Mid-Autumn Festival. Time: August 15th of the lunar calendar, usually a day in September or June of the Gregorian calendar 10.
Origin and significance: The Mid-Autumn Festival is an ancient and solemn traditional festival in China, which originated from the ritual of the ancient emperors offering sacrifices to the moon. It symbolizes reunion and gratitude, and it is a time for family reunion.
Main activities: family reunion, enjoying the moon, eating moon cakes and tasting various traditional foods, such as grapefruit, watermelon and crab. There are also places where lanterns are placed and riddles are solved on lanterns.
Symbols: The moon, rabbits, grapefruit and lanterns are common symbols.
Eating moon cakes to show "reunion" is also called Hu cake, palace cake, moon dumplings, harvest cake and reunion cake. It is an offering to worship the moon god in ancient Mid-Autumn Festival. According to legend, in ancient China, the emperor had a system of offering sacrifices to the sun in spring and the moon in autumn. In the folk, every Mid-Autumn Festival in August, there is also a custom about Yue Bai or offering sacrifices to the moon.
On August 15th, the moon is full, and the Mid-Autumn moon cakes are fragrant and sweet. This famous proverb tells the custom of urban and rural people eating moon cakes on the night of Mid-Autumn Festival. At first, moon cakes were used to worship the moon god. Later, people gradually regarded the Mid-Autumn Festival as a symbol of family reunion, and gradually, moon cakes became a necessary gift for the festival.
Legend: There are many stories about Mid-Autumn Festival, the most famous of which is the story of the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon.
National day. Time: Gregorian calendar 65438+1 October1,lasting seven days.
Origin and significance: National Day was established to celebrate the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC). National Day is an annual national celebration to promote patriotism and national honor.
National Day, also known as National Day and National Day Remembrance Day, refers to a legal holiday formulated by a country to commemorate the country itself, usually national independence, constitutional signing or other major anniversaries. On this day, every country will hold various celebrations. In ancient China, the emperor's accession to the throne and birthday were called "National Day".
Main activities: During the National Day, grand parades, cultural performances and fireworks displays were held all over the country. In addition, families will hold parties and travel.
Symbol: The five-star red flag is the most common symbol of National Day, as well as National Day movies and red decorations, which are often associated with National Day.
Related activities: Every National Day, a flag-raising ceremony and a solemn military parade are held to show the military strength of the country and the unity of the people.
traditional festival
The traditional festivals in China mainly include: Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Dragon Head Rise, Cold Food Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Chinese Valentine's Day, Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth Festival, Winter Solstice Festival and New Year's Eve. ?
The ancient traditional festivals of the Chinese nation include primitive beliefs, sacrificial culture, astronomical calendar, Yi Shushu and other humanistic and natural cultural contents, which contain profound and rich cultural connotations. The traditional festivals in China, which developed from ancient ancestors, not only clearly recorded the colorful social life and cultural content of Chinese ancestors, but also accumulated profound historical and cultural connotations.