New Year's Day (Jan. 1) -----NEW YEAR'S DAY
Adults' Day (Japan, Jan. 15) -----ADULTS DAY
Valentine's Day (Feb. 14) -----ST.
Carnival (Brazil, mid and late February)-----CARNIVAL
Peach Blossom Festival (Japanese Girl's Day, March 3)-----PEACH FLOWER FESTIVAL (DOLL'S FESTIVAL)
International Woman's Day (March 8)----- INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
St. Patrick's Day (Ireland, March 17) -----ST. PATRICK'S DAY
MAPLE SUGAR FESTIVAL (Canada, March-April) -----MAPLE SUGAR FESTIVAL
April Fool's Day (April 1) ---- -FOOL'S DAY
Easter (first Sunday after the full moon on the vernal equinox)-----EASTER
Songkran (Thai New Year, April 13)-----SONGKRAN FESTIVAL DAY
Food Day (Singapore, April 17)-----FOOD FESTIVAL
International Labor Day (May 1) -----INTERNATIONAL LABOUR DAY
Boy's Day (Japan, May 5) -----BOY'S DAY
MOTHER'S DAY (second Sunday of May) -----MOTHER'S DAY
Putting on the Ramadan ----- BAMADAN
Eid al-Fitr (April or May, the first day of the tenth month A.H.)-----LESSER BAIRAM
BANK HOLIDAY (UK, May 31)-----BANK HOLIDAY
International Children's Day (June 1)-----INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN 'S DAY
FATHER'S DAY (third Sunday in June)-----FATHER'S DAY
MIDSUMMER'S DAY (June in Northern Europe)-----MID-SUMMER DAY
GURBAN'S DAY (Islamic festival, late July)-----CORBAN
CHOPSTICKS FESTIVAL (August 4, in Japan)--- -- CHOPSTICS DAY
Salute to the Elderly (Japan, Sept. 15) -----OLD PEOPLE'S DAY
Owerfest (Octoberfest, Germany, Oct. 10) -----OKTOBERFEST
Pumpkin Festival (North America, Oct. 31) -----PUMPKIN DAY < /p>
Ghost Day (Halloween New Year's Eve, the night of October 31) -----HALLOWEEN
Halloween (November 1) -----HALLOWMAS
Thanksgiving (United States, the last Thursday in November) -----THANKSGIVING
Christmas New Year's Eve (December 24) - ----CHRISTMAS EVE
Christmas Day (December 25) -----CHRISTMAS DAD
Boxing Day (December 26) -----BOXING DAY
New Year's Eve (December 31) -----NEW YEAR'S EVE (a bank holiday in many countries)
Major festivals in China
The Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) --------------- Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
The Lantern Festival (Chinese New Year) ----------- the Lantern Festival
Arbor Day (March 12) ------------------ Arbor Day
Ching Ming Festival (April 5) ------------------- Ching Ming Festival; Tomb-sweeping Festival
Chinese Youth Day (May 4) ----------------Chinese Youth Day
Duanwu Festival (the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar) --------------the Dragon Boat Festival
Chinese **** Producers' Party Founding Day ( July 1) ---the Party's Birthday
Army Building Day (August 1) --------------------the Army's Day
Mid-Autumn Festival (15th day of the 8th lunar month) --------------Mid-autumn (Moon) Festival
Teachers' Day (September 10) ------------------- Teachers' Day
Chinese New Year's Day (September 9) -------------- Double-ninth Day
National Day (October 1) ------------------ - National Day
New Year's Eve (December 30th of the lunar calendar) ------------New Year's Eve
The concept of Spring Festival and New Year's Eve originally came from the agricultural industry, and in ancient times, people referred to the growth cycle of grains as "Nian" (year). The year is the year when the grain is ripe. In the Xia and Shang dynasties produced the summer calendar, the cycle of the moon for the month, a year divided into twelve months, each month to not see the moon for the day for the first day of the first month of the first day of the month of the son of the time known as the first of the year, that is, the beginning of the year, also known as the year, the name of the year is from the Zhou Dynasty, to the Western Han Dynasty to formally fixed, and has been continued to the present day. But the first day of the first month in ancient times was known as "New Year's Day", until China's modern Xinhai Revolution victory, the Nanjing Provisional Government in order to comply with the farming season and facilitate statistics, the provisions of the summer calendar in the civilian population, in the government agencies, factories, mines, schools and organizations in the implementation of the calendar, the first day of the new year in the Gregorian calendar for the New Year's Day, the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar, the Spring Festival.
The Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese festival, as early as 2000 years ago in the Western Han Dynasty, the Lantern Festival began in the Eastern Han Dynasty Mingdi period, Mingdi advocate of Buddhism, heard that the Buddhist monks on the 15th day of the first month of the Buddha's relics, lighted lamps to honor the Buddha's practice, the night of the order in the palace and temples lighted lamps to honor the Buddha, so that the scholarly commoners are hanging lamps. Later, this Buddhist ceremonial festival gradually formed a grand folk festival. The festival has gone through a process of development from the palace to the folk, from the Central Plains to the whole country.
In the Mid-Autumn Festival, China since ancient times, there is the custom of enjoying the moon, "the Book of Rites" recorded in the "autumn sunset moon," that is, to worship the moon god. By the Zhou Dynasty, every Mid-Autumn Festival night is held to welcome the cold and moon sacrifice. A large incense burner was set up and seasonal fruits such as mooncakes, watermelons, apples, plums, grapes, etc. were placed on the table, among which mooncakes and watermelons were absolutely indispensable. The watermelon is also cut into lotus shapes.
During the Tang Dynasty, it was quite popular to enjoy and play with the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival. In the Song Dynasty, the mid-autumn moon festival is even more prevalent, according to the "Tokyo Dreaming Records" records: "Mid-autumn night, the noble family decorative platforms and pavilions, the folk compete to occupy the restaurant to play the moon". Every this day, the capital of all the stores, restaurants are to redecorate the facade, the pagoda on the tie silk hanging color, selling fresh fruit and refined food, the night market is bustling, the people more than on the platform, some rich families in their own pavilions on the platform to enjoy the moon, and set up food or arrange a feast, reunion of the children, *** with the moon to talk.
After the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Mid-Autumn Festival Moon Festival customs remain the same, many places have formed a burning incense, tree Mid-Autumn Festival, point tower lamps, sky lanterns, walk the moon, dance fire dragon and other special customs.
References:
The Complete List of Chinese and Foreign Holidays
Holiday Name: New Year's Day New Year's Day, New Year's DayWomen's Day Women's Day Labor DayChildren 's Day Children's Day April Fools' Day April Fools' Day National Day National Day Thanksgiving Day Christmas Day Christmas Day.
But the definite article is used before the festivals in China the Spring Festival the Mid-Autumn Festival but there are some proper nouns without articles before them
January 1 New Year's Day New Year's Day
The Lapa Festival is a Buddhist festival. It is the day when Siddhartha Gautama became the Buddha, and is also known as the "Festival of Success". The most important activity on this day is the eating of Lapa congee. The earliest Lapa congee is only in the rice porridge with red beans, and later evolved into an extremely complex and elaborate, the main ingredients are white rice, yellow rice, river rice, millet, lingzhi rice and dozens of other kinds of, add walnuts, almonds, melon seeds, peanuts, pine nuts, raisins, cinnamon meat, lilies, lotus seeds, and so on, boiled all night long, the aroma of the ten-mile drift. In addition to Lapa congee, there are Lapa noodles, Lapa garlic and other flavorful foods. Laha day, folk also use rice vinegar to soak the garlic cloves on the skin, sealed in the altar jar, placed in a warmer place, 20 days later, the vinegar color deep red, sour taste and slightly spicy, called "Laha vinegar", "Laha garlic".
The first day of the first month of the Lunar New Year the Spring Festival
Legend has it that in ancient China, there was a kind of monster called "Nian", with a long tentacle and fierce. The Nian lived at the bottom of the sea for many years, and only climbed ashore on New Year's Eve to devour livestock and hurt people. Therefore, every New Year's Eve, the people of villages and hamlets, old and young, fled to the mountains to avoid the harm of the "year" beast. New Year's Eve this year, the people of Peach Blossom Village is helping the old and young to take refuge in the mountains, from outside the village came to a begging old man, see his hand on crutches, arm with a bag, silver beard flowing, as if the star of the eye. Folks have sealed the windows and locked the door, some packing, some cattle and sheep, everywhere people shouting and horse neighing, a scene of panic in a hurry. At this time, who has the heart to care for the old man begging. Only the east end of the village, an old woman gave the old man some food, and advised him to quickly go to the mountains to avoid the "New Year" beast, the old man stroked his beard and laughed: "Granny, if you let me stay at home for a night, I must be "New Year" beasts away. The old woman looked closely, see his hair, hale and hearty, extraordinary. But she still continue to persuade, begging the old man smiled but did not say. The old woman had no choice but to leave her home behind and take refuge in the mountains. In the middle of the night, the "New Year" beast broke into the village. It found that the atmosphere in the village is different from previous years: the old lady's house at the east end of the village, the door is plastered with big red paper, and the house is brightly lit. The beast shivered and gave a strange cry. Nian" stared angrily at the old lady's house for a moment, and then pounced on her with a wild cry. Near the door, the courtyard suddenly came "bang bang pop" sound of explosions, "year" trembling, no longer dare to come forward. It turns out that Nian is afraid of the color red, fire and explosions. At this time, the door of the mother-in-law's house was wide open, only to see an old man wearing a red robe in the yard, laughing. Nian" was terrified and fled in a panic. The next day was the first day of the first lunar month, and the people who had taken refuge in the village were very surprised to see that the village was safe and sound. It was then that the old woman came to her senses and hurriedly told the townspeople about the old man's promise. Villagers flocked to the old lady's home, only to see the old lady's home with red paper on the door, a pile of unburned bamboo in the yard is still in the "snap" explosion, several red candles inside the house is still emitting the afterglow of ...... ecstatic villagers to celebrate the arrival of good luck, have to change the new clothes and wear a new hat to friends and relatives to say goodbye to the house. This incident soon spread in the surrounding villages, people know the way to drive away the "New Year" beast. Since then every year on New Year's Eve, every family stick red couplets, firecrackers; household candles brightly lit, to keep the night. Early in the morning on the first day, but also to go to friends and relatives to say hello. This custom has become more and more widespread, and has become the grandest traditional festival in Chinese folklore.
Lunar New Year's Day Lantern Festival
Lunar New Year's Day is the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar, is the traditional Chinese Lantern Festival. The first month of the lunar calendar is the first month of the year, and the ancients called the night "night", and the 15th is the first full moon night of the year, so the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar is called the Lantern Festival. It is also known as the "Festival of the First Moon".
March 8, "March 8" International Working Women's Day International Working Women's Day
Working women around the world for peace, democracy, liberation and the struggle of the holiday. March 8, 1909, the U.S. women workers in Chicago to fight for freedom and equality to hold large-scale strikes and demonstrations, and get the majority of working women warmly responded. 1910, the United States, Chicago, the United States, the United States, the United States, the United States, the United States, the United States, the United States, the United States and other countries. In March 1910, the Second International Socialist Women's Conference was held in Copenhagen, Denmark, with the participation of representatives from 17 countries, and the central theme of the conference was to oppose militarism, expand the army and prepare for war, and defend world peace. It also discussed the defense of children's rights and interests, the fight for the eight-hour workday and women's suffrage. At the Second International Socialist Women's Congress, German socialist revolutionary and leader of the international women's movement, Clara Zetkin, proposed that March 8 of each year be designated as World Women's Day of Struggle, which was unanimously approved, making it an international holiday for working women. In the following year, working women in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark and other countries held demonstrations. Since then, the commemoration of International Women's Day on March 8 has gradually expanded to the whole world. China held the first commemoration of "March 8" International Working Women's Li Conference in Guangzhou in 1924, presided over by the Women's Department of the Kuomintang (KMT), and since then, commemorative activities have been held every year. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Central Government of the People's Republic of China stipulated in December 1949 that March 8 every year is a holiday for Chinese women.
March 12 Tree Planting Day
Tree Planting Day is a holiday set by legislation in some countries to stimulate people's feelings of love for forests and afforestation, to promote the greening of the countryside, and to protect the ecological environment on which human beings depend for their survival. In recent times, the earliest establishment of Arbor Day is the United States of America, Nebraska. 1872 April 10, Morton in Nebraska State Garden Association held a meeting, put forward the establishment of the importance of the festival proposal. The state adopted Morton's suggestion and designated April 10 as the state's Arbor Day, and issued the world's first Arbor Day stamp in 1932, showing two children planting a tree. In February 1979, the sixth meeting of the Standing Committee of the Fifth National People's Congress of China decided to designate March 12 as Arbor Day in China. On March 12 of the following year, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications issued a set of four stamps entitled "Planting Trees, Greening the Motherland"; in 1981, at the initiative of Comrade Deng Xiaoping, the Fourth Session of the Fifth National People's Congress adopted the Resolution on the Implementation of the Compulsory Tree-Planting Campaign for the Whole Country; on March 12, 1990, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications issued another set of four stamps on "Greening the Motherland", the first of which reads "Compulsory Planting of Trees for the Whole Country". According to the statistics of the United Nations, more than 50 countries in the world have established Tree Planting Day. Due to the different national conditions and geographic location of countries, the name and time of Arbor Day in different countries are also different, such as Japan called "Festival of Trees" and "Greening Week"; Israel called "New Year's Day of Trees"; Myanmar called "Tree Planting Month"; Yugoslavia called "Tree Planting Week"; Iceland called "Student Tree Planting Day"; India called "National Tree Planting Day"; France called the National Day of the Trees"; Canada called "Forestry Week". Every month of the 12 months of the year, some countries celebrate Arbor Day: Jordan's Arbor Day is on January 15; Spain's Arbor Day is on February 1; Iraq's Arbor Day is on March 6; North Korea's Arbor Day is on April 6; Australia's Arbor Day is on the first Friday of May; Finland's Arbor Day is on June 24; India's Arbor Day is the first week of July; Pakistan's Arbor Day is on August 9; and Thailand's Arbor Day is on June 24; India's Arbor Day is on August 25; and Pakistan's Arbor Day is on August 26, 2011 Day in Thailand is September 24; Arbor Day in Cuba is October 10; Arbor Day in the United Kingdom is November 6-12; and Arbor Day in Syria is the last Thursday in December.
April Fools' Day April Fools' Day
April Fools' Day, also known as April Fools' Day, is a traditional American holiday celebrated on April 1 of each year.
May Day
October 7, 1884, the United States and Canada labor groups, because of the long working hours, gathered in the United States in the city of Chicago, put forward "eight hours of work, eight hours of education, eight hours of rest" of the March 8 movement (Eighthour Shift). By May 1, 1886, Chicago workers began to set up the "Eight Hour Association", held a large-scale demonstration, which resulted in a bloody tragedy. Soon after, 200,000 workers across the U.S. were given an eight-hour workday. In 1889, the International Confederation of Labor, organized by leaders of the labor movement in Britain, France and other countries, passed a motion put forward by a French delegate to designate May 1 of the labor movement as Labor Day, to be observed from the following year. Since then, the world has followed suit, and workers' organizations from all over the world have held grand celebrations on this day, and industrial and mining companies have taken a day off.
May 4, Youth Day
In May 1920, the Paris Peace Conference decided that all German rights and interests in Shandong would be inherited by Japan, and the news came to the whole country with indignation. The petition to the Presidential Office, which was suppressed by the warlord government at that time, aroused the anger of the whole country, students went on strike, businessmen and industrialists went on strike, and the traitors Cao, Lu, and Zhang were removed from their posts. It became the May Fourth Movement. The May Fourth Movement was not only a student patriotic movement, but also a new cultural movement, and the subsequent promotion of science, democracy and the promotion of the vernacular language were all influenced by the May Fourth Movement.
The Dragon Boat Festival
The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as the Dragon Boat Festival and the Dragon Boat Festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar and is divided into the "Little Dragon Boat Festival" (the fifth day of the fifth month) and the "Big Dragon Boat Festival" (the fifteenth day of the fifth month). Among them, "end" for the first meaning, "Wu" refers to the yin and yang cross-reversal, "Yang" is an odd number; the ancients according to the Earth's branch projections will be written in May, "Wu month", will be regarded as a "heavy noon", the first five written as "Duanwu", will be written at noon as "Yang Chen", coupled with a lot of stories and legends, so there are a number of different names and customs such as Duanwu Festival hanging Zhong Kui statue, the post of the Wu Ye Fu, hanging iris, mugwort; drink xionghuang wine, calamus wine
The Duanwu Festival is the first of its kind in China, and it is also the first of its kind in the world to be celebrated by the Chinese people.
May 12 International Nurses Day
Nan Dingel died in 1910, the international community to commemorate her outstanding contribution and the spirit of nurses, May 12 as International Nurses Day. The Nightingale Award is the highest honorary award for the nursing profession.
The second Sunday in May, Mother's Day (this year is May 14) Mother's Day
As early as two hundred years ago, the United Kingdom has been honoring mothers of the holiday, known as "Mother's Day of Worship". 1919, the U.S. Ms. Jarviz (Miss Anna Jarviz) to see the first world war in the soldiers killed in the mother and wife alone poor, so initiated the first world war in the United Kingdom, the first world war in the United States. wives of many soldiers killed in World War I, so initiated Mother's Day to honor mothers who suffered in the war. Later, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution to designate the day of her mother's death (the second Sunday in May, 1905) as Mother's Day, and to use carnations (also known as gypsophila), which were her favorite flower, as a symbol of motherly love. It was customary to wear a red carnation for those whose mothers were alive and a white carnation for those whose mothers had died on Mother's Day in honor of their mothers. Later, after the introduction of Christianity, countries have begun to adopt.
World Telecommunication Day, 17 May
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is a specialized agency of the United Nations, and is the oldest international organization among the United Nations agencies. It is referred to as the "ITU", "ITU" or "ITU".
June 1 International Children's Day
The holiday of the world's children and young people, celebrated on June 1 every year on the Gregorian calendar.
Third Sunday of June Father's Day
Father's Day was established on the initiative of Mrs. John Bruce Dodd. The seventh day of the seventh lunar month Tanabata Festival
The first day of the eighth lunar month Army Day
Army Day of the Chinese People's Liberation Army is a commemorative holiday in China. It is held on August 1 every year. The Mid-Autumn Festival
Legend has it that in ancient times, ten suns appeared in the sky, baking the earth to smoke, the sea water dried up, and the people could not live on. This incident alarmed a hero called Hou Yi, he climbed to the top of the Kunlun Mountain, far enough divine power, pull open the bow, a breath of nine extra sun, to save the people in the fire this. Soon after, Hou Yi married a beautiful wife, called Chang'e. One day, Hou Yi to the Kunlun Mountains to visit friends to seek Taoism, coincidentally met the Queen Mother passed through the Queen Mother, they will ask the Queen Mother for a packet of immortality pills, according to persuade under this drug, can instantly ascend to heaven to become immortal, however, Hou Yi can not leave behind his wife, so he had to give immortality pills to the Chang'e treasured. Unexpectedly, this matter was Houyi's client Peng Meng saw, Peng Meng and other Houyi went out after the threat to force Chang'e to hand over the medicine of immortality, Chang'e know is not Peng Meng's rival, the moment of crisis when the opportunity to take out the medicine of immortality and swallowed it. After Chang'e swallowed the medicine, her body immediately flew away from the ground and flew to the sky, and because Chang'e was attached to her husband, she flew down to the moon, which is the closest to the earth, and became an immortal. When Hou Yi came back, her maids cried about everything. After the grieving Hou Yi, looking up at the night sky calling his wife's name, then, she was surprised to find that tonight the moon is especially full, especially bright and bright, and there is a swaying figure resembles Chang'e. Hou Yi busy orders people to set up incense, put on Chang E's favorite honey food fresh fruit, remote sacrifice in the moon palace Chang E. The people heard that Chang'e had run to the moon and become immortal, and then they set up incense under the moon to pray to the good Chang'e for good luck and peace. From then on, the custom of moon worship on Mid-Autumn Festival spread in the folklore.
September 10 Teachers' Day
The sixth session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress decided at its ninth meeting that September 10 every year for Teachers' Day. 1932, the Kuomintang government had stipulated that June 6 as Teachers' Day, after the liberation of the abolition of the Teachers' Day of 6 June 6, and instead of the "May 1" International Labor Day at the same time as Teachers' Day, but the teachers did not have a separate activity, no characteristics. Teachers' Day is scheduled for September 10, taking into account the beginning of the new school year in the country's universities, middle schools and elementary school, the school should have a new weather. The new student enrollment at the beginning of the school year, that is to begin to respect teachers, can give "teachers teach well, students learn well" to create a good atmosphere. 1985 September 10, is China's restoration of the establishment of the first Teachers' Day.
October 1 National Day
October 1, 1949, 3:00 p.m., Beijing, 300,000 people in Tiananmen Square ceremony to celebrate the establishment of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China **** and State. Chairman Mao Zedong solemnly proclaimed the founding of the People's Republic of China and the Central People's Government, and raised the first five-star red flag. Chairman Mao read out the Proclamation of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China: "The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China is the only lawful government representing the people of the People's Republic of China. This Government is willing to establish diplomatic relations with any foreign government that is willing to abide by the principles of equality, mutual benefit and mutual respect for territorial sovereignty." A military parade and mass procession followed. Commander-in-Chief Zhu De inspected the navy, army and air force and announced the Order of the Headquarters of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), ordering the PLA to quickly purge all remnants of the Kuomintang's armed forces and to liberate all the yet to be liberated territories. On the same day, Beijing Xinhua Broadcasting Station conducted a live broadcast of the Founding Ceremony of the People's Republic of China*** and the State in Tiananmen Square. This is the first large-scale live broadcast in the history of Chinese people's broadcasting, people's radio stations across the country at the same time syndicated.
The 9th day of the 9th month of the 9th lunar month
The 9th day of the 9th month of the 9th lunar month of every year is the Chongyang Festival in China, which is celebrated "once a year in the autumn wind".
November 8: Journalists' Day
In the "Measures for National Holidays on Annual Festivals and Anniversaries" issued by Zhu Rongji, Premier of the State Council, on September 18, 1999, "Journalists' Day" was included in the list of holidays
Thursday, the fourth day of November: Thanksgiving Day
In 1621, the first English celebrations of Thanksgiving Day were held at Plymouth in Massachusetts, where those who had arrived on board the "Mayflower" were invited to visit the city for the first time. Thanksgiving Day was celebrated for the first time by the English who came to Massachusetts on the Mayflower in 1621. The sixty men, who had survived a difficult winter, invited the local Indian chief, with whom they had negotiated and signed an agreement, to **** the fruits of the harvest. To their surprise, the Indian chief brought ninety well-dressed but hungry Indian warriors! Apparently, they had not prepared enough food. The Indians quickly went back and brought deer and other food. The feast consisted of turkeys, geese, ducks, lobsters, popped corn, clams, tortillas, sorrel, fruit and apple juice, etc.*** It lasted three days. Since 1863, when Abraham . President Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday, most Americans have celebrated the holiday. It is a day when families gather to give thanks and celebrate God's mercy and goodness over the past year. Americans and Canadians (on the second Monday in October) celebrate Thanksgiving with a feast of roasted turkey, duck, and goose, usually seasoned. People far from home were invited as guests. Food is also given to those who are less fortunate. Local organizations, schools, and churches collect food and put it in food baskets for distribution to the poor. Some store owners also gave turkeys to employees and regular customers.
November 1 (before Halloween: the night of October 31) Halloween
The most "haunted" night of the year, when all sorts of ghosts and goblins, pirates, extraterrestrials, and witches come out of the woodwork. Before the time of Christ, the Celts held ceremonies at Summer's Eve to thank the gods and the sun for their bounty. Soothsayers of the time lit and practiced witchcraft to ward off the demons and monsters that were said to be roaming around. Later the Roman harvest festival, celebrated with nuts and apples, merged with the Celtic October 31st. In the Middle Ages, people dressed up in animal-shaped costumes and scary masks to ward off the ghosts and goblins of the night on Halloween Eve. Although Christianity later replaced Celtic and Roman religious practices, the early customs have survived. Nowadays, children wear costumes and masks as a joke to Halloween dances, which are often surrounded by papier-maché witches, black cats, ghosts, and skeletons hanging on the walls, as well as pumpkin lanterns in front of windows and doorways that show off their teeth or have a repulsive face. Children often try to bite into hanging apples.
Festivals The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the Lunar New Year's Day
Lunar New Year's Day is a Buddhist festival. It is the day when Siddhartha Gautama became the Buddha and is also known as the "Festival of Success". The most important activity on this day is the eating of Lapa congee. The earliest Lapa congee is only in the rice porridge with red beans, and later evolved into an extremely complex and elaborate, the main ingredients are white rice, yellow rice, river rice, millet, lingzhi rice and dozens of other kinds of, add walnuts, almonds, melon seeds, peanuts, pine nuts, raisins, cinnamon meat, lilies, lotus seeds, and so on, boiled all night long, the aroma of the ten-mile drift. In addition to Lapa congee, there are Lapa noodles, Lapa garlic and other flavorful foods. Laha day, the folk also use rice vinegar to soak the garlic cloves on the skin, sealed in the altar, placed in a warmer place, 20 days later, the vinegar color deep red, sour taste and slightly spicy, called "Laha vinegar", "Laha garlic".
December 25, Christmas Day Christmas Day
The name "Christmas" is an abbreviation of "Christian Mass". The Mass is a liturgy of the Church. Christmas Day is a religious holiday. We celebrate it as the birth of Jesus, hence the name. On this day, all Christian churches in the world hold special liturgies. But there are many Christmas festivities that are not even remotely related to religion. Exchanging gifts and sending Christmas cards all make Christmas a universal celebration.
Christmas is the biggest holiday in Christendom, and at the beginning of the 4th century, January 6 was the day the churches in the eastern part of the Roman Empire commemorated the birth and baptism of Jesus, known as Epiphany, or "The Day of the Epiphany," when God revealed Himself to the world through Jesus. The only exception was the church in Jerusalem, which commemorated the birth of Jesus but not His baptism. Historians have since found in the calendars used by Roman Christians a page dated December 25, 354 A.D. that reads, "Christ was born in Bethlehem of Judah." After research, it is generally believed that December 25th accompanied by Christmas may have begun in the Church of Rome in 336 A.D.) It spread to Antioch in Asia Minor around 375 A.D. and to Alexandria in Egypt in 430 A.D. The Church of Jerusalem accepted it the latest, while the Church of Armenia still maintains that Epiphany, January 6, is the birth of Jesus. Mithra, the Persian sun god (i.e., the god of light), was a pagan holiday, and the sun god was also one of the gods of the Roman state religion. It was also the winter solstice of the Roman calendar, and the pagans who worshipped the sun god regarded it as the hope of spring and the beginning of the recovery of all things. It is probably for this reason that the Roman Church chose this day for Christmas. This was one of the measures taken in the early days of the Church in an attempt to Christianize the customs of the pagans. Later, although most of the churches accepted December 25 as Christmas Day, but also solid local churches use different calendars, the specific date can not be unified, so the December 24 to January 6 of the next year as the Christmas Tide (ChristmasTide), churches around the world according to the local specific conditions within this period to celebrate Christmas. Since December 25th was recognized by most churches as Christmas Day, the original Epiphany on January 6th only commemorated the baptism of Jesus, but the Catholic Church also designated January 6th as the "Feast of the Coming of the Three Kings" to commemorate the pilgrimage of the three kings (i.e., the Three Doctors) of the East at the time of Jesus' birth. With the wide spread of Christianity, Christmas has become an important festival for Christians of all denominations and even for non-Christians. In many European and American countries, people attach great importance to this holiday, and it and the New Year together, and the celebration of the lively and grand activities greatly exceeded the New Year, becoming a national holiday. December 25, the main commemorative activities are related to the legend of the birth of Jesus. There is a story of the birth of Jesus. Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. God sent a messenger, Gabriel, to tell Joseph in a dream not to reject Mary because she was unmarried and pregnant, but to marry her and name the child "Jesus", meaning to save the people from their sins. When Mary was about to give birth, the Roman government ordered all the people to come to Bethlehem to declare their residence. Joseph and Mary had to obey. When they arrived in Bethlehem, it was already dark, but they could not find an inn to stay in, only a stable to stay in. At that moment, Jesus was about to be born! Mary had no choice but to give birth to Jesus in a manger. In order to commemorate the birth of Jesus, later generations designated December 25th as Christmas Day and celebrated Mass every year to commemorate the birth of Jesus.
Christmas is a celebration of the birth of Jesus on December 25, but no one knows the actual date of the birth. In the nineteenth century, Christmas cards became popular, Santa Claus appeared, and Christmas began to be popularized.