What are the traditional cultural activities in China?

Keeping the old age is a folk custom in China on New Year's Eve, which is also called "forbearing the new year according to the waste". It refers to family reunion on New Year's Eve and staying up late to welcome the Lunar New Year. Shounian was first recorded in the Western Jin Dynasty, when people lit candles or oil lamps to keep vigil all night.

In ancient times, observing the age has two meanings: the old man's observing the age means "resigning from the old", which means cherishing time; Young people keep their age in order to prolong the life of their parents. In Japan, Viet Nam, Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries, influenced by China, there is a saying of keeping watch on New Year's Eve.

2. Tomb sweeping on Qingming Day.

There is an important relationship between the custom of offering sacrifices to the grave and the evolution of funeral custom in Tomb-Sweeping Day. According to records, in ancient times, "the tomb was not a grave", that is, only the grave pit was dug, and no grave mound was built, so there was no way to carry out grave-sweeping sacrifice, and there was no relevant record.

Later, the "grave", that is, after burial, built a mound to support the custom of worshipping ancestors and sweeping graves. During the Qin and Han dynasties, sweeping graves to worship ancestors has become an indispensable ritual activity.

3. Dragon boat race.

Dragon boat race is the main custom of Dragon Boat Festival. According to legend, people who originated in the ancient State of Chu were reluctant to part with the death of the sage Qu Yuan, and many people rowed boats to save people. They rushed to catch up with each other and disappeared at Dongting Lake. After that, I will row a dragon boat on May 5th every year to commemorate it. Rowing a dragon boat to disperse the fish in the river so as not to eat Qu Yuan's body. The habit of competition prevailed in wuyue and Chu.

4. Chongyang climbs the mountain and enjoys dogwood.

According to Wu Yun, a writer in the Southern Dynasties, the custom of climbing mountains and enjoying the horns on the Double Ninth Festival originated from the legend of "avoiding scenery" in the Han Dynasty.

According to legend, during the Eastern Han Dynasty, Runan people worshipped the immortal Fei Changfang as their teacher. Fei Changfang once told Huan Jing that there was a disaster on the ninth day of September and told him to go home as soon as possible. He told his family to sew some bags, put dogwood on them, tie them on their arms, and then go up the mountain to drink chrysanthemum wine to avoid the disaster.

On the ninth day of September, Huan Jing took the whole family to climb the mountain according to Master's words. Sure enough, it's safe. When I got home at night, I found that all the chickens, dogs, cattle and sheep were dead. Since then, people climb mountains, have picnics, wear dogwood and drink chrysanthemum wine every September 9 to avoid disasters.

5, drink Laba porridge on Laba Festival.

Laba porridge originated from the ancient Emperor of China. At the end of the year, it was called "Daraba of Tian Zi" to worship the agricultural god, while "Daraba of Tian Zi" originated from ancient China, and Yandi Shennong "began to offer wax sacrifices to tell God".

In the old society, it was the custom of every household to eat Laba porridge on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. Even the owner would feed a few spoonfuls to the chickens and dogs at home and put a few mouthfuls on the branches of flowers and fruits, thinking that this would surely lead to the prosperity of six animals and a bumper harvest of fruits. For example, as the nursery rhymes say, "Laba porridge, laba rice, chickens lay eggs after eating".

Laba porridge in the palace is made of top-grade cream, diced mutton, whole grains, red dates, longan, chestnuts, peanuts, water chestnut, walnut kernels, raisins, melon seeds, golden cakes, shredded green meat and other dried fruits. Folk miscellaneous rice, beans, walnuts, hazelnuts, pine nuts, dates, chestnuts, etc. Then sprinkle dried fruit colored sugar in the bowl.

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