• April 5th • At the jie qi known as qing ming, solar longitude 15 degrees, 104 days after winter solstice (around April 5) • Visit, clean, and make offerings at ancestral grave sites, spring outing.
春节
春节习俗
扫尘 贴春联 年画 守岁 爆竹 年夜饭 拜年
Lantern Festival 元宵节 (yuánxiāojié)/小年
• 15th day of 1st lunar month • Lantern parade and lion dance celebrating the first full moon. • Eating tangyuan. This day is also the last day of new year celebration.
扫尘cleaning
备年货
spring festival shopping
对联 couplet
鞭炮firework
Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)新年(xīnnián)
• 农历新年, 春節, 春节,大年初一 • 1st day of 1st lunar month • More fireworks after midnight, visit family members. • Do not do any cleaning, otherwise it means you’ll be busy and tired all the coming year. • Take showers after 12 o’clock at night.
Festivals
Chinese New Year Eve除夕(chúxī)，大年夜 • Last day of lunar year • Clean the house, wear the new dressing, put up new posters of "door gods" on front doors, set off fireworks after the family reunion dinner, which should be at least a 10 course meal with a whole fish entré e symbolizing the abundance of the coming year. (The fish entré e should not be consumed completely because the leftover symbolizes the abundance)
• Chinese Valentine's Day
七夕节相关的诗词 【古诗十九首】之一 （汉）乐府诗
迢迢牵牛星，皎皎河汉女。
纤纤摸素手，札札弄机杼。 终日不成章，泣涕零如雨。 河汉清且浅，相去复几许。 盈盈一水间，脉脉不得语。
【鹊桥仙】
（宋）秦观
纤云弄巧，飞星传恨， 银汉迢迢暗渡。 金风玉露一相逢， 便胜却人间无数。 柔情似水，佳期如梦， 忍顾鹊桥归路。 两情若是久长时， 又岂在朝朝暮暮！
Traditional Chinese holidays
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• The Traditional Chinese holidays have been part of Chinese tradition for thousands of years; they are an essential part of Chinese culture. • Many holidays are associated with Chinese mythology and folklore tales, but more realistically, they probably originated from ancient farmer rituals for celebrating harvests or prayer offerings.
Dragon Boat Festival (duānwǔjié)/端午节
• 5th day of 5th lunar month • Dragon boat race, eat dumplings wrapped in lotus leaves Zongzi. This festival commemorates纪念 the ancient poet Qu Yuan.
tangyuan
Eat tangyuan and make fireworks
People can make all sorts of landances
Dragon and lion dances
Qing Ming Jie (Tomb Sweeping Day) (qīngmíngjié)/清明节
• 8th day of 12th lunar month • This is the day the Buddha attained enlightenment. People usually eat Laba congee, which is made of mixed grains and fruits.
• 21th or 22th of December • Have Tangyuan and Jiaozi and perform ancestor worship, Feast day, family gatherings, also named "Chinese Thanksgiving.
Laba Festival 腊八节(làbājié)
Magpie Festival The Night of Sevens
• 七夕(qīxī) • 7th day of 7th lunar month • According to legend, the goddess "Zhi Nü " (the star Vega) fell in love with the farmer boy "Niu Lang" (the star Altair), but was disapproved by the her mother goddess. As punishment, they were separated by the Milky Way and could only meet once a year on this night.
• The most important Chinese holiday is the Chinese New Year (Spring Festival), which is also celebrated in Korea, Vietnam, and other Asian countries. • All traditional holidays are scheduled according to the Chinese calendar (except the Qing Ming and Winter Solstice days, falling on the respective Jie qi in the Agricultural calendar).
• 9th day of 9th lunar month • Autumn outing and mountain climbing, some Chinese also visit the graves of their ancestors to show their respects.
Winter Solstice Festival 冬至(dōngzhì)
• There are also many taboos concerning what brings luck and what doesn't.
Here are some:
• Do not say any unlucky words related to death or bad fortune; • If you drop or break anything you should say “岁岁 平安 /大吉大利 • Do not cry, which means you will cry for the whole year; • Do not borrow money, which implies insufficiency, etc. • Each year, there are different lucky directions and positions in the house, and different measures should be taken in those places. <There are countless beliefs ruling what you should and should not do, and the ones listed here are only a few.>
• A i H a o is a kind of spe cia l fe lon he rb ,the le a ve s of w hich a re be lie ve d by our C hine se pe ople to ha ve m a gic pow e r of prote cting us from da nge rous or e vil things . U sua lly pe ople ha ng it ove r the door.
Mid-Autumn Festival (zhōngqiūjié)/中秋节
• 15th day of 8th lunar month • Eat mooncake, family union meal, related to the legend of Chang E.