The three major traditional festivals in China are the Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival.

I. Spring Festival

Spring Festival is the traditional festival of the year. The Spring Festival has a long history, evolved from the ancient times, the first year of prayer and sacrifice. During the Spring Festival, all over the country are held a variety of activities to celebrate the New Year, with a strong regional characteristics, lively and festive atmosphere overflowing; these activities to get rid of the old and new, drive away the evil and disaster, worship the gods and ancestors, the blessing of prayer for the New Year as the main content.

The Dragon Boat Festival

The Dragon Boat Festival, which originated from the worship of celestial signs, evolved from the sacrifice of dragons in ancient times. Its origin covers the ancient astrological culture, humanistic philosophy and other aspects of the content, contains a profound and rich cultural connotation; in the development of the inheritance of a variety of folklore as a whole, the festival is rich in customary content. Picking dragon boat and eating rice dumplings are the two major rituals of the Dragon Boat Festival, which have been inherited in China since ancient times and are still uninterrupted today.

Three, the Mid-Autumn Festival

The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the worship of heavenly phenomena, evolved from the ancient times of the moon festival in the autumn. Initially, the festival was held on the day of the 24th solar term "Autumn Equinox" in the Dry Branches Calendar, and later it was transferred to the 15th day of the 8th month of the summer calendar (lunar calendar), and in some places, the Mid-Autumn Festival was held on the 16th day of the 8th month of the summer calendar.

Expanded

Customs of the Mid-Autumn Festival:

1, burning lamps

On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, there is the custom of burning lamps to help the moon. Nowadays, there is still a custom of lighting lamps on towers with tiles stacked on top of them in the area of Hunan and Guangdong. In the south of the Yangtze River, there is the custom of making lantern boats. In recent times, the custom of burning lamps on the Mid-Autumn Festival has become more prevalent.

2. Moon Appreciation

The custom of Moon Appreciation originated from the Moon Sacrifice, and the seriousness of the sacrifice was transformed into a light-hearted entertainment. It is said that this night the moon is the closest to the earth, the moon is the largest and brightest, so from ancient times to the present day there is the custom of drinking feasts to enjoy the moon; back to the bride's family must return to her husband's home on this day, in order to symbolize the perfect, auspicious meaning.

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