At the beginning of the new year of 2024, let's sort out the main time nodes of this year
1.Spring Festival: The first day of the first lunar month, that is, February 10, 2024. The Spring Festival is the most important traditional festival in China, and people celebrate the arrival of the New Year with traditional customs such as New Year's greetings, lantern viewing, and firecrackers.
2.Lantern Festival: The fifteenth day of the first lunar month, that is, February 24, 2024. The Lantern Festival is the first important festival after the Spring Festival, and it is also the Midyear Festival, where people will eat Lantern Festival, enjoy lanterns, guess lantern riddles, etc., to celebrate the end of the Spring Festival and the beginning of the new year.
3.The dragon raises its head: the second day of the second lunar month, that is, March 5, 2024. The Dragon Raising Festival, also known as the Green Dragon Festival, is a traditional Chinese folk festival in which people sacrifice to the dragon and the land.
4.Ching Ming Festival: The 26th day of the second lunar month, that is, April 4, 2024. Qingming Festival is a traditional Chinese ancestor worship festival, where people sweep tombs and sacrifice ancestors to express their nostalgia for their deceased relatives.
5.Dragon Boat Festival: The fifth day of the fifth lunar month, that is, June 8, 2024. The Dragon Boat Festival is also known as the Duanyang Festival and the Dragon Boat Festival, where people will eat zongzi, race dragon boats, hang wormwood, etc., and pray for peace and health.
6.Qixi Festival: The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, that is, August 5, 2024. Qixi Festival, also known as the Qiqiao Festival, is a traditional Chinese love festival where people beg Vega for wisdom and skills, and it is also a time to celebrate love.
7.Midyear Festival: The 15th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, that is, August 15, 2024. The Midyear Festival, also known as the Ghost Festival or Obon Festival, is a traditional Chinese festival where people worship their ancestors, burn paper money, and pray for the souls of the dead.
8.Mid-Autumn Festival: The 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, that is, September 15, 2024. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional festival of reunion, where people eat mooncakes, admire the moon, guess lantern riddles, etc., to celebrate the harvest and family reunion.
9.Chung Yeung Festival: The ninth day of the ninth lunar month, that is, October 11, 2024. The Chung Yeung Festival is a festival of worshipping ancestors and climbing high and looking into the distance, people will eat Chongyang cakes, admire chrysanthemums, and pray for health and longevity.
10.Winter solstice: December 21, 2024. The winter solstice is one of the traditional solar terms in China, where people eat traditional foods such as dumplings and glutinous rice balls to celebrate the arrival of winter.