Chinese Festivals
Traditional Chinese festivals are colorful and rich in content. This is an important part of Chinese culture.
Traditional Festivals of China - most of the traditional festivals in China are based on the Chinese lunar calendar.
There are also three key national holiday periods in China, when a large part of the population is on the move – all travel bookings are extremely tight at these times, hotels generally increase their rates and flights and trains can be very crowded. The main, week-long holidays are: Chinese New Year in February; International Labour Day the first week of May, and to celebrate National Day the first week in October.
Chinese Festivals
Spring Festival
Time: January, 1st, according to the Chinese lunar calendar
Spring Festival is usually called as Yinlinian. This is the most important festival in China. When Spring Festival comes, spring comes as well. Everything comes to life and plants are prosperous. Just having experienced a cold winter, people are so excited to welcome a new spring. read more about Spring Festival
Lantern Festival
Time: The 15th of January according to the lunar Chinese calendar is Lantern Festival.
The night of 15th of January according to the lunar Chinese calendar is the first full-moon night in the New Year. People treat it as a symbol of New Year and celebrate on that day. read more about Lantern Festival
Qingming Festival
Time: The 28th of February according to the lunar Chinese calendar is Lantern Festival.
Qingming(Pure and Brightness) is one of the 24 solar terms in China. Because the 24 solar terms represent the climate changes in a year, peasants arrange their faming activities according to them. read more about Qingming Festival
Dragon Boat Festival
Time: May the 5th according to the lunar Chinese calendar is Lantern Festival.
The main activities held on Dragon boat Festival are as follows: daughters come back to their home, hanging the portrait of Zhongkui(a man who is good at catching ghosts), welcoming the ghost boat, hanging up the calamus and Chinese mugwort, dragon boat racing, competition in martial skills, swinging, drinking realgar wine or calamus wine, eating the wudu pie, salted eggs, zongzi(pyramid-shaped mass of glutinous rice wrapped in leaves) and fresh vegetables. read more about Dragon Boat Festival
Mid-autumn Festival
Time: August the 15th according to the lunar calendar
The festival is in the middle of autumn, people call it as Mid-autumn Festival. On the night of Mid-autumn Festival, looking at the bright full-moon, people stay far away from home miss their families very much. Mid-autumn Festival is a festival on which families should stay together. read more about Mid-autumn Festival
Doubel Nine Festival
Time: September the 9th according to the lunar calendar
Because number 6 was stipulated as a yin number and 9 as a yang number, so the day of September the 9th became Chongyang Festival.(In Chinese language, chong means double) or called as Chongjiu(double nine) Festival. Chinese think Chongyang Festival is a good day, and this festival has been celebrating long long ago. read more about Doubel Nine Festival
Festivals in China
Christmas in China
China is starting to adopt Christmas celebrations especially in major cities where Christmas festivities are becoming more popular year by year. read more about Christmas in China
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