1, Spring Festival (the first day of the first month);
The Spring Festival, the Lunar New Year, is the beginning of a year and a traditional "festival".
2. Lantern Festival (15th day of the first month);
Lantern Festival, also known as Shangyuan Festival, Xiaoyuanxi, Yuanxi or Lantern Festival, is the first month of the lunar calendar. The ancients called "night" night, and the fifteenth day of the first month is the first full moon night in a year, so it is called "Lantern Festival".
3. The dragon looks up (February 2);
Dragon heads up (on the second day of the second lunar month), also known as Spring Farming Festival, Farming Festival, Qinglong Festival and Spring Dragon Festival. At the beginning of mid-spring, the "Dragon Horn Star" rises from the eastern horizon, so it is called "Dragon Head Up".
4. Cold Food Festival (two days before Tomb-Sweeping Day)
The Cold Food Festival has a long history and is a traditional festival that originated in northern China. The customs of the Cold Food Festival include cold food, fire prohibition and ancestor worship. Because of the cold in the north and the rising temperature in spring and March, it is time to change the fire, so people should ban the fire before the new fire comes.
5. Tomb-Sweeping Day (around April 5, Gregorian calendar);
Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as outing festival, outing festival, March festival and ancestor worship festival, is celebrated at the turn of mid-spring and late spring. Qingming has two connotations: nature and humanity. It is both a natural solar term and a traditional festival.
6. Dragon Boat Festival (the fifth day of the fifth lunar month);
Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanyang Festival, Double Ninth Festival, Noon Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Zhengyang Festival, Magnolia Festival and Tianzhong Festival, originated from the worship of astronomical phenomena and evolved from the ancient dragon totem sacrifice.
7. China Valentine's Day (the seventh day of the seventh lunar month);
Tanabata, also known as Qiaoqi Festival, Qiaoqiao Sister Festival, Chinese Valentine's Day, Niuniu Festival and Chinese Valentine's Day, is a comprehensive festival with love as the theme and women as the main body.
8. Mid-Autumn Festival (14th/15th day of the seventh lunar month);
The Mid-Autumn Festival, originally a festival for ancestor worship in July and a half, is also called Shigu Festival, Ghost Festival, Solitary Dragon Festival and Local Officials' Day. Festival customs mainly include ancestor worship, setting off river lanterns, worshipping the dead and burning paper ingots. It evolved from the ancient "July and a half" harvest and the autumn flavor of ancestor worship.
9. Mid-Autumn Festival (August 15th of the lunar calendar);
The Mid-Autumn Festival is a colorful and precious cultural heritage. The full moon is a symbol of people's reunion, a sustenance for missing their hometown and relatives, and hopes for a bumper harvest and happiness.
10, Double Ninth Festival (the ninth day of the ninth lunar month);
The Book of Changes defines "nine" as yang number, and the two yang numbers of "nine nine" are heavier, so it is called "Chongyang"; It is also called "Double Ninth Festival", because both the date and the month conform to nine. Returning to the truth of 1999, the ancients thought that 1999 Chongyang was an auspicious day.
1 1, winter solstice (Gregorian calendar 65438+February 21~ 23);
Winter solstice, commonly known as "Winter Festival", "Dragon solstice Festival" or "Children's Day". The solstice in winter has both natural and humanistic connotations. It is not only an important solar term among the 24 solar terms, but also a traditional folk festival in China. The solstice in winter is considered as a big holiday in winter. In ancient times, there was a saying that the winter solstice was as big as a year.
12, New Year's Eve (the last day of the year);
New Year's Eve is the last night at the end of the year. The last day of the end of the year is called "year's minute", which means that the old year is divided and replaced by the new year. In addition, it means to remove; Night means night. "New Year's Eve" refers to the eve of New Year, also known as New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve and so on. This is the last night of the year. As a festival at the end of the year, New Year's Eve originated from the ancient custom of resigning the old year to welcome the new year and offering sacrifices to ancestors.