebrate the Chung Yeung Festival are colorful and romantic, generally including traveling to enjoy the scenery, climbing high and overlooking, watching chrysanthemums, planting dogwoods, eating Chung Yeung cakes, drinking chrysanthemum wine and other activities.
In 1989, China set September 9 as the Old People's Day every year, and the traditional and modern cleverly combined, becoming a festival for the elderly who respect, respect, love and help the elderly. At this time, various organs, organizations, and neighborhoods across the country often organize the old people who have retired from their jobs to enjoy the scenery in autumn, or to play in the water, or to climb mountains and keep fit, so that their bodies and minds can be bathed in the embrace of nature; the younger generations of many families will also support the elderly to go to the suburbs for activities or prepare some delicious food for the elderly.
8. Winter Solstice Festival
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. The winter solstice is the shortest day and longest night in the Northern Hemisphere. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period more than 2,500 years ago, China has used Tugui to observe the sun to determine the winter solstice, which is the earliest one of the 24 solar terms. The time is between December 22 or 23 of the solar calendar every year.
Now, some places still celebrate the winter solstice as a festival. In the northern region, there is a custom of slaughtering sheep, eating dumplings and eating wontons on the winter solstice, while in the southern region, there is a habit of eating winter solstice rice balls and winter solstice long-line noodles on this day. On the day of the winter solstice, various regions also have the custom of worshiping the heavens and ancestors.
9. The most important festival of the month of Laba Festival is the
eighth day of the twelfth month, which is called "Laba Day" in ancient times, commonly known as "Laba Festival". Since the pre-Qin period, Laba festivals have been used to worship ancestors and gods, pray for a good harvest and good fortune. It is said that the enlightenment day of Shakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism, is also on the eighth day of the twelfth month, so Laba is also a festival for Buddhists, called the "Buddha Enlightenment Festival". Laba has the custom of eating Laba porridge and pickling Laba garlic on this day, and after Laba porridge is boiled, it is necessary to worship the gods and worship the ancestors. After that, it is given to relatives and friends, and finally it is eaten by the whole family. On this day, in addition to worshipping ancestors and worshiping gods, there are also mourning for the loss of the country and expressing sorrow.
10. The
twenty-third day of the lunar month of the small year, also known as the "small year", is the day of the folk sacrifice stove. It is said that every year on the twenty-third day of the lunar month, the Lord of the Stove will go to heaven to report the good and evil of the family to the Jade Emperor, so that the Jade Emperor will reward and punish. Therefore, when sending the stove, people put candy, water, beans, and straw on the table in front of the statue of the stove king, and the last three items are prepared for the mount of the stove king's ascension. There is a custom of "men do not worship the moon, women do not sacrifice to the stove", so the sacrifice to the king of the stove is limited to men. In addition, on the night of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the king of the stove will come to the world with the gods to celebrate the New Year, and there must be a ceremony of "receiving the stove" and "receiving the gods" on that day. After every household burns a sedan chair horse, sprinkles three cups of wine, and sends away the god of the stove, it is the turn to worship the ancestors. After the New Year, every household began to sweep the dust to welcome the Spring Festival.
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