1. New Year’s Eve: New Year’s Eve is the last night at the end of the year.

The last day at the end of the year is called "Sui Chu", which means that the old year is removed and a new year is replaced.

Chu means to remove; Xi means night.

"New Year's Eve" means New Year's Eve, also known as New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, etc. It is the last night at the end of the year.

New Year's Eve is a day to get rid of the old, bring new things to the world, reunite the family, and worship ancestors. Together with Qingming Festival, July Half and Double Ninth Festival, they are traditional ancestor worship festivals in China.

New Year's Eve has special significance in the hearts of Chinese people. This is the most important day at the end of the year. No matter how far away the wanderers are, they rush home to reunite with their families, bid farewell to the old year amidst the sound of firecrackers, and welcome the new year with fireworks in the sky.

2. Spring Festival: theSpringFestival Spring Festival, the Chinese Lunar New Year, is commonly known as New Year, New Year, New Year's Day, etc. It is also known verbally as the Chinese New Year and the Chinese New Year.

The Spring Festival has a long history and evolved from the ancient times when people prayed for good luck at the beginning of the year.

All things originate from heaven, and humans originate from ancestors. Praying for good luck, offering sacrifices, and respecting heaven and ancestors are the means of repaying the origin and turning back to the beginning.

The origin of the Spring Festival contains profound cultural connotations and carries rich historical and cultural heritage in its inheritance and development.

During the Spring Festival, various New Year celebration activities are held across the country, with strong regional characteristics.

These activities are mainly about removing the old and bringing in the new, exorcising evil spirits and fighting disasters, worshiping gods and ancestors, and receiving blessings and praying for good luck. The forms are rich and colorful, embodying the essence of traditional Chinese culture.

3. Lantern Festival: theLanternFestival The Lantern Festival, one of China's traditional festivals, is also known as the Lantern Festival, Xiaozhengyue, Lantern Festival or Lantern Festival. It takes place on the 15th day of the first lunar month every year.

The first lunar month is the first month of the lunar calendar, and the ancients called "night" "xiao". The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the first full-moon night of the year, so the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is called the "Lantern Festival".

According to the Taoist "Three Yuan" theory, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is also called the "Shangyuan Festival".

The Lantern Festival custom has been dominated by the warm and festive lantern viewing custom since ancient times.

4. Spring Dragon Festival: Dragon-head-raising-Festival, also known as Spring Plowing Festival, Farming Festival, Green Dragon Festival, Spring Dragon Festival, etc., is a traditional Chinese folk festival.

"Dragon" refers to the seven-constellation star of the Eastern Blue Dragon among the twenty-eight constellations. At the beginning of the first month of the second month of every year, the "Dragon-horned Star" rises from the eastern horizon, so it is called "Dragon Heads Up".

The day when the dragon raises its head is in the first month of Mao in mid-spring. The five elements of "Mao" belong to wood, and the hexagram image is "shock"; the nine-two is in the mutual shock of the Lin hexagram, which means that the dragon has left its latent state and has appeared on the surface, emerging as a source of growth.

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In farming culture, "dragon raises its head" indicates the growth of yang energy, increased rain, and the beginning of spring plowing.

Since ancient times, people have regarded the day when the dragon raises its head as a day to pray for good weather, to drive away evil spirits and avoid disasters, and to receive good fortune.

5. Cold Food Festival: Cold Food Festival, a traditional Chinese festival, occurs 105 days after the winter solstice in the lunar calendar and one or two days before Qingming Festival.

On the first day of the festival, no fireworks are allowed and only cold food is eaten.

In the development of later generations, customs such as sweeping sacrifices, outings, swings, Cuju, lead hooks, and cockfighting were gradually added. The Cold Food Festival lasted for more than two thousand years and was once known as the largest folk festival in China.

The Cold Food Festival is the only traditional festival of the Han nationality that is named after food customs.

6. Tomb Sweeping Day: Tomb Sweeping Day Tomb Sweeping Day, also known as Outing Festival, Qingming Festival, March Festival, Ancestor Worship Festival, etc., is held at the turn of mid-spring and late spring.

The Qingming Festival originates from the ancestral beliefs and spring festival customs in ancient times. It has both natural and humanistic connotations. It is not only a natural solar term, but also a traditional festival.

Tomb-sweeping to worship ancestors and outings are the two major themes of Qingming Festival. These two traditional themes have been passed down in China since ancient times and continue to this day.

7. Dragon Boat Festival: the Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanyang Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Chongwu Festival, Tianzhong Festival, etc., is a major folk festival that integrates worshiping gods and ancestors, praying for blessings and warding off evil spirits, celebrating entertainment and eating.

The Dragon Boat Festival originates from the worship of natural celestial phenomena and evolved from dragon worship in ancient times.

During the Dragon Boat Festival in midsummer, Canglong Qisu soars to the center of due south, and is in the most "centered" position throughout the year, just like the fifth line of the "Book of Changes Qian Gua": "The flying dragon is in the sky."

The Dragon Boat Festival is an auspicious day for "flying dragons in the sky". Dragon and dragon boat culture have always been throughout the history of the Dragon Boat Festival.

8. Qixi Festival: MagpieFestival Qixi Festival, also known as Qiqiao Festival, Qijie Festival, Girl's Day, Qiqiao Festival, Qinianghui, Qixi Festival, Niu Gonggong Po Day, Qiao Xi, etc., is a traditional Chinese folk festival.

The Chinese Valentine's Day is derived from the worship of stars and is the birthday of the Seventh Sister in the traditional sense. Because the worship service to the "Seventh Sister" is held on July 7th, it is named "Qixi Festival".

Worshiping the Seventh Sister, praying for blessings and wishes, begging for skills, sitting and watching the Altair and Vega, praying for marriage, and storing water for the Chinese Valentine's Day are traditional customs of the Chinese Valentine's Day.

Through historical development, Qixi Festival has been endowed with the beautiful love legend of "Cowherd and Weaver Girl", making it a festival symbolizing love. It is therefore considered the most romantic traditional festival in China. In contemporary times, it has even given birth to the name "Chinese Valentine's Day".

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