What festivals are there in August?

1, August 12, Mid-Autumn Festival in 2022. Folklore is called July 30th, July 14th, ancestor worship festival, and Buddhism is called Arahara Festival. Festival customs mainly include ancestor worship, setting off river lanterns, burning paper ingots, and offering sacrifices to the ground. This festival is a traditional cultural festival to remember the ancestors, and its cultural core is to respect the ancestors and do filial piety.

2. On August 4th, 2022, Valentine's Day in China, also known as Qiaoqi Festival, Qijie Festival, Daughter's Day, Qiaoqi Festival, Chinese Valentine's Day, Niuniu Festival and Qiaoxi Festival, is a traditional folk festival in China. It is the traditional custom of Qixi to worship the seven sisters, pray, seek skillful art, sit and watch morning glory and weave stars, pray for marriage and store water on Qixi.

August 7, 2022 is the beginning of autumn.

The solar term in beginning of autumn in 2022 is August 7th, 2022 in Gregorian calendar. Beginning of autumn is the 13 solar term among the 24 solar terms in the lunar calendar, and it is also the first solar term in autumn, marking the official start of the Qiu Meng season. Beginning of autumn means precipitation, humidity, etc. At the turning point of the year, it tends to decline or decrease; In nature, everything begins to grow from lush to mature.

In ancient times, the direction of bucket handle determined the alternation of seasons, and the Big Dipper rotated in a circular way, which was closely related to the change of seasons. When the Big Dipper bucket handle points southwest, it is the solar term of beginning of autumn. Beginning of autumn is the turning point when the Yang gradually closes, the Yin gradually grows, and the Yang gradually gets cloudy. The twenty-four solar terms reflect the change of "Qi" in the four seasons, and the change of Qi is related to the change of natural rhythm.