Countdown to traditional festivals

The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as the Dragon Boat Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Chongwu Festival, Tianzhong Festival, etc., is a folk festival integrating worship of gods and ancestors, praying for good fortune and evil spirits, celebrating entertainment and eating. Dragon Boat Festival originated from the worship of natural phenomena and evolved from dragon worship in ancient times. At the Mid summer Dragon Boat Festival, the Black Dragon Seven Constellations flew up in the middle of the south, ranking the most "upright" in the year, just as the fifth line of the Book of Changes · Qiangua: "Flying dragons in the sky". The Dragon Boat Festival is an auspicious day of "Flying Dragon in the Sky", and the dragon and dragon boat culture have always run through the inheritance history of the Dragon Boat Festival.

The sixth day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar is the traditional Chinese festival of the day of natural awakening. The name of Taoism originated late. Huai'an people have the custom of drying red and green on June 6. It is said that the custom of "drying red and green on June 6" originated in the Tang Dynasty. Xuanzang, an eminent monk of the Tang Dynasty, took Buddhist scriptures from the West (India) and returned home. When he crossed the sea, the scriptures were soaked in seawater, and he took them out to dry on the sixth day of June. Later, this day became a lucky day. At first, the emperor's dragon robes were dried in the imperial palace on this day, and then spread to the people from the palace. Every family exposed their clothes in front of the gate on this day, which became a common practice later.

Qixi Festival, also known as Qiqiao Festival, Qijie Festival, Daughter's Day, Qiqiao Festival, Qiniang Festival, Qixi Festival, Ox and Bull Pony Day, Qiaoxi Festival, etc., is a traditional Chinese folk festival. The Double Seventh Festival is derived from the worship of the stars. It is the traditional seventh sister's birthday. It is named "Double Seventh Festival" because the worship of "Seventh Sister" was held on the seventh evening of July. It is the traditional custom of the Double Seventh Festival to worship the Seventh Sister, pray for wishes, beg for skillful skills, sit and watch the Vega, pray for marriage, and store water on the Double Seventh Festival. Through historical development, Tanabata has been endowed with the beautiful love legend of "Cowherd and Weaver Girl", making it a festival symbolizing love, which is considered to be the most romantic traditional festival in China, and has produced "Chinese feelings" in modern times

The Mid Yuan Festival is the name of Taoism. It is called the Half of July, the Fourteenth of July, and the Ancestor Worship Festival in folk customs, and the Yulan Bon Festival in Buddhism. The festival customs mainly include ancestor worship, setting off river lanterns, sacrificing the dead, burning paper ingots, sacrificing land, etc. Its birth can be traced back to the worship of ancestors in ancient times and related time sacrifices. July is the month of auspiciousness and filial piety. The half of July is a folk festival to celebrate the harvest and reward the earth in early autumn. Some crops are ripe. As a rule, people should sacrifice to ancestors and use new rice and other sacrifices to report the autumn harvest to their ancestors. This festival is a traditional cultural festival in memory of ancestors, and its cultural core is to respect ancestors and be filial.

The God of Wealth Festival is a folk festival to worship the God of Wealth in Han, Tu and other places in China. It is one of the traditional Chinese festivals. July 22nd is the day when the money star becomes a man of virtue. The fifth day of the first lunar month is commonly known as the Breaking Five Festival. This day has multiple customs, such as sending the god of poverty and receiving the god of wealth. Therefore, the fifth day of the first lunar month and the twenty second day of July in the lunar calendar are the days to worship the god of wealth. Chinese people usually set off firecrackers, hang lanterns, burn incense, send paper money and other forms to pray for widespread income in the coming year.

The Mid Autumn Festival, also known as Moon Festival, Moonlight Festival, Moon Festival, Autumn Festival, Mid Autumn Festival, Moon Worship Festival, Moon Mother's Day, Moon Festival, Reunion Festival, etc., is a traditional Chinese folk festival. The Mid Autumn Festival originated from the worship of celestial phenomena and evolved from the worship of the moon on the autumn eve in ancient times. Since ancient times, there have been folk customs such as offering sacrifices to the moon, appreciating the moon, eating moon cakes, watching lanterns, appreciating osmanthus flowers, drinking osmanthus wine, and so on.

The Double Ninth Festival is a traditional Chinese folk festival, which is held on the ninth day of September in the lunar calendar every year. In the Book of Changes, the number of "nine" is positive, and the number of "nine nine" is equal to that of "nine nine", so it is called "double yang"; It is also called "Double Ninth" because both the sun and the moon meet nine. The return to the true in September, the beginning of one yuan, the ancients thought that the Double Ninth Festival was an auspicious day. In ancient times, people used to climb high to pray for blessings, worship gods and ancestors, and drink feasts to pray for longevity. Inherited so far, it has added the connotation of respecting the elderly. Climbing high and appreciating autumn and thanksgiving and respecting the elderly are two important themes of today's Chongyang Festival activities.

The Hanyi Festival, also known as the "October Dynasty", "Ancestor Worship Festival", "Hell Festival" and "Autumn Festival", is a traditional Chinese festival of sacrifice. People will sweep and burn on this day to commemorate their dead relatives, which is called giving away Hanyi.

Xiayuan Festival, a traditional Chinese festival, is also called "Xiayuan Day" or "Xiayuan Day". It is one of the traditional folk festivals in China.

Laba Festival, which is the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, is also called the "Magic Treasure Festival", "Buddha Cheng Dao Festival", "Cheng Dao Hui", etc. It was originally a Buddhist festival to commemorate the Sakyamuni Buddha's path, and later became a folk festival.

Weiya, a traditional folk festival in Fujian and Taiwan, is the "end" of a year's business activities and the "beginning" of ordinary people's Spring Festival activities. The second and sixteenth days of every month are the days when Fujian merchants worship the foundation owner and the land god, which is called "tooth making". The second day of February is the first time to make teeth, called "head teeth"; The tooth making on December 16 is the last one, so it is called "tail tooth".

Xiaonian, a traditional Chinese festival, is also called "Jiaonian", "Kitchen God Festival" and "Kitchen Sacrifice Festival". Since the main activity of the Spring Festival - sacrificing kitchen stoves is held at night, it is also called "the Spring Festival Eve" or "the Spring Festival Eve". Xiaonian is regarded as the beginning of "busy year". Due to different customs in different regions, the days called "Xiao Nian" are also different. In most regions, the 23rd or 24th day of the twelfth lunar month is called "Xiao Nian".

Xiaonian, a traditional Chinese festival, is also called "Jiaonian", "Kitchen God Festival" and "Kitchen Sacrifice Festival". Since the main activity of the Spring Festival - sacrificing kitchen stoves is held at night, it is also called "the Spring Festival Eve" or "the Spring Festival Eve". Xiaonian is regarded as the beginning of "busy year". Due to different customs in different regions, the days called "Xiao Nian" are also different. In most regions, the 23rd or 24th day of the twelfth lunar month is called "Xiao Nian".

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 "annual division", which means that the old year will be replaced by the new year. To remove means to remove; Evening refers to night. "New Year's Eve" means the eve of the Spring Festival, 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. The New Year's Eve is the day for the New Year, family reunion, and ancestor worship. The Qingming Festival, the half of July, and the Double Ninth Festival are traditional ancestor worship festivals in China. New Year's Eve is of special significance in the hearts of Chinese people. The most important day at the end of the year, the wanderers who travel far away must rush home to reunite with their families, bid farewell to the old year in the sound of firecrackers and welcome the new year with fireworks.

Spring Festival, the Chinese Lunar New Year, is commonly known as Spring Festival, New Year, New Year's Day, etc. It is also called the Chinese New Year and the Chinese New Year. The Spring Festival has a long history, which evolved from the worship of praying at the beginning of the year in ancient times. All things are based on heaven, and people are based on ancestors. Pray for the year of worship, worship the heaven and ancestors, and reverse the past. The origin of the Spring Festival contains profound cultural connotation, and carries a rich historical and cultural heritage in its inheritance and development. During the Spring Festival, various activities are held throughout the country to celebrate the Spring Festival, with strong local characteristics. These activities are mainly about removing the old and renovating the old, dispelling evil spirits and fighting disasters, worshipping gods and ancestors, and praying for good fortune. They are rich in forms and embody the essence of traditional Chinese culture.

The fifth day of the first lunar month, commonly known as the Breaking Five Festival, is one of the traditional Chinese festivals with a long history. It is named after Chinese folk custom that many taboos can be broken after this day. Because this day bears too many people's hopes and aspirations, there are many taboos on this day in ancient times, such as having to eat dumplings, not cooking with raw rice, and not allowing women to visit on this day. Yanjing Suishiji says that the fifth day of the first lunar month is called the 'breaking five' day. Within the 'breaking five' day, raw rice is not allowed to be cooked, and women are not allowed to go out. On the sixth day of the first lunar month, the royal concubines and eunuchs exchanged hats and Peis to congratulate each other. The newly married women also returned to peace on that day, and the merchants gradually opened up trade. The Qing Pi Banknote also said: "On the fifth day of the first lunar month, women are not allowed to go out.

The Lantern Festival, also known as the Shangyuan Festival, the Little First Moon, the New Year's Eve or the Lantern Festival, is held on the 15th day of the first lunar month every year.

The Bunching Festival is the 25th day of the first month of each year. It is said to be the birthday of Lord Cang. It is a Chinese folk festival that symbolizes the bumper harvest of grain in the New Year. The "Filling Festival" is also called the "Tiancang Festival" because of the homonym of "filling" and "heaven". There are two kinds of old tiancang and small tiancang in the folk. Small Tiancang is on the 20th day of the first lunar month, and old Tiancang is on the 25th day of the first lunar month, which is a traditional folk festival. Some say that Tiancang Festival is a day for sacrificing stars, while others say that it is a day for sacrificing land or grinding gods. Filling the barn means filling the barn.

Dragon Head Raising (February 2 in the lunar calendar), also known as Spring Ploughing Festival, Farming Festival, Green Dragon Festival, Spring Dragon Festival, etc., is a traditional Chinese folk festival. "Dragon" refers to the seven constellations of the oriental black dragon in the 28 constellations. At the beginning of the mid spring month (the Dou refers to the east) every year, "Dragon Horn Star" rises from the eastern horizon, so it is called "Dragon Head Up". The dragon raises its head at the beginning of the month of Mao in mid spring. The five elements of Mao belong to wood, and the divinatory symbol is "earthquake"; In the near trigrams, the dragon has left the latent state and has appeared on the earth's surface. It is an emerging elephant. In the farming culture, the "dragon rising" indicates that the sun is rising, the rain is increasing, and everything is full of vitality, so spring ploughing begins. Since ancient times, people have also regarded the Dragon Rising Day as a day to pray for favorable weather, exorcise evil spirits and disasters, and usher in good fortune.

The Flower Festival refers to the birthdays of China's hundred flowers. It is also called the "Flower Festival", "Hundred Flowers Birthday", "Flower God Birthday", and "Picking Vegetable Festival". It is a traditional festival of the Han nationality, popular in Northeast China, North China, East China, Central South China and other places. It is generally held on the second day of February, February 12, February 15, and February 25 of the lunar calendar. During the festival, people go to the countryside together to enjoy flowers, which is called "outing". Girls cut colorful paper and stick it on flowers, which is called "appreciating red".

Cold Food Festival, a traditional Chinese festival, is held 105 days after the summer solstice and one or two days before Tomb Sweeping Day. At the beginning of the day, fireworks are forbidden and only cold food is eaten. In the development of later generations, customs such as sweeping, outing, swing, cuju, drag hook, cock fighting and so on have been gradually added. The Cold Food Festival has lasted for more than 2000 years, and was once known as the largest folk memorial day in China. The Cold Food Festival is the only traditional festival of the Han nationality named after eating customs.

Qingming Festival, also known as the Spring Festival, Xingqing Festival, March Festival, Ancestor Worship Festival, is held at the turn of mid spring and late spring. The Tomb Sweeping Day is the most grand ancestor worship festival of the Chinese nation, which originated from the ancestors' beliefs and spring festival customs in ancient times. Qingming Festival has two connotations of nature and humanity. It is not only a natural solar term, but also a traditional festival. Tomb sweeping and ancestor worship and outing are the two major ritual themes of Qingming Festival. These two traditional ritual themes have been inherited in China since ancient times and have never stopped.

Mazu, the god of the sea in ancient Chinese mythology, also known as Tianfei, Tiantian, Goddess of Heaven, Niang Ma, etc., is a god worshipped by boatmen, sailors, tourists, businessmen and fishermen of all ages. Mazu, formerly known as Lin Mo, was born in Meizhou Island, Putian on March 23 of the lunar calendar in the first year of Song Jianlong (960), and died on the ninth day of September in the fourth year of Emperor Yongxi of Song Taizong (987) due to difficulties in rescuing the sea.