The names of the four major year beasts are:: Spring Festival Beast, Qingming Beast, Dragon Boat Festival Beast and Mid-Autumn Festival Beast.
It is one of the most important New Year beasts in traditional Chinese culture and a symbol of the Chinese New Year (Spring Festival). The Spring Festival beast represents auspiciousness, prosperity, and prosperity. During the Spring Festival, people will decorate their homes with red decorations and set off fireworks to welcome the arrival of the Spring Festival beasts and pray for peace, smoothness and happiness in the new year.
Qingming BeastIt is a symbol of the traditional Chinese tomb sweeping festival (Qingming Festival). The Qingming Beast represents ancestor reverence, gratitude, and longing. During the Qingming Festival, people will return to their hometowns to worship their ancestors and visit the tombs to mourn their deceased relatives and ancestors. The image of the Qingming beast is usually a bird, which symbolizes people's thoughts and concern for their deceased relatives.
Dragon Boat BeastIt is a symbol of the traditional Chinese Dragon Boat Festival (the fifth day of the fifth lunar month). The Dragon Boat Festival represents the exorcism, warding off evil spirits and keeping peace. During the Dragon Boat Festival, people will hang calamus, drink realgar wine, race dragon boats, etc., to drive away evil spirits and diseases. The image of the Dragon Boat Festival is usually a dragon or a tiger, which symbolizes bravery, strength, and independence.
Mid-Autumn BeastIt is a symbol of the traditional Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival (the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar). The Mid-Autumn Festival represents reunion, harmony and beauty. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, people will admire the moon, eat mooncakes, and have reunion dinners to celebrate the harvest and reunion. The image of the Mid-Autumn Festival beast is usually a rabbit or a toad, which means beauty, peace, and happiness.
These four New Year beasts have an important position and influence in traditional Chinese culture, they not only represent different festivals and meanings, but also imply people's yearning and pursuit of a better life. During each festival, people celebrate and pray through specific customs and rituals in the hope of receiving the blessings and blessings of these beasts and ushering in good luck and happiness in the new year.