First, traditional festivals of the lunar calendar
Spring Festival The first day of the first lunar month is the Spring Festival. The Spring Festival is a traditional festival for the people of China. From the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, people have been busy with grinding flour, making tofu, steaming rice cakes, killing pigs, chickens and sheep, going to the market to buy new year's goods and clothes, sweeping houses, pasting couplets, frying fish, fried meatballs, fried lotus root boxes and making dumplings from the 29th to 3th day of the twelfth lunar month. Just after dark on New Year's Eve, every family began to light a "lighting hall" in front of the door. The owner picked up the hay (cereal grass) that had already been prepared and tied it in piles. After lighting it, some took a bunch of torches and lit it all over every room and every corner of the yard, and finally piled it on the fire at the gate. Which way did the hay fall to, meaning which side would be lucky and rich in the coming year. It is one of the most important customs to eat New Year's dinner and keep the old age. Making dumplings, eating dumplings, inviting family and setting off firecrackers are the main contents of New Year's Eve. Since CCTV held the Spring Festival Gala, watching the Spring Festival Gala has become the main activity on New Year's Eve. At midnight, as the TV station chimed at : , jiaozi was cooked and firecrackers were set off. The cooked jiaozi should be offered to ancestors first, and then the whole family would eat it around the table. At this time, the sound of firecrackers is one after another, and it is just like "the sound of firecrackers is divided by one year." Happy New Year is the climax of Spring Festival activities. Early in the morning, people in the city begin to pay New Year greetings. When people in the city pay New Year greetings, acquaintances meet and shake hands with each other to congratulate them and say some auspicious words like "Happy New Year". In rural areas, you should worship your own elders first, and then your own elders. In some places, you should kowtow to the ancestors and the living elders when visiting the New Year. The first day of the Spring Festival is the most taboo. Married girls can't go back to their parents' homes on the first day, thinking that going back to their parents' homes will eat them poor. You can't eat noodles in the first day of school. It is said that eating noodles for a year is in constant trouble. You can't break things, you can't move a needle and thread, you can't sweep the floor, and illegal activities are all "breaking money". Also avoid empty pot, pot must put some jiaozi, steamed bread and so on, if empty pot means starvation. On the second day and the fourth day, the married daughters returned to their parents' homes with their husbands. People take their husbands back to their parents' homes to visit their families on the second day of the Lunar New Year, which is called "returning to the door". When a daughter returns to her parents' home, she should bring even gifts, usually live chickens and live fish, to symbolize "fish every year" and "good luck". The bride's family will host a banquet to entertain her son-in-law. The son-in-law is a distinguished guest of her parents' family on this day. When eating and drinking, she should sit on the seat, and her parents should invite relatives and friends to accompany her son-in-law. The fifth day of the first month is commonly known as the fifth day. It is said that many taboos can be broken after this day. Eat jiaozi according to the old habit. On this day, every family will take care of jiaozi, calling for "breaking five" to make up for the "breaking" of "breaking five". The whole family drinks and has a reunion dinner, talks about the age, and avoids saying unlucky things; Children set off fireworks and firecrackers, symbolizing "collapse" and welcoming the lucky stars. According to the old custom, women are not allowed to use knives and needles or raw rice and raw vegetables before the fifth day. All the meals they ate before the fifth day were cooked years ago, so they can be heated when eating. Lantern Festival The fifteenth day of the first month is the Lantern Festival, and the main activities are lighting and watching lanterns, so it is also called Lantern Festival. In the old days, ordinary people used to make lanterns of the zodiac with flour, which were meticulous in workmanship and vivid in image. It means eliminating diseases and disasters and prospering people. In the evening of Lantern Festival, in the old days, farmers used sweet potatoes, radishes and cabbage bumps as lamp holders to plug in wicks, hollowed out and filled in soybean oil, lit wicks and placed them on both sides of doors, incense stands, in front of kitchen stoves, on stone mills, poultry pens, cattle, horses and sheep sheds, trees, toilets and other places. After entering the 199s, they basically switched to candles. The newly married daughter-in-law has to go back to her mother's house for the fifteenth. Legend has it that it will take three years to get to her husband's house for the fifteenth, or her father-in-law will die. Carrying out recreational activities is an important part of the Lantern Festival. There are various forms of dressing up, such as drums, lion dance, dragon lantern dance, stilts, dry boat, Hua Gun, yangko, drum-beating, donkey-driving, and skin-fighting.
On the Lantern Festival, urban residents have the custom of eating Yuanxiao, but dumplings are still the most common in rural areas. On the night of Lantern Festival, urban and rural residents first went to Huanxiu Park to watch the fireworks show held in Pingyin No.4 Middle School, and second went to the square to watch the lantern show.
February 2nd, the second day of the lunar calendar, is said to be the day when dragons raise their heads. On this day, every household has the custom of frying "scorpion claws" (cooking beans, that is, frying soybeans). It is said that eating "scorpion claws" can keep you from being stung by scorpions and attacked by five poisons for a year. People also use plant ash to meander outside the gate and scatter it into the courtyard, calling it "to lure the dragon home" so that all insects can't move. Others use plant ash to spread it into a hoard shape in their own courtyard, and sprinkle food for a bumper harvest. 15 days after the winter solstice in Tomb-Sweeping Day is cold food, and 15 days after the vernal equinox is Qingming. In the old days, cold food cut off the fire, and people often begged for new fire with wicker. Qingming Festival is a day to sweep graves and worship ancestors, which is also called "Ghost Festival" among the people, and it is always called "Three Ghosts Festival" with July 15th and October 1st. Cold food and Qingming were originally two festivals, but most people combined them into one. It is generally called Qingming Festival, and a few places call it Cold Food Festival, but the festival is on Qingming Day. Every household in Tomb-Sweeping Day boiled eggs this morning, and it is said that they ate "Enigmatic" with egg eyes. In fact, Tomb-Sweeping Day was promoted by Jie Zi, the minister of Jin in the Spring and Autumn Period. He died in a willow cave in the mountain. In order to prevent others from finding him, the people planted willows all over the mountain to disturb him. Since then, people have planted wickers on both sides of their homes to commemorate meson push, which has been a custom ever since. Dragon Boat Festival The fifth day of the fifth lunar month is the Dragon Boat Festival. The most common saying is to commemorate Qu Yuan, a great poet in the Warring States Period. On this day, almost all households eat eggs and zongzi, and moxa sticks are inserted at the gates, and some even add peach branches, which is said to ward off evil spirits. Summer Solstice Festival is one of the twenty-four solar terms in the China lunar calendar, which usually occurs around June 22nd in the solar calendar. On this day, the sun shines for the longest time. As the saying goes, "Winter Solstice Noodles in jiaozi Summer Solstice", many places want to eat cold noodles on this day for discipline. After the cooked noodles are fished out, they are put into the cold water that has just been taken out of the well, and then eaten after being watered, so as to show that eating can be "cold". On June 6 th, the sixth day of the lunar calendar, it is necessary to "take a bath and dry clothes; See GuXiu, please aunt ". It is said that on this day, people have to dry clothes, and scholars have to dry books, and they will not be moldy or moth-eaten within one year. Sunbathing during the day and bathing and washing feet at night can avoid prickly heat. The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, also known as Begging for Clevership Festival or Daughter's Day, is the legendary day when cowherd and weaver girl meet. On this day, the girls get together to learn knitting and embroidery skills from each other. In the evening, jiaozi should be wrapped and offered for worship. Some of them will play late into the night, and they will go under the grape trellis to listen to the cowherd and the weaver girl. A woman who hears the talk is said to be a clever girl and a clever daughter-in-law in textile and embroidery. Mid-Autumn Festival is the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th of the lunar calendar. Eating moon cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival is a long-standing custom. On the Mid-Autumn Festival, children who are away from home will try their best to reunite with their parents. Every household should buy delicious food, drink wine and enjoy the moon. In the Book of Changes, the Double Ninth Festival defines "nine" as the yang number. On the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, two or nine days are important, so it is designated as the Double Ninth Festival. Before and after the festival, the autumn is crisp, the wind is clear and the moon is bright, and you can climb the mountain to compose poems or enjoy chrysanthemums and drink. In Pingyin, the custom of encirclement (hunting) has been inherited on the Double Ninth Festival. In the evening, they eat their prey and enjoy drinking. Since 1988, Shandong Province has designated the ninth day of the ninth lunar month as the "Day for the Elderly". On this day, the relevant units will organize the elderly to hold symposiums, go out to play and other activities. On the first day of October, the younger generation generally went to the grave to add soil to worship their ancestors. The scale of going to the grave can be large or small, but it is commonly known as "small going to the grave". Laba Festival is the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. On Laba Festival, every household cooks Laba porridge, pickled Laba garlic and some make dumplings. It is said that drinking Laba porridge can increase happiness. The 23rd day of the twelfth month of the twelfth lunar month is the day of ci (sacrifice), which is commonly known as the off-year festival. It is said that the gods went to heaven on this day, all is forgiven. People who are poor and can't get married at this time, which is called "rushing out of chaos."
second, important holidays in the Gregorian calendar
New Year's Day (Gregorian year) falls on January 1st, and public officials have a day off. Units generally have to raise the national flag and plant colorful flags. International Women's Day March 8 is International Women's Day, and female employees can have a half-day holiday. Some units organize female employees to carry out activities. Arbor Day March 12th is Arbor Day, and all units organize tree planting activities. International Labor Day May 1st is the International Labor Day, with a three-day holiday. Generally, the unit raises the national flag, plants colorful flags and organizes celebrations. Since 2, the state has changed the three-day holiday on May 1st and the first and last two Saturdays and Sundays into a seven-day holiday, which has become the best time for residents to travel. May 4th Youth Day May 4th is the May 4th Youth Day, and young people everywhere organize celebrations. International Children's Day June 1st is International Children's Day, and schools generally organize children to hold celebrations. On July 1st, the anniversary of the birth of the * * * production party in China, many Chinese * * * party organizations held celebrations, and there were more and more grand activities when celebrating every five years. Army Day August 1st is the anniversary of the founding of China People's Liberation Army. Party committees, governments, and military units all held symposiums and carried out visits and condolences. Teachers' Day is Teachers' Day on September 1th. Party and government departments and schools hold celebrations and commend some model teachers. National Day October 1st is the National Day, with a three-day holiday. Party and government departments raised the national flag, planted colorful flags and held celebrations. Like the "May Day" festival, it forms a seven-day long holiday and can travel outside. When celebrating every five years, there are more activities and more grand celebrations. Iii. Imported Festivals
With the continuous expansion of reform and opening up, some foreign festivals spread to China and gradually formed a market. Mainly:
Valentine's Day February 14th is Valentine's Day. On this day, all the flower shops and streets in the county are filled with roses, and all kinds of chocolates are placed in conspicuous positions in big shops and supermarkets for young men and women to give gifts to each other. April 1st is April Fool's Day. Originated in France. A typical activity is to play jokes on each other and fool each other in exchange for entertainment, regardless of gender, age and age. Mother's Day The second Sunday in May is Mother's Day. Originated in America. On this day, many people express their love for their mothers in various ways. Children, and sometimes even grandchildren, should choose appropriate cards and gifts for their mothers. Flowers, candy and beautiful feminine gifts are the most popular. Mothers especially cherish the gifts made by their children themselves. Father's Day The third Sunday in June is Father's Day. Originated in America. More than 2 countries around the world commemorate Father's Day through church ceremonies, sending cards and gifts. Christmas Day December 25th is Christmas Day. Christmas is an important festival in Christianity. On this day, all major shops and restaurants in the county will post pictures of Santa Claus, decorate Christmas trees at the door, or dress up as Santa Claus to attract customers.