Category: Chinese Festivals

China is listed among the four ancient civilization nations in the world.
Over 5000 years history has witnessed the creation of many Chinese traditional festivals.
Chinese new year, Chinese mid-autumn festivals, dragon boat festival, many of them has a long history in China.
According to their origins, China’s festivals mainly fall into three categories, agricultural, religious and social festivals.

According to their contents, Chinese festivals can be divided into five kinds,
including agricultural, sacrificial, commemorative, recreational and celebratory festivals.

Of all the traditional festivals in China,
Chinese spring festival and mid-autumn festival are the most important to modern Chinese people nowadays.

Spring festival is also called Chinese New Year,
it is like the Christmas in the west, and mid-autumn festival is a bit like the thanks giving day in America.
Double ninth festival is for elderly citizens, and double seventh festival is for valentines.