1. New Year's Eve - December 30th of the lunar calendar (February 2nd of the Gregorian calendar). People often stay up all night on New Year's Eve, which is called "staying up late". On New Year's Eve, not only must the home and exterior be kept clean, but door gods, Spring couplets, New Year pictures, and door cages must be pasted, and people put on new clothes with festive colors and patterns. The poems describing New Year's Eve include:
New Year's Eve
Song Wen Tianxiang
The world is empty, and the years are gone;
The end of the road is stormy, and the border is poor. Full of snow and frost.
Life is about to end with the years, and the body is forgotten;
There is no more to kill Su Meng, and the night is still young.
2. Spring Festival - the first day of the first lunar month (February 3 in the Gregorian calendar). The Spring Festival customs generally include eating rice cakes, dumplings, glutinous rice balls, large meatballs, whole fish, wine, apples, peanuts, melon seeds, candies, fragrant tea and delicacies; it is also accompanied by dusting, washing bedding, preparing new year's goods, pasting Spring Festival couplets, Put up New Year pictures (the door god Zhong Kui), make dumplings with paper cuts, put up window grilles, put up blessing characters, light candles, light fires, set off firecrackers, give New Year money, pay New Year greetings, visit relatives, send New Year gifts, visit ancestral graves, visit the flower market, and have a party There are many other activities to enjoy as a family. The poems describing the Spring Festival include:
Yuan Day
Song Wang Anshi
The sound of firecrackers marks the end of the year, and the spring breeze brings warmth to Tusu,
< p>Thousands of households always exchange new peaches for old charms every day.3. Lantern Festival - the 15th day of the first lunar month (February 17th in the Gregorian calendar). The first lunar month is the first month of the lunar calendar, and the ancients called it "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 Xiaozhengyue, Lantern Festival or Lantern Festival, it is the first important festival after the Spring Festival. China has a vast territory and a long history, so the customs of the Lantern Festival are different across the country. Among them, eating Yuanxiao, admiring lanterns, dragon dancing, and lion dancing are some of the important folk customs of the Lantern Festival. The poems describing the Lantern Festival include:
Lantern Festival
Ouyang Xiu of the Song Dynasty
On the Lantern Festival last year, the lights in the flower market were as bright as day.
The moon reaches the top of the willow trees, and people meet after dusk.
On the Lantern Festival this year, the moon and lights are still the same.
I can’t see the person from last year, and the sleeves of my spring shirt are wet with tears.
4. Qingming Festival - the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar (April 5th of the Gregorian calendar). The customs of Qingming Festival are rich and interesting. In addition to banning fires and sweeping tombs, there are also a series of customary sports activities such as outing, swinging, kicking Cuju, playing polo, and planting willows. The poems describing the Qingming Festival include:
Qingming
Du Mu of the Tang Dynasty
It rains heavily during the Qingming Festival, and pedestrians on the road feel like they are dying.
Ask where the restaurant is, the shepherd boy points to Xinghua Village.
5. Dragon Boat Festival - the fifth day of the fifth lunar month (June 6th in the Gregorian calendar). The activities of this day have gradually evolved into eating rice dumplings, racing dragon boats, hanging calamus, wormwood, mugwort leaves, atractylodes, and angelica, drinking realgar wine, tying baisuozi, making incense coins, pasting five poisons, pasting talismans, putting yellow smoke seeds, Eat twelve reds. The poems describing the Dragon Boat Festival include:
Dragon Boat Festival
Tang Wenxiu
Who said the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival? It has been rumored for ages that it is Qu Yuan;
It is laughable that the Chu River is empty and indistinct, but it cannot wash away the injustice of the direct ministers.