Chinese Culture Chinese Festival

Chinese Lunar Calendar

Introduction Spring Festival Lantern Festival Mid-autumn Festival Dragon Boat Festival Qingming Festival Chinese Valentine's Day

Spring Festival the most important festival the first day of Chinese lunar calendar.

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New Year's Eve New Year's Eve dinner Spring Couplets and “Fu”

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Spring Couplets and fu

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New Year's Eve dinner

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Firecrackers

Fireworks

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Lantern Festival on the 15th January of Chinese lunar calendar the first full moon night of a year.

Lantern Festival Eat sweet soup balls Guess lantern riddles

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Guess lantern riddles

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Mid-autumn Festival on the 15th day of August. People who work far away from their homes will try to come back for the reunion.

Mid-autumn Festival legend of the Mid-autumn festival

Mid-autumn Festival Eat moon cake Enjoy the full moon

moon cake

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song by Wang Fei但愿人长久 How long will the full moon appear? Wine cup in hand, I ask the sky. I do not know what time of the year ’Twould be tonight in the palace on high. Riding the wind, there I would fly, Yet I’m afraid the crystalline palace would be Too high and cold for me. I rise and dance, with my shadow I play. On high as on earth, would it be as gay? The moon goes round the mansions red Through gauze-draped window soft to shed Her light upon the sleepless bed. Why then when people part, is the oft full and bright? Men have sorrow and joy; they part or meet again; The moon is bright or dim and she may wax or wane. There has been nothing perfect since the olden days. So let us wish that man Will live long as he can! Though miles apart, we’ll share the beauty she displays. 19.04.2017

Dragon Boat Festival on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month. commemorating the patriotic poet Qu Yuan.

Dragon Boat Festival Eat rice dumpling Dragon boat race

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Qu Yuan

Dragon Boat Festival Hang Ay Tsao Drink Realgar wine

Qingming Festival on the 5th April of the Gregorian calendar day of sacrifice，people will sweep tombs for their ancestor.

Qingming Festival Spring outing Tomb-sweeping

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Double Seventh Festival --Qixi on the 7th of 7th lunar month commemorating a Chinese old love story, so this festival also be called as Chinese Valentine's Day.

Double Seventh Festival Vega Altair

Other Chinese festival The Double Ninth Festival Ghost festival Winter Solstice Laba Rice Porridge Festival National Day

Conclusion Chinese traditional festival which belong to a traditional customary culture rooted in the farming culture in ancient China. All the festival contain their unique culture in the long history development, and play important roles in the development of society.