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1、23 Chinese New Year, known in China as Spring Festival, is the most important festival of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is sometimes called the Lunar New Year, especially by people outside China. The festival traditionally begins on the first day of the first lunar month in the Chinese calend

2、ar and ends on the 15th.4 Chinese New Years Eve is known as Chuxi in Chinese. It literally means “Lunar New Year Eve”. According to tales and legends, the beginning of Chinese New Year started with the fight against a mythical beast called the Year or “Nian” in Chinese. Nian would come on the first

3、day of New Year to devour 吞食吞食 livestock, crops, and even villagers, especially children.5 To protect themselves, the villagers would put food in front of their doors at the beginning of every year and believed that the Nian wouldnt attack any more people after eating the food they prepared. Once pe

4、ople saw the Nian was scared away by a little child wearing red, they then understood that the Nian was afraid of color red. Hence, every time when New Year was about to come, the villagers would hang red lanterns and put up spring festival couplets on windows and doors.6 People also used firecracke

5、rs to frighten the Nian and from then on, the Nian never came to the village again. The Chinese New Year celebrations are marked by visits to relatives and friends, a practice known as “new-year visits”. New clothes are usually worn to signify a new year.7 The color red is liberally used in all deco

6、rations. Red packets are given to juniors and children by the married and elder. Chinese New Year is observed as a public holiday not only in China but also in a number of countries and regions where a sizable Chinese population resides.89 The Lantern Festival, a Chinese festival, is celebrated on t

7、he fifteenth day of the first lunar month in the Chinese calendar. It is different from the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is also sometimes known as the “Lantern Festival” in locations such as Singapore, and Malaysia. During the Lantern Festival, children go out at night to temples carrying paper lante

8、rns and solve riddles on the lanterns. It officially ends Chinese New Year.10 Those who do not carry lanterns oftern enjoy watching informal lanterns parades. In addition to eating tangyuan, another popular activity at this festival is guessing lantern riddles, which often contain messages of good f

9、ortune, family reunion, abundant harvest, prosperity and love.1112 “Long Tai Tou”, meaning “Dragon Raises Its Head”, is celebrated every year on the second day of the second month in the Chinese lunar calendar. People believe that a haircut on that day will bring luck to them.1314 The Qingming Festi

10、val, meaning Clear and Bright Festival, is a traditional Chinese festival on the 104th day after the winter solstice 冬至冬至. Every leap year 闰年闰年, Qingming is on April 4. Astronomically, it is also a solar term 节节气气. Its name denotes 代表代表 a time for people to go outside and enjoy the greenery of sprin

11、gtime, and also to pay homage to the pass-away ones. Qingming is a statutory 法定的法定的public holiday in China.1516 Dan Wu (Dragon Boat Festival) is a day to commemorate 纪念纪念 the Chinese patriot 爱国者爱国者 and poet, Qu Yuan. Falling on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, it is a day to remind oneself of

12、 ones duties and obligations to the nation. Other than eating rice dumplings and participating in dragon boat races, this occasion ought to be used to commemorate the national patriots and to emphasize the importance of loyalty and commitment to the community.1718 The Night of Sevens, also known as

13、Magpie 喜鹊喜鹊 Festival, falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month on the Chinese calendar, named after the day. It is sometimes called Chinese Valentines Day in recent years. Young girls traditionally demonstrate their domestic arts on this day and make wishes for a good husband. 19 It is al

14、so known by the following names: the Festival to Plead for Skills (乞巧节乞巧节), The Seventh Sisters Birthday (七姐诞七姐诞) and The Night of Skills（巧夕）（巧夕）.2021 The Ghost Festival is a traditional Chinese festival. In the Chinese calendar, the Ghost Festival is on the 15th night of the seventh lunar month. In

15、 Chinese tradition, the fifteenth day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar if called Ghost Day and the seventh month in general is regarded as the Ghost Month, in which ghosts and spirits, including those of the deceased ancestors, come out from the lower realm.22 During the Qingming Festival

16、the living descendants pay homage to their ancestors and on Ghost Day, the deceased visit the living. Activities during the month inclue preparing sacrifices, buring incense, and burning joss paper 祭祀所用之纸祭祀所用之纸, 纸钱纸钱 , a form of material items such as clothes, gold and other fine goods for the visit

17、ing spirits of the ancestors. 23 In spites of many differences between Chinese and Western traditions, the Ghost Festival is sometimes also known as the Chinese Halloween with the theme of ghosts and spirits.2425 The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival, or in Chinese Zhongqiu Jie is

18、 a popular harvest festival celebrated by Chinese people. The Mid-Autumn Festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar, which is usually around mid or late September in the Gregorian calendar. 格列高利历，阳历格列高利历，阳历The traditional food of this festival is the moon- cake, of

19、which there are many different varieties.26 The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the two most important holidays in the Chinese calendar, the other being the Chinese New Year. Farmers celebrate the end of the summer harvesting season on this date. Traditionally, on this day, Chinese family members and

20、friends will gather to admire the bright mid-autumn harvest moon, and eat moon cakes and pomeloes 柚子柚子 together. 27 Shops selling mooncakes, before the festival, often display pictures of Change floating to the moon. 嫦娥飞月嫦娥飞月2829 The National Day of the Peoples Republic of China is celebrated every

21、year on October 1. It is a public holiday in the Peoples Republic of China. The PRC was founded on October 1, 1949 with a ceremony at Tiananmen Square. The Central Peoples Government passed the Resolution on the National Day of the Peoples Republic of China on December 2, 1949 and declared that Octo

22、ber 1 is the National Day.3031 The Double Ninth Festival, the ninth day of the ninth month in the Chinese calendar, is a traditional Chinese holiday, mentioned in writing since the East Han period (before AD 25). According to the IChing 易经易经, nine is the yang number; the ninth day of the ninth lunar

23、 month has too much yang and is thus a potentially dangerous date. Hence, the day is also called “Double Yang Festival”.32 To protect against the danger, it is customary to climb a high mountain, drink chrysanthemum wine, and wear the evodia 茱萸茱萸. Both chrysanthemum and evodia are considered to have

24、 cleansing qualities and are used on other occasions to air out houses and cure illnesses.33 Also on this holiday, some Chinese also visit the graves of their ancestors to pay their resects. In contemporary times it is an occasion for hiking and chrysanthemum appreciation. Stores sell rice cakes whi

25、ch pronounce “gao” in Chinese, a synonym 同义词同义词 for height.34 Most people drink chrysanthemum tea, while a few strict traditionlists drink homemade chrysanthemum wine. Children in school learn poems about chrysanthemums, and many localities host a chrysanthemum exhibiton. Mountain climbing races are

26、 also popular and winners get to wear a wreath 花冠，花环花冠，花环 made of evodia.3536 Traditionally, the Dongzhi Festival is also a time for the family to get together. One activity during the occasions is enjoyment of Tangyuan or balls of glutinuous rice, which symbolized reunion. In northern China, people typically eat dumplings on the Winter Solstice.3738 结束语结束语