Festivals of China

China's many ethnic groups and a rich cultural heritage of all traditional festivals, is a country with perhaps the most popular Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid Autumn Festival.

Spring Festival

Spring Festival, the most important Chinese Lunar New Year, which takes place in late January or early February is known as the traditional festival. For this reason early historital
In cold weather this year that it "autumn and winter harvest torage" and "spring plowing and surnmer weeding" is the time between. In other words, wear it after a year's time for rest and relaxation, as well as celebrate.

Spring Festival to be cold months than practical reasons, a Chinese folklore offers another explanation. According to Chinese legend, is said to suffer a daemon nian people once a year during the winter. Nian discuss how to handle people gathered. Some people suggested that the Devil had to red fire and loud noises. So they kept their door red coiplets, set off firecrackers and beating drums and gongs
Nian drive away. Nian and fled his ideas worked. Thus, practices celebrate the Spring Festival was born and died.

During the month of January or February, Chinese families in their homes clean, off firecrackers, door post pictures of God and established couples on their doorstep. On the eve of Spring Festival, one to pray for prosperity and peace in the years ahead to stay late or all of the custom is locked. Has entered the new year at midnight. A get-together usually every Chinese family to dinner is a must. The most popular foods for the benefit of both rich and poor, Jiaozi or dumplings that are supposed to bring luck. On the first day of new year, everybady new clothes and welcome family and friends with bows and gongxi (Congratulations wear), wishing each other the best in the new year.
Spring Festival is a holiday in recent years. Many people usually for free family dinners, traveling, attending movies or music or just to see if the day
Holiday special television programs.

Lantern festival

Fifteenth day of the first lunar month in China, where various types of lanterns are exhibited in a traditional festival impotant. Lanerns in different sizes and colors. The paper, gauze, silk or plastic as fish, seeds, horses, rabbits, roses, lotus flowers, or even the gods are made. Each year a theme lantern exhibition will take as an animal, animal is designated by the Chinese lunar calendar year. For examle, in the year of Dragon dragon-themed lanterns are seen everywhere. Lantern exhibition is an exercise in history persisted. In recent years an increase in living standards across the country led to various beautiful lantern exhibitions.

Such opportunities present with colorful and bright moon picture perfect shots are down on hundreds of colored lanterns. Lantern Festival lantern exhibitions including, in addition to plays, firework displays, acrobatics and dance. And traditional Chinese dances are always: Dragon Dance, Lion Dance, dance, and Kamal boat dance.

Traditionally, the Lantern Festival each family yuanxiao night eats. Yuanxiao, family unity, a symbol of love and happiness, a glutinous rice flour filled with sweet dough
As sugar and bean paste stuffing. Therefore, the Lantern Festival is also called Yuanxiao Festival. yuanxiao Besides, the people for a better Spring Festival celebration marks the end of dinner.

Dragon Boat Festival

Dragnet Boat Festival or Duanwu Festival, falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. The one day festival widely commernorate Qu Yuan, China's largest writer is accepted as
Warring States Period (475B.C. - 221 BC). People for their efforts to make the honor Qu Yuan Chu strong and prosperous state and its commitment to such ideals. But the status quo and eventually committed suicide by drowning himself in the river with Miluo disappointed. Qu Yuan's death day, threw people from all over, the sailing boats on the river
atteinpt his remains, which were supposed to find has led to the down side, can never be. But people never give them hope. Every year at this time, sailing for a quick stroke, he first wanted to find him. As a result, - Racing Green very popular in many southern and eastern cities along the river has become. Festival days, both a drum and set the speed for each hour on the boat with one decorated as a dragon.
Sometimes friends to work with foreign power and skill with the Chinese rowing team will compete. As part of the festival, people throw rice Bambo filled tubes in the river as a sacrifice. During Duanwu Festival, also common zongzi eat, exercise leaves a rice pudding is packed with. Reed leaf gives food a special flavor.

Commoration poet Qu Yuan by Duanwu Festival and the man who has made significant contributions to his country as his popularity shows. In l957 was selected by Qu Yuan One of the four cultural figures to be remembered as the World Peace Council in the world.


Mid-Autumn Festival

Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, the eighth lunar month, mid autumn, and mid-fifteenth of the month. The night
Moon to the lighter and more comprehensive than any other night is considered. In China, a full moon family reunion, which the day "Reunion Day is known as" the symbolic.

In ancient China, the moon is a symbol of brightness, purity and goodness as was believed by scientists. Past poets wrote odes to the moon several beautiful. Not only the moon was an inspiration to writers, but also was a source of many myths and legends.

The most popular myth a Chang E, who flew to the moon and flowers around the moon with treesand lived around the Palace had a story about a woman named. It is believed that he and tranquility on the moon with a happy holiday. But from time to time, he lacks the worldly life.

During the festival, people or lotus seed moon cake powdered sugar and wheat as the stuffing is made from sweet eat. Festival for families to get together to eat moon cakes to burn incense and fruit is a time to stop. Tranditionally family cake is cut into pieces equal to the number of people. View Mid-Autumn Moon Festival is an important part of the ceremony. At night, people stay out and admire the beauty of full moon, eat moon cakes. Deceived by the stability and peace, some classic songs to start peonle and recite familiar verses. During the festival is rich in the tradition of
The festival somthins abstract harmony and happiness in family life that is understandable by all.