There are many traditional Chinese festivals, here are some of the major ones and their customs:

1. Spring Festival: The first day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, usually at the end of January or in the middle of February. The Spring Festival is one of the most important traditional festivals in China, where people put up Spring Festival couplets, set off firecrackers, have reunion dinners and pay homage to the New Year.

2. Lantern Festival: The 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar, usually in late February or mid-March. The Lantern Festival is also known as "Shangyuan Festival", where people enjoy lanterns and eat soup dumplings.

3. Ching Ming Festival: Around Ching Ming (around April 5) of the lunar calendar. Ching Ming is a time to pay homage to the ancestors. People will go to cemeteries to sweep the graves, and hang paper money and burn incense to pay tribute to their deceased relatives and friends.

4. Dragon Boat Festival: The fifth day of the fifth lunar month, usually in mid-June. The Dragon Boat Festival was established to honor the patriotic poet Qu Yuan, and during this time people make dumplings and race dragon boats.

5. Tanabata Valentine's Day: Tanabata (August 15) on the lunar calendar, usually in August-September. Tanabata is a romantic lover's period when men and women meet to see the star of Cowherd and Weaving Maiden and express their love.

6. Mid-Autumn Festival: The fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, usually between September and October. The Mid-Autumn Festival was established to give thanks for the harvest. During this time, families eat reunion cakes and enjoy the stars in the sky

7. Chrysanthemum Festival: The 9th day of the 9th month of the Lunar Calendar (10/17~10/19), which is the first day of the 9th month of the lunar calendar. Chrysanthemum Festival originated from the Taoist worship of high mountains and flowing water, and was later developed into a festival where people climbed up to appreciate chrysanthemums, drank chrysanthemum wine, and inserted dogwoods to ward off evil spirits.

The above is only a partial list of some of the more representative and widely popular traditional folk activities and customs in traditional Chinese culture

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