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Boasting rich cultural meaning and a long history, traditional Chinese festivals compose an important and brilliant part of Chinese culture.
The traditional Chinese festivals and their cultures are not formed in a short period but through thousands years of selection and are an integral part of the long historical culture of the Chinese nation. The formation of the traditional festivals is a long process of deposition and condensation of the history and culture of a nation.
Most traditional festivals took shape during the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC), the first unified and power-centralized dynasty of China. By the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220), China had experienced a great development period and major traditional festivals were fixed. In the most prosperous Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907), traditional festivals liberated themselves from primitive sacrifice, taboo and mystery and became more entertaining. From then on, festive occasions turned more brisk and exciting and more and more folk customs were developed. Some festivals and customs we still follow today, but others disappeared into the mists of time.
Festival customs passed down to today still show signs of ethnic group struggles. Festival activities always reflect primitive sacrifice, superstitious taboo and earthly life, people's spirit and religious influence. Sometimes historical figures become the focus of a festival, showing people's commemoration for them and endowing some historical sense to it.
traditional Chinese festivals were often connected with ancient astronomy, calendars and mathematics. Jieqi, or the 24 seasonal division points, is a key factor in forming traditional festivals. According to the traditional Chinese calendar, a year is divided into 24 points, which can accurately show seasonal changes and acts as a basic guidance system for agricultural production. The 24 seasonal division points came into being in the Warring States Period (475 BC-221 BC).
The following introduces the representative traditional festivals such as the Spring Festival, the Lantern Festival, the Qingming (Pure Brightness) Festival, the Duanwu (Dragon Boat) Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival and the Chongyang (Double Ninth) Festival.
1.Spring Festival 春节
2.Lantern festival 元宵节
3.Qing ming festival ;tomb-sweeping festival 清明节
4.Duanwu (Dragon Boat) Festival 端午节
5.Mid-autumn Festival 中秋节
6.Chongyang (Double-ninth) day 重阳节
