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By Alex By Alex HebitonHebiton
By Alex By Alex HebitonHebiton
Chinese FestivalsChinese FestivalsThere are some Chinese festivals, the Chinese do things on
these special days. Here are some of those days.
Dragon Boat Dragon Boat FestFest
On the fifth day of the fifth month in the lunar calendar
there is a special event called the dragon boat festival holding lots of customs, some of the
customs include, eating Zongzi, dragon boat racing, wearing perfume patches
and hanging mugwort leaves. On this day people
go dragon boat racing
New Year New Year FestFest
On the 1st – 15th day of the 1st lunar month there is an
event called the spring festival and some customs include, making paper cut
pictures, displaying firecrackers and fireworks and pasting scrolls. The point of this fest is to
celebrate the new year.
Lantern FestLantern FestOn the 15th day of 1st lunar
month there is a event called the lantern festival and some
of the customs include, watching lanterns and
fireworks, guessing lantern riddles, performing folk
dances and eating yuanxiao. The purpose of this festival is
to end the Chinese year.
Qingming Qingming FestFest
On the 5th day of April in the solar calendar there is
an event called the Qingming festival.
On this day, people enjoy the greenery of spring
time and appreciate the dead by tending to the
tombs of their ancestors.
Some of the customs include, tomb sweeping, spring outings and flying
kite.
Double Double Seventh Seventh
FestFestOn the 7th day of the 7th lunar month there is a event called the double seventh festival.
Some of the customs include, praying for skillful hands, appreciating the stars and
eating noodles. This fest is like a Chinese valentines day!
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