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!