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Red envelope, also called Hongbao, is a long and narrow red paper envelope written with golden lucky words. It’s a cultural specialty during the Spring Festival. However, Hongbao is given more meaning today. It’s used as gift money, bonus money, tip, bribery, gamble, and gift coupon.
Dragon Boat Festival is one of the most famous traditional holidays in China. It was initially a local holiday in south China to worship totem. Gradually, the holiday was given a new purpose of memorizing the great poet Qu Yuan. There are different opinions about how the festival came into being, which results in different terms and celebrating activities for the holiday.
The Chinese New Year is an occasion to bid farewell to the old year and usher in the new. Chinese people regard the holiday as the most important event of the year. Those who work outside their hometown must return home and have a family gathering. Gifts are exchanged, feasts are made, firecrackers are set off, and new looks are put on. Everything during the Chinese New Year must be joyous to greet good luck in the new year.
Hungry Ghost Festival, also called Zhong Yuan Festival or Obon Festival, is one of four traditional Chinese holidays (the other three refer to Lunar New Year’s Eve, Qingming Festival, and Double Ninth Festival) for ancestor worship. It bears both the Buddhism belief and the Taoism culture. The origin of the Hungry Ghost Festival can be traced back to the worship of ancestors and other seasonal sacrifices offered in ancient times. July was an auspicious month when crops began to ripen. Mid-July was a day when people celebrate a good harvest and show gratitude to the earth and ancestors. Sacrifices like fresh rice would be offered to their ancestors as thanks to their blessings. Therefore, the Hungry Ghost Festival is about respecting the ancestors and fulfilling filial duties.
Qingming Festival, aka the Tomb Sweeping Festival, is one of the four most important traditional Chinese festivals (the other three being the Spring Festival, Dragon-boat Festival, and the Mid-Autumn Festival). It's usually within April 4-6 when the weather becomes warm, and things are awake from a long winter. Originally, Qingming was a solar term for ancient Chinese farmers begins their farming. In the Zhou Dynasty, it was combined with the Hanshi Festival and became a festival.
As the most important Chinese festival, Chinese New Year is always festive and ceremonious. Chinese people always prepare all sorts of goods, among which snacks are necessary. These snacks are picked not only for their delicious tastes but for the auspicious meanings they represent. Let’s learn 28 essential Chinese New Year Snacks and the good wishes they bear.
Gifts play an important role in Chinese New Year holiday. A great gift can enhance the festive mood and improve the relationship between the giver and recipient, while a bad gift can ruin the holiday and the relationship. Let's learn how to give gifts during Chinese New Year.
As a country with over 5000 years of history, China has developed a wide range of traditional Chinese holidays. Those holidays are closely related to human and natural cultures like primitive beliefs, sacrificial cultures, astronomy, and lunar calendar cultures. They have recorded Chinese people's rich and colorful social and cultural lives from ancient times to the present.
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