What traditional festivals are suspected in China? What about their customs?
March 3rd is a traditional festival for many ethnic groups in China, which falls on the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar. In ancient times, it was called Shangsi Festival, which was a festival to commemorate the Yellow Emperor. According to legend, March 3rd is the birthday of the Yellow Emperor. China has had "On February 2nd, the dragon looked up; I was born in Xuanyuan on March 3rd. After the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Shangsi Festival was changed to March 3, which was followed by later generations, thus becoming a festival for drinking and spring outing at the water's edge in the suburbs. The third day of the third lunar month is also the birthday of the Taoist immortal Zhenwu Emperor. Zhenwu Emperor's full name is "Beizhen Naive Takeda Xuan Emperor", also known as Tian Xuan God, Xuanwu, Zhenwu Zhenjun. Born in the ancient Xuanyuan era, on the third day of the third lunar month. Many experts suggested that "China Christmas" should be held on March 3rd and the fourth day of Emperor Xuanyuan's birthday to enhance national cohesion. [ 1]?
March 3rd is also a traditional festival of Zhuang nationality. Zhuang people call it "lying on the slope" or "lying on the slope". The original intention is to sing in the field outside the cave, so it is also called "Gewei Festival". It is also called "Song Xianhui" because it is also to commemorate Sanjie Liu.
The Cold Food Festival, also known as "No-smoking Festival", "Cold Food Festival" and "Hundred Five Days Festival", is one hundred and five days after the summer calendar and one or two days before Tomb-Sweeping Day. When the first day of the day is a holiday, smoking is forbidden and only cold food is eaten. In the development of later generations, the customs of sweeping, climbing, swinging, cuju, crochet and cockfighting were gradually increased. The Cold Food Festival lasted for more than 2,000 years and was once called the largest folk festival. Cold Food Festival is the only traditional festival of Han nationality named after food customs. Later, because cold food was close to Qingming, people combined cold food with Qingming before crossing Tomb-Sweeping Day.
June 6th, also a festival of Buddhist temples, is called Zhuanjing Festival. Legend has it that when Tang Xuanzang returned from the Western Heaven, he accidentally dropped the scriptures into the sea and picked them up and dried them to preserve them. Therefore, Buddhist temples searched the scriptures hidden in the exposed temples on this day. In ancient Suzhou, some women who believed in Buddhism went to the temple to recite Buddhist scriptures on this day every year, saying that they had done it ten times and could become men in their next life. The Journey to the West is the evidence, but the legend should have been written before The Journey to the West.
? Some scholars have verified that the earliest June 6th was called Sunlight (pronounced "situation"), which means giving alms. This festival originated in the Song Dynasty. Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng was an emperor who was very superstitious about immortals. On June 6th, one year, he claimed that God had given him a gobbledygook, so that everyone in the world would believe his nonsense, so he set this day as the sun. He also built a magnificent temple at Dai Temple at the foot of Mount Tai, called the Tiangong. However, this festival is not far away after all, and it has gradually disappeared. Instead, it is "sunbathing". Down-to-earth people, taking advantage of the sunny day, bask in clothes and bedding, bask in books and calligraphy; Some places even bathe domestic cats and dogs, which is called "June 6th, cats and dogs take a bath together".
Every year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, Chinese Valentine's Day, a traditional festival of the Han nationality, is also called Begging for Cleverness Day among the people, which is the day when the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet at the Queqiao Bridge.
? On that day, there were activities such as piercing needles, loving spiders, throwing needles and finding children, offering sacrifices to "grinding and drinking music" and worshipping Weaver Maid and Kuixing. Dry books, clothes, celebrate the birthday of cows and eat appropriate fruits.
The Summer Solstice Festival is one of the earliest 24 festivals in the history of China, and it is also a traditional folk festival. At that time, the temperature rose, the crops grew vigorously, and intertillage was urgently needed to weed. There were three days off in ancient times. New wheat has appeared from summer to day, so eating noodles from summer to day also means tasting new things. In the south, wonton is eaten every summer solstice. In the Qing Dynasty, summer solstice was very popular, and people had to eat pasta to show their respect for God. This shows that it is a custom for northerners to eat noodles and southerners to eat wonton on the day of summer solstice. Therefore, there is a folk saying that "winter solstice wonton, summer solstice noodles".
The Winter Solstice Festival is an important solar term in the China lunar calendar and a traditional festival of the Chinese nation.
? The winter solstice is commonly known as "Winter Festival", "Dragon Solstice Festival" and "Asian New Year Festival". In northern China, there is a custom of eating jiaozi on the solstice in winter. As the saying goes, "When winter solstice comes, eat jiaozi." In the south, we eat jiaozi, but there are exceptions. For example, Tengzhou, Qufu, Zoucheng, Linyi and other places in Shandong Province, the custom of winter solstice is called Jiujiu, and the custom of drinking mutton soup on the same day is popular, which means driving away the cold. Dietary customs vary from place to place, but eating jiaozi is the most common.
Laba Festival, commonly known as Laba, is the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. The ancients had a tradition of offering sacrifices to ancestors and gods and praying for good harvest and good luck. In some areas, they have the custom of drinking Laba porridge. According to legend, this day is also the day when Buddha Sakyamuni became a monk and became a Taoist. It is called "Magic Weapon Festival" and is one of the grand festivals in Buddhism.
Although these festivals have not been completely forgotten, they are gradually fading out of people's lives.