In recent years, many foreign friends have taken a keen interest in traditional festivals in China, and they have followed our holiday customs. For example, learn from jiaozi in the Spring Festival, eat zongzi in the Dragon Boat Festival and eat moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival. Today, Xiao U will talk with you about the origin of these traditional festivals in China that fascinate foreigners.
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The ancients usually wrote emotional poems in the scenery. Therefore, in the special traditional festival atmosphere, they are more "poetic" and wrote many poems that have been passed down through the ages. The challenge of "reading ancient poems and guessing festivals" officially begins!
The roar of firecrackers, the old year has passed; The warm spring breeze ushered in the New Year, and people happily drank the newly brewed Tu Su wine. The sound of firecrackers happily sent away the old year; Spring breeze warms the wine to welcome the new year.
This poem is taken from the great writer Wang Anshi's January Day. I believe some students will think that they are talking about New Year's Day, but the word "yuan" in the title means the beginning, and "day" means the morning. So "January Day" refers to the Lunar New Year in China, that is, the first day of the first lunar month. Because the first day of the first lunar month is usually around the solar terms in beginning of spring, people in China call it Spring Festival.
02 "Jade Case Yuan Xi"
Looking for her in the crowd, suddenly looking back, the man was in the dim light. But I searched for her again and again in the crowd in vain. When I suddenly turned my head, I found her in a dimly lit place.
This poem is taken from the poem "Jade Box Yuan Xi" by the poet Xin Qiji, which refers to the traditional festival "Lantern Festival" in China. On the night of Yuan Dynasty, when the city was full of lights, the owner just looked for women through scattered lights. In ancient times, the Lantern Festival was also called "Shangyuan Festival", "Yuanxi Festival" or "Lantern Festival", and the time was on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. The fifteenth day of the first month is also the first full moon night of the year. According to the folk tradition in China, on this bright moonlit night, people light thousands of lanterns to celebrate.
03 Qingming Festival
Mourning day, drizzle like tears; Pedestrians on the road want to die. Mourning day, drizzle like tears; The mourners' hearts will be broken on the way.
This poem is taken from the poem Qingming by the poet Du Mu. Qingming is the fifth of the 24 solar terms, and it is usually considered as a fresh and sunny day on the public day from April 4 to 6. Tomb-Sweeping Day, as a solar term, began in the Zhou Dynasty with a history of more than 2,500 years, but as a commemorative festival, it was formed in the Tang Dynasty, also known as "Tomb-Sweeping Day" and "Ghost Festival".
04 "Send clothes at noon"
The fragrant silk is spun into fine kudzu vine, and the soft wind blows as white as new snow. Fine linen, so soft that the breeze can enter; Fragrant tulle, as light as cascading snowflakes.
This poem is taken from Du Fu's Giving Clothes at Noon. "Duan" means beginning and beginning in Chinese. Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanyang Festival, Duanyi Festival, Chongwu Festival and Acorus Festival, falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month every year. This festival has a history of more than two thousand years. The Dragon Boat Festival was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage by the State Council in May 2006, became a national statutory holiday in 2008 and became the first World Intangible Cultural Heritage Festival in China in 2009.
05 "Water Regulation"
When did the moon begin to appear? Ask heaven for wine. How long will the full moon appear? Holding a glass, I asked the sky.