List of all festivals in China.

The first day of the first month of the new year.

At the end of the year, we will set off firecrackers, post Spring Festival couplets, eat jiaozi sausages and eat bacon to watch the Spring Festival Gala (only in recent years).

The fifteenth day of the first month is the Lantern Festival.

Because Lantern Festival has the custom of hanging lanterns and watching lanterns, it is also called Lantern Festival among the people. In addition, there are customs such as eating Yuanxiao, walking on stilts, solve riddles on the lanterns, fighting all diseases, dancing dragons, watching lanterns and dancing lions.

3. On February 2nd, the dragon heads up ("social day" in the south and "dragon heads up" festival in the north).

The dragon heads up on the second day of the second lunar month every year, commonly known as the Qinglong Festival. Legend has it that this is the day when dragons look up. It is a traditional festival in urban and rural areas of China. People celebrate "Dragon Head Festival" to show respect for dragons and pray for rain, so that God can help ensure a bumper harvest.

Social days are divided into spring clubs and autumn clubs. The Spring Club is calculated on the fifth day after beginning of spring, usually around the second day of February, and the Autumn Club is calculated on the fifth day after beginning of autumn, about August when Xingu debuted.

4. Flower Festival? 12 February

Flower Festival is a traditional festival for Han people to commemorate Baihua's birthday, commonly known as Flower God Festival, Baihua's birthday, Flower God's birthday and Picking vegetables Festival. Popular in Northeast China, North China, East China, Central South and other places, it is usually held on the second day of February, February 12 or February 15 of the lunar calendar.

During the festival, people go to the suburbs to enjoy flowers together, which is called "outing". Girls cut five-color paper and stick it on the flower branches, which is called "enjoying the red".

5. On the third day of March of Shangsi Festival?

Shangsi Festival, commonly known as March 3, also has a long history, which dates back to the Zhou Dynasty, and it needs to be cleaned by the water. In the Analects of Confucius, "bathing in interpretation, wind in dance, and singing back" is a custom of thinking. ?

Legend has it that it is a festival to commemorate the Yellow Emperor, and March 3rd is the birthday of the Yellow Emperor. It is said that there is "February 2, the dragon looks up;" I was born in Xuanyuan on March 3rd. After the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Shangsi Festival was changed to March 3, which was followed by later generations, thus becoming a festival for drinking and spring outing at the water's edge in the suburbs.

6. Tomb-Sweeping Day Cold Food Festival the day before.

To commemorate Jiexiu, Jin Wengong changed Mianshan to Jiexiu Mountain, set up a shrine to worship Jiexiu, and designated the day of burning the mountain as the Cold Food Festival. Fireworks are banned nationwide, and only cold food is eaten. Later, the custom of eating cold food to sweep graves on this day was formed.

7. Tomb-Sweeping Day, around April 5th?

According to the old custom, when sweeping graves, people should bring food, wine, fruit, paper money and other items to the cemetery, offer food to the graves of their loved ones, then burn the paper money, cultivate new soil for the graves, break some green branches and insert them in front of the graves, then kowtow and worship, and finally go home after eating and drinking. ?

8. Dragon Boat Festival, the fifth day of May

Dragon Boat Festival was recorded as early as the early Western Zhou Dynasty. This is not a festival to commemorate Qu Yuan, but some customs after the Dragon Boat Festival have been influenced by Qu Yuan.

Wall clock: Zhong Kui catches ghosts, which is the custom of Dragon Boat Festival. In the Jianghuai area, bells and statues are hung in every household to ward off evil spirits. Emperor Kaiyuan of Tang Dynasty returned to the palace after giving a lecture in Lishan, and malaria was rampant. He dreamed that two ghosts, one big and one small, were running around the temple wearing red crotch pants and stealing Yang Guifei's sachet and the jade emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

GREAT GHOST, wearing a blue robe and a blue hat, caught the child, gouged out his eyes and swallowed it in one gulp. When asked by the Ming emperor, GREAT GHOST said: My surname is Zhong Kui, that is to say, I am the best martial artist. I am willing to exorcise evil spirits for your majesty. When the Ming emperor woke up, malaria was cured. So I asked Wu Daozi, the painter, to draw a portrait of Zhong Kui catching ghosts according to what I saw in my dream, and ordered all the people to post it on the Dragon Boat Festival to exorcise evil spirits.

Hanging Acorus calamus and Ficus Ficus branches with Folium Artemisiae Argyi: On the Dragon Boat Festival, every household makes Acorus calamus, Folium Artemisiae Argyi, Liu Hua, garlic, dragon boat flowers and Ficus Ficus branches into human figures, which are called Ai people.

Hanging mugwort leaves in the hall, cutting them into tiger shapes or ribbons, and sticking mugwort leaves on them, women compete to wear them to ward off evil spirits. Using calamus as a sword and inserting it on the lintel has the magical effect of exorcising ghosts.

Dragon Boat Race: At that time, Chu people couldn't bear the death of the sage Qu Yuan, so many people rowed to save people. They rushed to catch up, but when they arrived at Dongting Lake, there was no trace, because that was the origin of dragon boat racing, and then they rowed dragon boats on May 5 every year to commemorate it. Rowing a dragon boat to disperse the fish in the river so as not to eat Qu Yuan's body.

The habit of competition prevailed in wuyue and Chu. Dragon Boat Race started in Taiwan Province Province in the 29th year of Qing Qianlong. At that time, Jiang, the chief executive of Taiwan Province Province, held a friendly match in Hexi Half Moon Pool in Tainan City. In modern Taiwan Province Province, a dragon boat race is held on May 5th every year. There are boat races in Hong Kong, and the British also follow China's example, organizing ghost teams and holding competitions.

Eating zongzi: On May 5th, people in Jingchu boiled glutinous rice or steamed zongzi cakes and threw them into the river to offer sacrifices to Qu Yuan, so they threw them in bamboo tubes for fear of fish eating them. Later, they gradually wrapped rice with zongzi leaves instead of bamboo tubes.

Drinking realgar wine: This custom is very popular among people in the Yangtze River valley.

Wandering all diseases: This custom prevails in the Dragon Boat Festival custom in Guizhou.

Wearing sachets: Children wear sachets during the Dragon Boat Festival, which not only means to ward off evil spirits and drive away epidemics, but also has decorative styles on the front. The sachet contains cinnabar, realgar and fragrant medicine, and it is wrapped in silk cloth, and the fragrance is overflowing: then it is tied into a rope with five-color silk threads, and made into strings of various shapes, which are exquisite and dazzling.

9. China Valentine's Day falls on the seventh day of July?

The evening of the seventh day of the seventh lunar month is called "Qixi". China folk legend Cowherd and Weaver Girl meet tonight at the Tianhe Magpie Bridge. The real name of Tanabata is the Beggar's Day, which means to thread a needle with colored thread in front of a weaver girl in the moonlight. It would be a "coincidence" if you could pass through seven pinholes of different sizes. The agricultural proverb goes: "On the seventh day of July, it is clear, and the sickle is used to cut rice." It's time to sharpen the sickle and get ready to harvest the early rice.

Influenced by western countries, more and more couples in China regard that day as Valentine's Day in China.

10. Mid-Autumn Festival in July 15.

The Mid-Autumn Festival, commonly known as July 30th, is also called Stone Drum Festival, Ghost Festival, Lonely Festival or local official festival. It falls on July 14th/15th of the lunar calendar every year, and is called "Sanyuan Festival" together with Shangyuan Festival and Xiayuan Festival.

There are folk customs of offering sacrifices to ancestors and dead souls, setting off river lanterns and burning paper ingots. Mid-Autumn Festival, New Year's Eve, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Double Ninth Festival are traditional festivals for ancestor worship in China. Mid-Autumn Festival belongs to intangible cultural heritage and is a cultural tradition of remembering ancestors. It is a traditional cultural festival popular in countries of Chinese character cultural circle and overseas Chinese areas. ?

1 1. Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th?

On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, people will prepare all kinds of fruits and cooked food, especially moon cakes, and enjoy the moon in the yard while eating moon cakes.

12. Double Ninth Festival?

Every time I go to Chongyang, people will think of Wang Wei's "Being in a foreign land, I miss my relatives twice every festive season." I know from a distance where my brother climbed, and there is one person missing from the dogwood. "This poem. Since ancient times, the Double Ninth Festival has been a day when people respect the old and love the young, miss their parents and long for reunion.

The specific customs are as follows:

① Climb high

2 eat Chongyang cake.

3 enjoy chrysanthemums and drink chrysanthemum wine.

④ Insert Evodia rutaecarpa and Chrysanthemum.

⑤ Drink chong yang wine.

1 3.1October1Day Cold Clothes Festival?

Hanyi Festival, which falls on the first day of the tenth lunar month every year, is also called "October Dynasty", "Ancestor Festival" and "Ghost Festival". People call it Ghost Festival, which is a traditional festival of sacrifice in China. It is said that it originated in the Zhou Dynasty.

On this day, special attention is paid to paying homage to those who died first, which is called sending cold clothes. Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Mid-Autumn Festival and Xiayuan Festival are also called the four "ghost festivals" in a year. At the same time, this day also marks the arrival of severe winter, so it is also a day to send warm clothes to parents, lovers and others who care about it.

14. Next Yuan Festival 10/5?

On the 15th day of the first month, China is called Shangyuan Festival to celebrate Lantern Festival, which has existed since ancient times. On July 15, China called the Mid-Autumn Festival a festival to worship ancestors. 1October15th, China called the next yuan festival the ancestor worship festival.

The origin of the next Yuan Festival is related to Taoism. There are three kinds of Taoist officials, namely, heavenly officials, local officials, water officials and God bless the people. Local officials forgive sins and water conservancy officials relieve Eritrea. The dates of birth of these three officials are the 15th day of the first month, the 15th day of July and the 15th day of October of the lunar calendar, which are called Shangyuan Festival, Zhongyuan Festival and Xiayuan Festival. The next Yuan Festival is a day when officials of the Ministry of Water Affairs and the Emperor Urgu solve problems, commonly known as the Festival.

15. Laba Festival, the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month?

Laba Festival, commonly known as Laba, is the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. The ancients had a tradition of offering sacrifices to ancestors and gods and praying for good harvest and good luck. In some areas, they have the custom of drinking Laba porridge. According to legend, this day is also the day when Buddha Sakyamuni became a monk and became a Taoist. It is called "Magic Weapon Festival" and is one of the grand festivals in Buddhism. ?

16. About the winter solstice 65438+February 22nd?

In the north of China, there is a custom of slaughtering sheep and eating jiaozi and wonton on the winter solstice, while in the south, there is a custom of eating dumplings and long noodles on the winter solstice. There is also the custom of offering sacrifices to heaven and ancestors in winter solstice in various regions.

17. Is it the 23rd or 24th of the twelfth lunar month?

The festival of offering sacrifices to stoves has a long history in China folk customs and is a traditional festival of the Chinese nation. Also known as Xiaonian Festival, Xiejie Festival and Kitchen God Festival. The tradition of offering sacrifices to stoves is commonly known as "offering sacrifices to gods" in Chinese folk beliefs and "offering wishes" in Ryukyu language.

Fireworks will be set off in the evening on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. It is said that at the end of each year, kitchen gods, traditional gods and folk gods will report back to the Jade Emperor. In particular, the Kitchen God will tell the Jade Emperor the good and evil of the world as the basis for rewarding and punishing mankind, so most people worship the gods and the Kitchen God at home at this time.

The 23rd of the twelfth lunar month is also considered as the beginning of the New Year in China. In ancient times, the festival of offering sacrifices to stoves was second only to the Mid-Autumn Festival. In ancient times, people who were officials, businessmen or studying abroad had to go home for reunion and eat their own candy before offering sacrifices to the kitchen stove, so as to pray for the kitchen god to bless the whole family for peace in the coming year.

18. New Year's Eve on the 29th or 30th of the twelfth lunar month

Time: The last day of the Lunar New Year, that is,1February 29th or 30th,1February 29th when it is a small month and 30th when it is a big month.

The customs of northerners are roughly the same. They make jiaozi and steamed buns during the New Year. However, in the south, customs are different, such as making rice cakes, making zongzi, cooking dumplings and eating rice. There are many different customs of the Spring Festival in different parts of the south. The shape of jiaozi is like an "ingot" and the sound of rice cakes is like "rice cakes", which are good signs of good luck.

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List of festivals:

Unless otherwise specified, the following festivals are calculated according to the lunar calendar (also known as summer calendar and lunar calendar):

Lunar first month

The first day of the first month, the Spring Festival, the Year of the Rooster, the birthday of the Taoist Buddha, and the birthday of the Buddhist Maitreya. In ancient times, there were more than 30 names such as Yuanri, New Year's Day, Jacky, Chenyuan, Yuanshuo, Sanyuan, Sanzheng, Zheng Dan and Zhengshuo.

On the second day of the first month, dog day

On the third day of the first month, the year of the pig, off-year.

On the fourth day of the first month, on Sheep Day, Sun Tianyi (Sun Simiao) was born.

On the fifth day of the first month, ox day, breaking the fifth day, opening the market, the mythical god of wealth was born.

On the sixth day of the first month, horse day, send poor day.

On the seventh day of the first month, people's day, also known as people's victory day, is sent to Vulcan.

The eighth day of the first month, Valley Day, is the birthday and Eight Immortals' Day of Middle Taoist Poetry.

The ninth day of the first month is the birthday of the Jade Emperor in Taoism.

On the tenth day of the first month, Earth Day, stone birthday (stone sacrifice)

The twelfth day of the first month, Fire Day, is a folk custom for rats to marry, fry soybeans (rat eyes), light a hundred fires and get rid of all diseases.

On the thirteenth day of the first month, that is, the Lantern Festival, Guan Gong ascended to heaven.

The fifteenth day of the first month? Lantern Festival, Zhengdeng Festival and Taoist Shangyuan Festival are the birthdays of Tianguan Yao.

On the eighteenth day of the first month, the lights went out.

On the 20th day of the first month, Tianchuan Festival, also known as Tianchuan Festival, "Xiaotian Cang", originated from the myth that fairies fill the sky. This festival is also related to the "rain" solar term. The solar term after beginning of spring is "rain".

The ancients thought it was a day full of water every day, and it rained every festival, so it was called "daily wear". The combination of myth and seasonal image forms the folk festival tradition of Tianchuan Festival. The main customs of Tianchuan Festival are: pancake "mending the sky", shooting in the air, eating and stabbing indiscriminately.

On the 25th day of the first month, Tiancang Festival (Bunching Festival), some people say that Tiancang Festival is a day to sacrifice the stars, while others say that it is to sacrifice the land or sharpen the gods. The so-called warehouse filling is to fill up the barn.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-China Traditional Festival