Spring Festival
Commonly known as "New Year". Setting off firecrackers means bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new. Eat dumplings in the morning, have a family dinner at noon, and have sweets in the evening. Don't quarrel or break dishes during the day. If you break the dishes, you should immediately say "Blessed year after year." It is a sign that everything will go well in the coming year and the whole family will be happy. When neighbors meet, they say auspicious words to each other. The younger generation kowtows to greet their elders, and the elders give out lucky money to their children.
From the second day to the fifth day of the lunar month, a married woman asks her parents’ family to give them a “New Year greeting.” Bring gift buns, gift strips (pork with ribs), and four kinds of fresh vegetables (to symbolize long-term friendship throughout the four seasons).
Lantern Festival
Also known as Shangyuan Festival and Lantern Festival. On the 15th day of the first lunar month, people watch lanterns on the night, and there are various folk entertainment activities on the 15th and 16th days of the first lunar month. At home, large steamed buns shaped like long worms, hedgehogs, pockets, and jujube mountains are steamed from white flour to symbolize a good harvest in the coming year.
February 2
Also known as the dragon raising its head. There is a folk taboo that "if you don't shave your head in the first month, your uncle will die if you shave your head." Therefore, people wait for this day to shave their heads for good luck. Every family spreads pancakes, pops popcorn, and stir-fries soybeans.
Ching Ming Festival
A mass event to visit ancestors’ graves. Burn paper on the tomb and hang white strips of paper to attract flags and raise spirits.
Dragon Boat Festival
Commonly known as the Dragon Boat Festival in May. Mugwort is placed on every door, children wear sachets, and colorful threads are tied around their necks, hands, and ankles. Before sunrise, wash your face with river water and eat rice dumplings.
Hungry Ghost Festival
Commonly known as the Ghost Festival, on July 15th, people fry fried buns and visit the graves of their ancestors.
Mid-Autumn Festival
It is August 15th. Bring mooncakes and fruits to meet new friends before the festival. In the evening, the whole family reunites to worship the moon. There is a custom that "men do not worship the moon and women do not worship the stove".
October 1st
Commonly known as Ghost Festival. Go to the grave and add soil to the grave. Every household eats steamed buns. As the saying goes, "October 1st, oil chirps."
Winter Solstice Festival
One of the twenty-four solar terms. Start counting nine from the winter solstice. Dumplings are eaten in every household. As the saying goes, if you don’t eat dumplings, your ears will fall off due to cold.
Laba Festival
Commonly known as Laba'er. There is a popular saying among the people, "After eating Laba rice, start celebrating the New Year." Laba porridge symbolizes a good harvest. Some people smear Laba porridge on trees and pray that big and small trees will have more knots in the coming year if they eat Laba porridge.
Sacrifice to the Stove
On the twenty-third day of the twelfth lunar month, every household displays stove candies and sends them to heaven, asking him to "say good things to heaven and keep peace in the lower realms." In order to ensure the safety of the family in the coming year. In the morning of the first day of the first lunar month, please go back to Zaoye, "Go on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, and come again on the first and fifth day of the new year."
New Year's Eve
The whole family reunites to stay up late, also known as "staying blessed" , the later you sleep, the more blessed you will be in the coming year
The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival, a traditional festival of the Han people in my country. The first lunar month is the first lunar month, and the ancients called the night "Xiao", and the 15th is the first full-moon night of the year, so the 15th day of the first lunar month is called the Lantern Festival. Also known as "Shangyuan Festival". According to Chinese folk tradition, at the beginning of the first Yuan Dynasty, when the earth returns to spring, the bright moon hangs high in the sky and thousands of colorful lanterns are lit on the ground. People watch lanterns, guess lantern riddles, eat Lantern Festival, and have family reunions in a happy mood.
Every year on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, at the end of the Spring Festival, the Lantern Festival, a traditional Chinese festival, is ushered in.
The Lantern Festival, also known as Xiaozhengyue, Lantern Festival or Lantern Festival, falls on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month every year. It is the first important festival after the Spring Festival. Qiantang Qu You's "Double-Headed Peony Lantern": "Every New Year's Eve, lanterns are displayed in Mingzhou for five nights. All the ladies and gentlemen in the city can see it."
The first month of the first lunar month is the first month of the lunar calendar. The ancients called night "Xiao", so the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is called the "Lantern Festival". The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the first full-moon night of the year, and it is also the night when the Yuan Dynasty begins and the earth returns to spring, so people celebrate this and celebrate the continuation of the New Year. The Lantern Festival is also known as the "Lantern Festival" or "Light Festival".
The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is called the Shangyuan Festival, also known as the Lantern Festival, which has a long history. The Shangyuan Festival is very rich in content. People can "make lanterns" at night, that is, put up lanterns, watch lanterns, light up lanterns and tigers, and also set off fireworks. The festival food during the Lantern Festival is Yuanxiao, which is sweet and delicious and is favored by everyone.