Spring Festival is an ancient festival in China, and it is also the most important festival in the whole year. In the historical development, it has mixed many kinds of folk customs and formed some relatively fixed customs and habits, many of which are still passed down to this day.

2. The dragon looks up

In the Yuan Dynasty, "the second day of February" was called the day when the dragon looked up. February of the lunar calendar has entered the mid-spring season, and "February 2" is between the "rain", "fright" and "vernal equinox" of the 24 solar terms. Since ancient times, people have celebrated the dragon on the day of "the dragon looks up" in mid-spring, in order to pray for the dragon to eliminate disasters and bless, the weather is favorable and the grain is abundant.

3. Dragon Boat Festival

In ancient times, the ancestors of Baiyue created a festival for ancestor worship. It is said that Qu Yuan, a Chu poet in the Warring States Period, committed suicide by jumping in the Miluo River on May 5th. Later, people also took the Dragon Boat Festival as a festival to commemorate Qu Yuan.

4. Chinese Valentine's Day

Chinese Valentine's Day is not only a festival for worshipping seven sisters, but also a festival for love. It is a comprehensive festival with the folklore of "Cowherd and Weaver Girl" as the carrier, the theme of blessing, begging for cleverness and love, and women as the main body.

5. Double Ninth Festival

It refers to the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, which is a traditional folk festival in China. In the Book of Changes, "Nine" is defined as yang number, and the two yang numbers of "Nine Nine" are heavy, so it is called "Chongyang"; It is also called "double ninth" because the day and the month all meet nine.

Baidu Encyclopedia-China Traditional Festival