Introduction: What are the festivals in August 2021? The first holiday in August is Army Day. On August 1 every year, there will be a military parade when the anniversary comes. In addition, the lunar festivals Qixi Festival and Hungry Ghost Festival also often occur in August. Next, come with me to take a look at the complete list of festivals in August 2021 (traditional, legal, international, 24 solar terms).
Army Day: August 1, 2021 in the Gregorian calendar, June 23 in the lunar calendar
Torch Festival: August 2, 2021 in the Gregorian calendar , the 24th day of June in the lunar calendar
Men's Day: August 3, 2021 in the Gregorian calendar, the 25th day of the sixth lunar month
The Beginning of Autumn: August 7, 2021 in the Gregorian calendar , the 29th day of the sixth lunar month
The death date of Master Lianchi, the eighth ancestor of the Jingzong: August 9, 2021, the second day of the seventh lunar month
International Youth Day, Central Conference Day: August 12, 2021 in the Gregorian calendar, the fifth day of the seventh lunar month
Chinese Valentine’s Day, Green Valentine’s Day, Moral Festival: August 14, 2021 in the Gregorian calendar, the seventh day of the seventh lunar month
Commemoration of the Victory of the Anti-Japanese War: August 15, 2021, the eighth day of the seventh lunar month
The death day of Master Jieliu, the tenth ancestor of Jingzong: August 16, 2021, the ninth day of the seventh lunar month
Sinister Day: August 17, 2021 in the Gregorian calendar, the 10th day of the seventh lunar month
Chinese Physician’s Day, Changzhen Tan’s Birthday: August 19, 2021, the seventh day of the lunar calendar The twelfth day of the lunar month
Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva’s Christmas: August 20, 2021 in the Gregorian calendar, the 13th day of the seventh lunar month
Ghost Festival and Buddha’s Happy Day: August 2021 in the Gregorian calendar 22nd, the 15th day of the seventh lunar month
Summer solar term: August 23, 2021, the 16th day of the seventh lunar month
National Lawyer Consultation The passing day of Master Chengyuan, the third ancestor of Jingzong: August 26, 2021, the 19th day of the seventh lunar month
The Christmas Day of Master Pu’an: August 28, 2021, the 20th day of the seventh lunar month No. 1
The Birthday of the God of Blessing and Wealth: August 29, 2021, the 22nd day of the seventh lunar month
Nagarjuna’s Christmas: August 31, 2021, the lunar calendar July 24
Introduction to Army Day
On April 12 and July 15, 1927, Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Jingwei launched the "Qing Revolution" in Nanjing and Wuhan respectively "After the action, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held a provisional Politburo meeting in Hankou and decided to use the National Revolutionary Army under the control and influence of the Communist Party to hold an armed uprising in Nanchang, and appointed Zhou Enlai as the secretary of the Committee for Former Enemies, the leading organ of the uprising.
On July 27, 1927, Zhou Enlai held an important meeting in Nanchang attended by Zhu De, Liu Bocheng, Yun Daiying, Peng Pai, Ye Ting, Nie Rongzhen and the leaders of Jiangxi party organizations, and established a group with Liu Bocheng as the head of staff. , Zhou Enlai, Ye Ting, and He Long were members of the staff committee. There is a general headquarters of the rebel army, with He Long as the commander-in-chief and Ye Ting as the former enemy commander-in-chief.
At 2 a.m. on August 1, 1927, various rebel armies commanded by Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, He Long, Ye Ting, Liu Bocheng and others launched an attack on the Kuomintang troops stationed in Nanchang. After more than four hours of fierce fighting, Occupied Nanchang City. On the morning of the same day, a joint meeting of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, representatives of provinces, autonomous regions, special cities, and overseas party departments was held in Nanchang, where the "Declaration of Central Committee Members" was adopted and 25 members including Soong Ching Ling, Zhou Enlai, He Long, Ye Ting, and Zhu De were established. The Revolutionary Committee of the Communist Party of China, formed by the Communist Party of China, adopted the "August 1st Uprising Declaration" and other documents.
"Declaration of Central Committee Members" published in Nanchang Republic Daily
The Nanchang Uprising was an uprising of overall significance directly led by the Communist Party of China. An armed insurrection. It fired the first shot in armed resistance against the Kuomintang reactionaries, declared the Chinese Communist Party's firm position to carry the Chinese revolution to the end, and marked the beginning of the Chinese Communist Party's independent creation of a revolutionary army and leadership of the revolutionary war. From then on, August 1 became the Army Day of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army and later the Chinese People’s Liberation Army.
Introduction to the Qixi Festival
The Qixi Festival is also known as the Qiqiao Festival. This festival originated in the Han Dynasty. Ge Hong’s "Xijing Miscellaneous Notes" of the Eastern Jin Dynasty states that "Han colorful girls often wear clothes on July 7th." "The seven-hole needle is in the Kaijin Tower and everyone is accustomed to it." This is the earliest record of begging for skill that we have seen in ancient documents. In later poems of the Tang and Song Dynasties, women's begging for skill was also frequently mentioned. Wang Jianyou of the Tang Dynasty said in a poem that "the stars in the dim sky are adorned with pearls, and the palace ladies are busy begging for skill on the Chinese Valentine's Day". According to "The Legacy of Kaiyuan Tianbao", Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty and his concubines had a night banquet in the Qing Palace every Chinese Valentine's Day, and the maids begged for tricks. This custom also endured among the people and continued from generation to generation.
During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Qixi Festival begging for skillful things was quite grand. There was also a market specializing in begging for skillful items in the capital, which was known as the Qiqiao Market. Song Luoye and Jin Yingzhi's "Drunkard's Talk" says: "On the Chinese Valentine's Day, people buy and sell begging items in front of Panlou. From July 1st, the carriages and horses choked, and three days before the Chinese Valentine's Day, the carriages and horses could not pass, and they were choked one after another. , can no longer be found, and will disperse at night." Here, from the grand occasion of purchasing begging items in the Qiqiao Market, we can infer the lively scene of the Qixi Qiqiao Festival at that time. People start buying begging items since the first day of July. The market is bustling with traffic and people. As the Chinese Valentine's Day approaches, the market has become a sea of ??people, making it difficult for cars and horses to move. Looking at the customs, it seems to be no less beautiful. The Spring Festival, the most grand festival, shows that the Qiqiao Festival is one of the favorite festivals of the ancients.
Every year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the Chinese Valentine's Day, also known as the Qiqiao Festival, this legend is closely related to the myths and legends of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.
The Chinese Valentine's Day has always been connected with the legend of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. This is a very beautiful love story that has been passed down through the ages and has become one of the four major folk love legends in my country.