At the beginning of the year, Vientiane is renewed. The main activities are eating New Year's Eve, offering sacrifices and observing the New Year's Eve. In addition, the first, second and third days of the first month of the first month are three days of the New Year, and sacrifices are also required. In these three days, I usually do nothing but cook, and I don't want to say unlucky things. I have to visit my close relatives and distinguished relatives. From the first day to the fifteenth day of the Spring Festival, various activities such as temple fairs, community fires and rural operas are also held in various places, which is the most lively and extravagant festival among traditional festivals.

2 Lantern Festival

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival, also known as Yuanxi Festival, Shangyuan Festival and Lantern Festival. In festivals, there are customs such as eating Yuanxiao, watching lanterns, playing social fire and solve riddles on the lanterns. Besides eating Yuanxiao, there are many different eating customs in different places. People in Shaanxi eat "Yuanxiao tea", that is, all kinds of vegetables and fruits are put into noodle soup; Eat jujube cakes in Luoyang and Lingbao, Henan; People in Kunming, Yunnan eat more bean dough.

February 2nd.

Commonly known as "the dragon looks up", also known as the Qinglong Festival, it is a sign of the beginning of agricultural production in a year. Activities include scattering ash to attract dragons, smoking insects, picking vegetables, and avoiding sewing (in case of "damaging longan"). The record of this custom dates back to the Tang Dynasty. As for eating and drinking on February 2 nd, instead of eating and drinking greasy food during the Spring Festival, we should be vegetarian.

4 Tomb-Sweeping Day

Sacrifice to sweep the ancestral graves, go for a walk in the spring, and avoid fireworks.

5 Dragon Boat Festival

Also known as Duanyang Festival, it is said to be in memory of Qu Yuan. There are mainly activities such as eating zongzi and racing dragon boats. In some places, such as Qinghai, there are customs such as tying ropes (twisted with five-color silk threads, tied to hands, feet and wrists), inserting willows and wearing sachets to repel insects and pray for good luck and peace.

6 Seven Clever Days

Also known as the Begging Festival, it is said that the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet at the Magpie Bridge. In general, the people set up a altar that night, and women begged for cleverness in order to give good women workers. There are also young men and women who love each other, which is also called China's love plot.

Mid-Autumn Festival

Also known as Moon Festival, Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, August Festival, August Festival, Moon Chasing Festival, Moon Playing Festival, Moon Worship Festival, Daughter's Day or Reunion Festival, on this day, the whole family is reunited to enjoy the moon and eat moon cakes. Originally, there are "burning incense", "walking the moon", "lighting lanterns", "lighting tower lanterns" and "dancing dragon". This festival is paid more attention by overseas travelers, and many ethnic minorities have also celebrated it.

8 Double Ninth Festival

Take the meaning of double ninth festival. The main activities are climbing mountains, enjoying chrysanthemums, drinking, etc., which are quite popular with the elderly, so it is also called "Old People's Day".

9 October 1st.

Commonly known as "Ghost Festival" and "Cold Clothes Festival", it is also a festival to worship ancestors. As the saying goes, "On October 1st, cold clothes will be sent". On this evening, every family will go to the grave to worship their ancestors. People who can't go to the grave or stay away from home for some reason will draw a circle in the heart of the field or at the crossroads and burn paper money.

10 winter solstice festival

The winter solstice is a very important solar term in the Chinese lunar calendar and a traditional festival. The winter solstice is commonly known as "winter festival", "long solstice festival" and "sub-year-old". The northern region has the custom of slaughtering sheep in the winter solstice, eating jiaozi and wonton, while the southern region has the habit of eating rice balls and long noodles in the winter solstice on this day. There is also the custom of offering sacrifices to heaven and ancestors on the winter solstice in various regions.

1 1 Labajie

People used to call December of the lunar calendar the twelfth lunar month, and the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month the twelfth lunar month or Laba, and treat it as a traditional festival, namely Laba Festival. Many customs related to the twelfth lunar month or Laba are often labeled as "La". On this day, Laba porridge is eaten in many places, and Laba is actually the beginning of preparations for the Spring Festival.