Saturday, September 12, 2009

March 3 National Day Love ear

Origin Festival

Listening and language is the human interaction and an important means of understanding the world, however, ear disease and hearing impairment of the haze was harassing the human race. According to WHO estimates, around the world with mild hearing loss could be nearly 600 million, moderate hearing loss of more than 250 million. China has 20.57 million hearing-impaired persons with disabilities, ranking first in all types of disabilities, the country's total population, 16.79 ‰, in which deaf children under the age of seven up to 80 million people will be newly elected each year for deaf children three thousand people. Age-related hearing loss, some 9.49 million, with life expectancy of population growth and aging, the number of age-related hearing loss is increasing. Hearing loss a serious impact on these people's social interaction and personal quality of life. The factors that lead to hearing loss ototoxic drugs, genetics, infection and disease in recent years, due to environmental noise pollution, accidents leading to a gradual increase in the number of hearing loss. The large number of special difficulties of the disabled groups, has given rise to the whole society, especially in the health sector's attention. Some cities have set up the National Anti-deaf Steering Group carried out epidemiological investigations of deafness, and is actively expanding with the World Health Organization and other international organizations, cooperation, extensively carried out academic exchanges. The Ministry of Health issued a "clinical use of drugs commonly used ototoxic norm", to strengthen the drug's use and management of deafness and reduce the incidence of hearing and speech disabilities, will play an important role in January 1998, the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Civil Affairs China Women's Federation, China and other relevant units CDPF leadership and academics in Beijing's hearing, special education, a well-known experts in the academic discussion, it was unanimously recommended by the Ministry of Health take the lead as soon as possible to establish national "Love ear Day" to strengthen social propaganda, popularization of ear hearing loss prevention and rehabilitation knowledge to reduce the hearing loss occurred.

In March 1998, at the Ninth CPPCC National Committee's first meeting, the group of 15 members of the social welfare of our country a high incidence of deafness, quantity, hazard large, weak to prevent this reality, the proposed "on the proposed establishment of love Ear-Japanese propaganda activities "Proposition No. 2330. This proposal aroused great attention of the authorities by the China Disabled Persons Federation, the Ministry of Health and other 10 departments jointly agreed, establishing an annual March 3 date for the national love ear.

In 1999 the State Council, people's work belongs to the National Coordinating Committee for Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons Office formally set up China's "love ears Day" included in the 1999 annual work plans. Then, the China Disabled Persons Federation, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Civil Affairs, the All-China Women's Federation, State Family Planning Commission, the State Quality and Technical Supervision, the State Drug Administration, State Administration of Radio Film and Television, China National Committee on Aging 10 ministries and commissions, etc., jointly determine the annual March 3 for the national "Love Ear Day" and in 2000 in the capital and provincial cities that have successfully carried out the first national "Love Ear Day" publicity and educational activities.

Ministry of Health, China issued the CDPF "China to improve the quality of births, reduce birth defects and disability action plan (2002 ~ 2010)," requirements "in the whole society universal access to prevention and disability, scientific knowledge, increased pre-marital health, pregnancy health care, infant care and early intervention, comprehensive prevention and control measures to prevent and reduce the incidence of birth defects and disabilities. "
Some experts have argued that if the "love ears Day" activities can be implemented in each of poisoning for children under the age of only seven deafness can be reduced at least 1 ~ 20000. Since the 2000 establishment of the national "Love ear Day" and deafness prevention, public awareness, universal love awareness has increased in our ears, but the science and propaganda is not enough. Therefore, to determine the love of my ear in 2004 Day theme - "Anti-deaf into the community." Designed to play to the community population density, and spread rapidly, publicity and education has a multiplier advantage. So that people can truly understand the daily care, regular lifestyle on health significance.

Strengthening of ear disease prevention and control, not overnight, not just the activities of the Ministry of Health or the CDPF, it is with our people's daily lives and the whole society for many years unremitting joint participation and support.
Love ear over the years the National Day theme

2000: prevention of ototoxic drug-induced deafness


2001: the implementation of early intervention to reduce hearing loss occurred


2002: hearing disabled ---- help poor deaf children


2003: To improve the quality of the population, reduce birth defects in hearing


2004: Anti-deaf into the community


2005: the whole society to care for the elderly - health hearing, a happy life


2006: Prevention of hearing impairment and deafness Hearing Health for All


2007: urban-rural linkage, common concern for the youth Hearing Health - Make hearing, they have grown up


2008: Olympic wonderful - I have heard

National Holiday Tourism Coordination Office

The National Holiday Tourism Coordination Office is a ministerial-level coordinating body established under the State Council Office, led by the National Tourism Bureau is the coordinating body on the central level, mainly to organize and coordinate and guide the work of the national holiday tourism. Local governments have established throughout the holiday co-ordinating body from top to bottom consistent nationwide networking. National Holiday is the Government for the people and have a good festival, for the holiday travel services. Holiday Office throughout the day at 5:00 p.m. prior to feedback, after a summary of the overall state of tourism in the country in the late seven-point through the central media and online publishing, in preparation for the tourists traveling to provide an accommodation, transport, attractions, etc. Reference basis. At the same time reported to the State ministries and commissions, so that the central leadership to grasp the situation. Holiday Office also set up to receive complaints complaint handling body. Chinese New Year Golden Week tourism received a major complaint, there is someone on duty 24 hours a timely coordinate and solve a variety of complaints, so as to not let people make things difficult, so that people are satisfied with the standard. National Holiday Golden Week each time the statistics is the development of China's tourism an important basis for development planning.

National Holiday no website.

What are holidays in China

The first to unify the country and New Year Day holiday, to develop these measures.
The second festival holiday of all citizens:
(A) New Year's Day holiday 1 day (January 1);
(B) the Spring Festival holiday 3 days (Lunar New Year's Eve, the first month who started two days);
(C) Ching Ming Festival, 1 day holiday (Ching Ming Festival day);
(D) Labor Day holiday 1 day (May 1);
(E) Dragon Boat Festival holiday 1 day (Lunar New Year Dragon Boat Festival day);
(F) Mid-Autumn Festival, one days holiday (Lunar New Year Mid-Autumn day);
(Vii) the National Day holiday 3 days (October 1, 2, 3).
The third part of the citizens of holiday festivals and anniversaries:
(1) Women's Day (March 8), women's half-day holiday;
(B) Youth Festival (May 4), 14 young people over the age of a half-day holiday (young people 15-34 years of age);
(C) Children's Day (June 1), leave children under 14 years of age 1 day;
(D) People's Liberation Army Day (August 1), active duty a half-day holiday.
Article IV habits of minority festivals, areas inhabited by ethnic minority local governments, in accordance with their respective national customs, the provisions of holiday dates.
Article 27 of the Fifth Day, Wusa Day, 77 Day War, 93 Anti-Japanese War Victory Day, 918 Day, Teacher's Day, Nurses Day, the reporter's Day, Arbor Day and other holidays, anniversaries, not a holiday.
Article VI of holiday leave for all citizens, if falls on Saturdays, Sundays, should be on a working day off in lieu. Part of the national holidays, if falls on Saturdays, Sundays, not off in lieu.

Friday, September 11, 2009

Lunar New Year's Eve

The last day of the Lunar year, the night, that is, the day before the Spring Festival evening, as often in the traditional Chinese lunar calendar lunar calendar 30 or 29, it is also called the day of New Year's Eve. The last day of the year called the "Year of the addition," the evening is called "New Year's Eve." People often do not sleep all night New Year's Eve, called Shou Sui. Su Shi of "Shou Sui": "Children's is strong or not sleep, compared with vigils Huan Ye." New Year's Eve is a traditional Chinese festival, one of the most important festivals. New Year's Eve On this day, not only to clean up home away from home, get clean, but also affixed door god, couplets, paste paintings, hanging cage door, it is replaced with festive colors and patterns with new clothes.

One of the Spring Festival Legend: ao-year Shou Sui

Shou Sui, that is, the last day of the old do not sleep at night, stay up all night to greet the new year's arrival of the customs, also known as New Year's Eve Shou Sui, the common name "boil years." Explore the origins of this tradition, in the civil circulating an interesting story:

Pacific time, there is a ferocious beast, scattered in the mountain forests, people call them "years." It is the appearance of ferocious, cruel by nature, specifically water birds and beasts, scales refer insects a day, for a taste, from the kowtow to eat large insects have been living, people talk about "years" pale. Later, people gradually mastered the "Year" campaign laws, it is every 365 days in areas where he went to the crowd once I tasted fresh, and the haunt of the time after dark until dawn crowing , they will return to the mountains in the go.

Considered quasi-the "year" raging date, the people who Bianba this night as a gateway to the terrible evil, called "New Year" and come up with a complete set of New Year off approach: Every night the day, each well in advance of each household for dinner, turn off the net stove, then all the chicken loop byre firmly tied to the front and rear doors are sealed houses, hiding in the house to eat "dinner", as this dinner with the Luck uncertain implication, therefore concern and preparation very rich, in addition to family meals that have families to get together with harmony and reunion, it must be before a meal for the ancestors first, pray to the gods to bless their ancestors, have safely passed the night, eating dinner later, no one dare to sleep, sit together and chat embolden squeeze. New Year's Eve on the boil gradually formed the habit of years, Shou Sui.

Shou Sui custom arose in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, many scholars have Shou Sui Liang poetry. "Night with pairs of years old, just before dawn hours two years." People lit candles or oil lamps, night vigils, a symbol of all evil blast to drive away epidemic racing and looking forward to the new year good luck. This custom has been handed since the people.

In the ancient agricultural society, the eighth day from about the twelfth lunar month after the housewives must busily preparing the food in the New Year. Because the longer time required for curing of Lap-mei, it is necessary to prepare as soon as possible, China's many provinces have a custom flavor Curing Among them, Guangdong Province, the most famous sausages.
Steamed rice cakes, rice cakes because the homophonic "high", combined with changing tastes, almost every family has become necessary for the occasion food. The well-block style pudding yellow, white cake, symbolizing the gold, silver, ignited the meaning of New Year's fortune.

Cake tastes vary. Beijingers like to eat glutinous rice or yellow rice cake made of red dates, mince rice cakes and white rice cakes. Hebei, others prefer to add jujube cake, small red beans and mung beans and other people steamed. Northern Shanxi, Inner Mongolia and other places in the New Year, used to eating yellow rice fried rice cakes, and some still wrapped in red bean paste, such as stuffing Zaoni, Shandong, others with yellow rice, red dates steamed rice cakes. North cakes with sweet-based, or steam, or deep-fried, it was also just stick candy. South cake is both savory and sweet, such as Suzhou and Ningbo, the cake, to rice production, light taste. In addition to steaming, deep-fried, it also can be sliced fried or soup. Sweet glutinous rice flour cakes with added sugar, lard, rose, osmanthus, mint, Su-rong and other ingredients, fine craftsmanship, can be directly coated with egg white fried or steamed food.

Chinese New Year is called the night before the real reunion night of wandering away from home must be far behind thousands of miles to drive home the whole family sitting together to New Year's dumplings, dumplings and noodles first, the practice is made dumpling skin, and then bags on the pie, and stuffing the contents of all sorts, all kinds of meat, eggs, seafood, seasonal vegetables can into the pie, and orthodox eat dumplings, is cooked with water, picked up the tune after a vinegar, minced garlic, sesame oil of stained with soy sauce for seasoning food. There are deep-fried dumplings, baked dumplings (fried dumpling), etc. eat. And the surface because the word "and" is "together" means; dumplings of "dumplings" and "intercourse" homophonic, "together" and "stock" meaning there together, so a symbol of reunion with the dumplings Acacia; also to obtain year-old handover of Italy, is very auspicious; In addition, the dumplings because the shape of ingot, New Year, dumplings, but also with the "Good Fortune" auspicious meaning. A size of the dumplings together, then spring, enjoyable.

Annual Lunar New Year's Eve is the evening of the last day of the twelfth lunar month, which with the Chinese New Year (Holiday movies) connected end to end. "New Year's Eve" in the "subject to" word "to; Yi; alternate" means New Year's Eve means "the best years of age on the poor," people should be a new addition to Jioubu, there is the old-year-old to this, except in the coming year, the other new ones-year-old refers to the lunar calendar year last night. Therefore, activities during the inter Jioubu around the new Prayer-centered.

Zhou, Qin period will do each year when the palace to hold the "big Nuo" ritual, drums expel pestilence of ghosts, known as "by addition," after the day before New Year's Eve, also known as a small addition to that Xiaonian Ye; New Year's Eve as a great addition to, that is, Danian Ye.

New Year's Eve the year most people recall with nostalgia a night. New Year's Eve, the most lively, Xuan Tian, Tianyi discredit the children or teenagers, young man, already holding incense, East soon as the West a ring to sensational fireworks came, bold amplification of Pau, young one hand clutching his ears, leaned far point, other children his hands clutching his ears, intense and anxiously waiting ... .... Faced with this situation, even into old age also can remember.

the laba Rice Porridge Festival

Eighth day lunar month, is a traditional Chinese Han Laba Festival, on this day the majority of our region has to eat laba porridge customs. Laba porridge is eight kinds of fresh food and then harvested fruits boiled, usually for the sweet porridge. The Central Plains region, but many farmers prefer salty to eat Laba porridge, porridge in addition to rice, millet, mung bean, cowpea, peanut, jujube and other raw materials, but also Jialuo Bo, cabbage, vermicelli, seaweed and tofu.


Qin Shi Huang built the Great Wall, the world is ordered from migrant workers, many years can not go home, eat well depend on who to send home. Some migrant workers, home thousands of miles across, food can not get a result, many workers died of starvation in the Great Wall site. One year eighth day the twelfth lunar month, no food to eat of the migrant workers who accumulated a few partners put grain cereals, on the pot boiled gruel, each drink a bowl, but finally starved to death under the Great Wall. In order to commemorate the site of the workers died from starvation in the Great Wall, one eighth day the twelfth lunar month every year to eat, "laba porridge", to mark the occasion.

Laba laba porridge Sisu laba porridge, also known as "Shippo flavors porridge." China's history of drinking laba porridge, more than a thousand years. First began in the Song Dynasty. Laba every day, whether in court, his official temple, or Lebanon's people have to make laba porridge at home. To the Qing Dynasty, the custom of drinking laba porridge is also popular. In the palace, the emperor, empress, prince and so on to civil and military ministers, attendants odalisque thanks laba porridge, rice distribution to the various temples, fruits and other food for the monks. In the civil society, every family has to do laba porridge, worship their ancestors; the same time, the family reunion with food, gifts, friends and family. Throughout China laba porridge tricks, Zheng-qi Jing Qiao, a wide variety. Among them the most stress in Peking, mix in more rice in the items, such as jujube, lotus seeds, walnuts, chestnuts, almonds, pine nuts, longan, hazelnut, grape, ginkgo, caltrop, black hair, rose, red beans, peanuts ... ... Total no less than twenty. Seventh day of the night, people in the twelfth lunar month, it starts to get busy, Wash rice, soak fruit, dial skins, go nuclear, then in the middle of the night picking fine start boiling, then micro-Huodun been stewed to the next day morning, laba porridge be considered Aohao of.

More luxurious people, but also adults, first fruit-shaped sculpture, animals, tricks, and then on the pot boiling. Have more characteristics of laba porridge is put in "fruit lion." Fruit lion is the lion made of several fruit-shaped objects, with the crisp Tiquzaohe dried jujube, as a lion, half a walnut as a lion, a lion foot peach kernel, sweet almond used as a lion's tail. Then use the sugar stick together, put Yu Wan, the Huoxiang a small lion. If the larger bowl, you can put Shuangshi or four small lions. More stress, that is to use Zaoni, red bean, yam, hawthorn cake and other foods with a variety of colors, shape into the Eight Immortals of people, the old god of longevity, like Lohan. This decoration laba porridge, and only the big temple in the past for the table before we can see.

Ha yuen's Day

Lunar New Year October 15, is the old "ha yuen festival." At this point, a time when the harvest season in rural areas, Wujin area almost every family with a new rice flour mill Valley, a small dumpling, Bao Xian Xin vegetables, steamed outside the gate after the "Vegetarian Day." Also, old Chinese saying goes: "in October and a half, a chain mill vegetarian dumpling three officers." Taoism is the day that the original "three officials" (days officials, to officials, the water official) birthday, Taoists days outside the house, both vertical rod, hanging rod yellow, flag inscribed with the words "Heaven and Earth Water House," "good weather", " tranquil and peaceful, "" ward off evil blessing "and other words; the evening peak of the staff three days hanging lights, make dumpling be three officers. In the future, the gradual abolition of customs, but people will sacrifice death, burning tanks, and other ceremonies July 15 in advance during the Chinese "Ghost Festival" held at.

Lunar New Year in October 15 for the Chinese traditional folk festivals, ha yuen festival, also known as "Under the Mongol", "ha yuen." Ha yuen section of the origin and Taoism. Taoism there are three officials, Tian Guan, ground officer, the water officer, that the days of official blessing, to official forgiveness of sins, water, helping the officials. Three officers were born on the fifteenth day Lunar New Year, July 15, October 15, three days called the "Lantern Festival" "Ghost Festival" "ha yuen's Day." Ha yuen festival, that is, water officials in helping the Emperor in helping the Valley of the Yang-Chen, vulgar that is the day, the water officer under investigation, recording played days-ting, for others in helping the. "Chinese customs Chi" also reads: "Hope for the ha yuen festival in October, vulgar mass of water in helping the Palace of Chen, who is also Chizhai chanting." On this day, do Taoist temple, then the sacrifice of civil war dead and pray ha yuen water Officer solve problems. There is the ancient Japanese court ban on slaughter and delayed the implementation date of the death penalty provisions. SONG WU Zi, animal husbandry, "Dream Liang Lu": "(October) on the 15th, water officials in helping the day, Taoist temples Shishu, She Zhai Jian jiao, or solution of Ecuador, or ? death." Also, Hebei, "Xuanhua County, Xin-Zhi ":" secular Biography of Chen Shui officials in helping the people who have Chizhai. "In addition, civil society, ha yuen festival that day, as well as a craftsman Ji furnace of God's custom, furnace God is Taishang Laojun, probably derived from Taoist alchemy with the furnace.

Chung Yeung Festival

Lunar September 9, for the traditional Double Ninth Festival, also known as "Festival for the Elderly." Because of the ancient "Book of Changes" in the "6" as the number of Yin, the "nine" as yang number, September 9, sun and moon, and Yang, 29-phase heavy and therefore I called the Chung Yeung Festival, also known as Chongjiu. Chung Yeung Festival as early as the Warring States period had been formed, to the Tang Dynasty, Chung Yeung Festival has been officially designated as folk festivals, Chinese dynasties followed since then. "Double Ninth Festival" name was found recorded in the Three Kingdoms era. According to Cao Pi's "Zhong Yao on the 9th and the book" contains: "-year-old to the past few months, suddenly re-September 9. 9 for the yang number, while the sun and the moon and should be, vulgar Kerry by name, that desirability of long-term, so as to enjoy the Yan Gao. "
Chung Yeung Festival is first climb of the customs, autumn in September, days of high Qishuang that winter climb afar can be achieved relaxed and happy, fitness illnesses and purpose. And climb associated with eating Double Ninth cakes custom. High and cake euphony, as a festival of food, the first celebration of autumn harvest, hi Changxin the intention of grain, followed by a climb people have to eat cake, take BBK auspicious meaning.

Chongyang day, there has always been reward chrysanthemums customs, so the ancient Chrysanthemum Festival is also called. On Lunar New Year in September known as Chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum Festival organized by the General Assembly, Allure of the crowds to attend the meeting Shangju. From the three countries since the Wei and Jin Chung Yeung Festival gathering drinking, Shangju and write poetry has become fashionable. In the ancient customs of the Han, chrysanthemum symbolizes longevity. Plug 99 is also popular in the ancient custom of Zhuyu, so also known as Zhu-Yu Festival. Zhuyu medicine, it can be self-cultivation illnesses and liquor.

The ancients considered to be an auspicious day worth celebrating, and from very early before the holidays. Chung Yeung Festival is a hybridity formed by a variety of folk as one of the Han traditional festivals. Celebrate the Chung Yeung Festival activities generally include trips enjoy the scenery and take a distance, viewing chrysanthemum, Biancha Zhuyu, eating Double Ninth cakes, drink chrysanthemum wine and other activities. 99 Chong-Yang, as with the "long time" are homonyms, nine in the figure is the maximum number, there are long-term implications of longevity Moreover, the golden autumn is also the year of harvest season, Chung Yeung Festival, implies a far-reaching, people always have a special section of this feelings, poetry has a lot of He Chong-Yang, Yong-chrysanthemum poetry masterpiece.

In the folk conception, 99 Chung Yeung Festival, as with the "long time" are homonyms, with a long life, health and longevity of the implication. In 1989, China's Lunar New Year each year as a festival for the elderly September 9, promote the whole society to establish Respect, care and love for the elderly, help the old culture, the addition of a layer of new meaning Chung Yeung Festival.
Country attaches great importance to the intangible cultural heritage protection, May 20, 2006, the folk by the State Council approved the inclusion of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage site.

A long time ago, there lived in Li Zhuang Huren mountain, the whole family are very hard working, life can not bad.
One day, this master back from the ground, half-way run into a fortune-teller President, it is getting dark, which her husband still looking at the break. As the host family is very narrow, and only a thatched ovary, so I called grass years in Zaofang shop, so that his wife and children were sleeping in the grass covered with his own fortune-teller, Mr. accompanying sleep on the kang, make do with too.

The next day at dawn, fortune-teller to go, Mr., Mr. Zhuang Huren wake up his wife to eat and drink has done a good meal, and gave Mr. installed a bag of white steamed bun. Mr. karmic out the door, looked Zhuang Huren somewhere to live and warned him he said: "By September 9, the whole family walking height.

"Zhuang Huren think I normally do not Zuosa strange things, but also do not want promotion or the height to go Shane? But another thought, people always say fortune-teller will be proficient in astronomical geomancy, perhaps where I live would be out of Han Ma boil . By September 9, on the walk to the high bar, so that the whole family to see the whole picture when.

By September 9, Zhuang Huren on the back of Huagaoxiangjiu with his wife and children, boarded the peak of Lishan Mountain to play. When they go into the mountains, the hillside suddenly emits spring hurling his home to his family's hut child suddenly causing it to collapse. Little effort, the whole valley had been a bubble of. This fortune-teller, Mr. Jia Zhuang Huren to understand why his family in September 9 ascend.

Spread this matter, the people on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar every September 9, young and old to climb, Xiangyan into the vulgar, has been spread to this.

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Mid-Autumn Festival

Lunar calendar August 15 is China's traditional festival Mid-Autumn Festival and Chinese New Year, Dragon Boat Festival, Tomb Sweeping Festival, and known as the Han Chinese of the four traditional festivals. According to historical records, ancient emperors have spring memorial day autumn festival month's ceremony system, Erji month's Lunar New Year festival period in August 15, the half-time coincides with the San-Qiu therefore called "Mid-Autumn Festival"; Owing to this festival in the Autumn in August, it is also called "Autumn Festival", "Ba Yuejie", "will be in August," "Mid-autumn Day"; have to pray for the reunion of the relevant sections of faith and customs activities, and therefore also known as "Reunion," " Doll Festival. " The main activities are the result of Mid-Autumn Festival around the "month" basis, so also commonly known as "Moon Festival", "On evening," "chasing festival month", "Wan Yue Festival", "worship festival month"; in the Tang Dynasty, Mid-Autumn Festival is also known as the "correct month." With regard to the origin of Mid-Autumn Festival, roughly three ways: the origin of the ancient worship of the month, month, even under the custom of singing and dancing seek the ancient land of God worship Autumn relic.

Mid-Autumn Festival from 2008 onwards as a National Holiday. Country attaches great importance to the intangible cultural heritage protection, May 20, 2006, the holiday by the State Council approved the inclusion of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage site.

According to legend, ancient times, there are ten suns appeared in the sky for one year, direct smoke baked earth, the sea dried up, people can not watch live regeneration.

This incident alerted a hero named Hou Yi, who boarded the Kunlun Peak, Wan foot god, God opened bow, shoot down a stretch of nine extra sun.

Hou Yi had rendered meritorious service by the people's respect and affection, many patriots come here Toushi apprenticeship. Treacherous cunning, malice in their hearts are also mixed in. Peng Meng.

Soon, Hou Yi married a beautiful and kind-hearted wife, named Chang'e. Hou Yi Chuan Yi In addition to hunting, the all day, and his wife together, people have admired this Langcainvmao the husband and wife.

One day, Hou Yi to the Kunlun Mountains and friends seeking the correct path, the Queen Mother after this chance encounter, they would seek a package the elixir of life the Queen Mother. It is said that the drug dose can ascend to heaven instantly become immortal.

However, Hou Yi could not bear leaving his wife, had temporarily handed the elixir of life Chang'e treasure. Chang possession of the drugs into the dresser 100 Po pack, the surprise was Peng Meng seen.

Three days later, Hou Yi believers mobilize people to go out hunting, having motives of Punta Mongolia pretend illness, stayed. Easy to fool the Hou Yi.

Houyi rate until everyone was gone soon after holding a sword into Neizhai Peng Meng backyard, coercion Chang E to hand over the elixir of life.

Peng Meng Chang know they are not rivals, critical when she was decisive, turning to open 100 Po pack, and come up with a swallow the elixir of life.

Chang'e swallowed the medicine, your body immediately drifting away from the ground, out of the window, and flew to the sky. As Chang worried about her husband, then flowing down to the moon from the earth into the nearest cents.

In the evening, Hou Yi returned home maid had cried during the day happen. Houyi both shock Younu, Choujian kill bad guys, Peng Meng escaped earlier. Wawataijiao anger Houyi crying in the corner. Distraught Houyi and look forward to the night sky calling his beloved wife's name. At this time, he was surprised to find that today's extraordinarily bringing a bright moon, but also a shaking figure resembles Chang. Every day, watching the beloved wife to the moon before.

Hou Yi Chang favorite hastily sent to the back garden where, put the incense table, put her favorite honey usually eat fresh fruit, Yao Ji at the Moon Palace where sentimentally attached to the Chang's own.

People have heard about the news of the Moon immortality, have decorative incense table in the next month, to pray for good luck in Chang Ping. Since then, the Mid-Autumn Festival thanks to the custom of the people on the spread.

The Moon's story with a distinctive attitude and brilliant colors for praising the Chang, and ancient documents relating to records of Chang'e compared, showing people the story of the Moon done a lot of processing, modification, so that Chang's image and On with the United States, to conform to people's quest for beauty. Modern widespread the "Moon" at odds, "all available on the classical Chinese" series of "spiritual constitution" is recorded in the "Chang'e-based toad" story: "Chang, Yi's wife also, stealing the elixir of life service of the Queen Mother, Ben months. would be to, gold accounted for on the yellow. The yellow accounting: reads: 'Kyrgyzstan, Innocent Steps Gui Mei, alone will be westbound, every day unlucky Mans, and fearless goes without fear, the latter and Dachang.' Chang'e accordingly entrusted themselves to the month, is to toad. "Chang'e into a toad, after all day in the Moon Palace fined for ramming the elixir of life, living lonely, impoverished life, Li Shang-yin had the poem laments Chang:" Chang must regret stealing the elixir, and Bihaiqingtian heart every night. "

Halloween

Chinese Ghost Festival, July 15 (in some places, especially in southern China, is July 14, according to legend is the Song Dynasty Mongol invasion of a certain place, residents flee ahead of the festive day), Taoism known as the Ghost Festival , Buddhism known as the Bon Festival (the Hungry Ghost Festival), civil society commonly known as Halloween, in July and a half. Lunar festival celebrations in July who started from the beginning, until July 30, up to a month.

Fifteenth day Lantern Festival, said Han, Nai-qing Lantern existed since ancient times;

Han said the Hungry Ghost Festival July 15, worship their ancestors;

October 15, said Han ha yuen festival, is Fresh Cold Food Observance to commemorate the sage.

Chinese Hungry Ghost Festival put on WATER LANTERNS, Taoist ritual prayer building, Nai Shi Han Chinese traditional folk, Buddhism and Taoism on the significance of this festival have a different interpretation, Buddhism emphasizes filial piety; Taoism focuses on those released from the underworld without Main Alone do "Purdue."
July 15 old calendar for the Hungry Ghost Festival, and the first month on the 15th of the Lantern Festival, and October 15 of the ha yuen festival with ancient traditional festivals.

Hungry Ghost Festival is a Taoist festival. Taoists believe that "Three" is the "three official" nickname. Lantern Festival also known as the "Lantern Festival official days" is a blessed day Shangyuan Officer Ziwei Great birthday; Ghost Festival, also known as "Chung-yuan to official Festival", is the Great Qing Xu Zhongyuan pardon to official birthday; ha yuen festival known as "ha yuen Water official Festival", is helping the Marine officer ha yuen dong Yin Great birthday. Taoism "too on the three officers by the" Cloud: "God bless officials, to officials and forgiveness of sins, water officials in helping the", "All sentient beings are both heaven, earth, water officials unifying." Hungry Ghost Festival, the Taoist temples, such as Dianmen fire temples, the West will be outside the White Cloud Temple to pray, "good weather, peace and prosperity," holding as usual "blessing auspicious temple."

Buddhists on this day to be held in a grand O-bon, also known as O-bon, fasting, and Bon for. Bon Tang i.e. the prevalence of the late Qing years, Beijing has more than 840 temples, conditional, such as Guangji Temple, Fayuansi Nian Hua Temple, Guanghua Temple, Jiaxing Temple, Cheung Chun Temple of different sizes and so bon organized and the Zhongyuan law would. Since the Republic, Beihai Park, Zhongshan Park Music Hall and other places over the years now have a "memorial service Memorial the Law." By Fan (Lama), Tao (Taoist), Buddhist (monks) by three for the one "naval-air war dead," the memorial tablets to carry out public memorial ceremony.
Hungry Ghost Festival period, the old Beijing still holding on France boat, put Dutch lamp, lotus lamp, worship of ancestors, to sing "occasional opera," and other activities.

Every year since July 15 is the Ghost Festival, also known as Halloween, or a ritual called the Hungry Ghost Festival is the wandering of the big day.

Hungry Ghost Festival originated from Taoism, Buddhism, was later changed to the current now commonly known as Halloween. Yue Lan Festival in India, the phrase means "hung upside down", "overhang" refers to the ten disciples of Buddha after the death of Mu Lian's mother, suffered by the hungry can not eat. After the Buddha was later to help. Subway five fruits with deities, and by supporting 10 square merit to save his mother. So now in order to worship Alone in ghost month lunar calendar in July will be held at Purdue, now known as Halloween.

In ancient times in general are reluctant to make a wedding this month, and other important things.

Tanabata Festival

Tanabata, formerly known as Qi Qiao Festival. Tanabata Qi Qiao, the festival originated in the Han Dynasty, the Eastern Jin Ge Hong's "Xijing Miscellanies" yes "Choi Han July 7 women often wear a seven-hole needle in the Han Dynasty stone cattle on lodging, female residents cardigan floor plans, human Ju Xi's "records, which is what we saw in the ancient literature of the earliest records on the Qi Qiao.

"Tanabata" At first, the people from the worship of nature. Historical documents from the point of view, at least in Sansiqiannian ago, as people's understanding of astronomy and the production of textile technology, the Altair Vega records have a. People are far more than the worship of the stars Altair and Vega, they think things have seven representatives of the North-South orientation of the stars, collectively known as Ershibasu, of which the Big Dipper the brightest available to identify the direction of the night. The first one is called the Big Dipper star Kuixing, also known as the ringleader. Later, with the examination system, Chinese scholar called "Da-kui world with disabilities," reading people have Tanabata called "Kuixing Festival", also known as "drying Book Festival," maintaining a constellation of worship from the earliest traces of Tanabata.

"Tanabata" also the source of ancient people's worship of the time. "Seven" and "period" are homonyms, month and day are "seven" to give people a sense of timing. In ancient China the day, month and water, fire, wood, gold and earth together, the five planets known as "Qi Yao." Number 7 in popular stage performance in terms of time, in the calculation of time, often with "77" as the final. Old Beijing's temple to the dead people to do often in order to make full, "77" to perfection. The "Qi Yao," computing is now "a week", in Japanese there are reservations. "Seven" again and "nothing" homophonic, "77," meaning there are pairs of Kyrgyzstan, is a auspicious day. In Taiwan, in July called "The Joy of Kyrgyzstan with a" month. Because hi words in cursive is like write continuously in the shape of the "77", so the 77-year-old known as "hi-shou."

"Tanabata" is a digital cult phenomenon, the ancient people the first month is, March 3, May 5, July 7, September 9 plus dual in February indicate a multiple of two and three this June 6 "The Seventh Drawer" are classified as auspicious day. "Seven" is the number of abacus beads each column, romantic and rigorous, gives a mysterious beauty. "Seven" and "wife" are homonyms, so a large extent Tanabata festival became associated with women.

A long time ago, the mountains inhabited by families, old people are dead, the family left the brothers. Eldest married daughter, this daughter-eye-well, the old want to dominate the old left the family business.
One day, two small dogs led to the cattle, to the ground, he beat the Cattle said: "The cow wow, cattle wow, I will feel sleepy, you can Do not run around." Ox, as came to understand people, then Dizhuonaodai "moo, moo" ground and ordered several more, Lut the name of the drafting of the tail to eat at his side. 2 small lay on the grass and fell asleep.

Miss noon, his wife, carrying her husband's brother to deliver meals to the jar to see are two little sleep, according to him, and kicks his foot severely. 2 small awake see is his wife, hurried to climb up, stare blankly standing on the ground like a chicken.
His wife the rice pot Wangdishangyi shelf, huff saying: "You're down at ease, and threw the sleeping cattle, cattle that I lost with you afterwards miles!" And she Yiniu bottom left.

2 small belly already hungry, and won the pot just to eat, surrounded by a large ox hit the cans, jars and fell one smashes. Big black dog saw the ground rice, opens his mouth and chew, a short while, put the rice on the ground licking of a spotless.
Seeing two small children afraid of broken ballast tank, and that several had not returned home. He sighed; "Oh, how I would like Mingku ah!"

Alas, two small sound just off the big black dog splash down on the ground, nose, mouth bleeding, while the broken gas. Then he was aware his wife in rice and down the poison.
2 careful thought: It seems that evil can not be refined in one passed, or else sooner or later die in her hands. Boss down fast on the Western Hills when he drove cattle back home. One into the courtyard, he turned back to see her brother playing outside, two small hearts an acid, two not stop to shed tears. Brother see the younger brother so sad, I do not know what happened at home, Mangwen: "Well so sorry for you for?" "I beat his wife to send the rice pot, and the dog ate the rice on the ground died." Brother listened to, knew of 89, the Big Dipper again no match for the women at home, in order to hard.

2 small tears, said: "Brother, let's separate off it." Brother see his younger brother, said to be split, more difficult to do, and one to his younger brother are still very small, two years he out doing business; home and there is no helper is not OK. If this was a makeshift forward over it, afraid of his brother had a sitting in waiting.

Seeing the two brothers to worry about, said: "Brother, I do not want to anything at home, as long as the bull." Dixiong Liang said in the courtyard, then separation and his wife heard, and psyche happy. Her hands were directed at her husband Pazhuo door, said: "The next all over all of the good, and I call the shots in accordance with a younger brother!"
His brother's eyes swimming with tears flowers, in a word did not.

The next day, rushing for two carts away. Walked up and down, farther and farther. 2 careful thought: always so go, go for a long time is the heads? Simply live in this bar! Improtance shed, and on and old cattle down the families here.

Cow is in heaven taurus lower bound has been followed by two smaller than a year, and this one night is dead. Old ox died, consecutive to the two small prop up the three dream, a dream of two novels: "By noon tomorrow, three engraving, I would like to go back to heaven. I left, you have stripped off my leather to wait until July 7 day, it draped over the body, Paul you can Heaven. Queen Mother has seven girl, the day they go to the Milky Way a bath. Remember, that a green clothes of the fairy is your wife. You must not let them see you, and so on They all went to the water, you hold the clothes on the back run, she must chase you. as long as you returned home, she would not go. "

The next day, two small see old ox died, do not eat nor drink, hand-touched it light crying. Then put the leather peeling, leaving behind buried cow leather, but also in cattle a grave and knees crying.

July 7 that day, two small donned leather, immediately feet away from, the Milky Way came fluttering leisurely ashore, he waited quietly hiding in the woods. A moment, Queen Mother of the seven fairy came, and they are one by one off the clothes, thump thump jump to the water.

2 small have aimed at those who are green clothes, Cuanguo grab them and run. 3 Fairy see someone hold her clothes, beat the water out of the chase. Slow hot pursuit chase, catch up with two small homes. 3 Fairy asked why take her two small clothes, two novel, wanted her to do his own daughter. 3 days Fairy has repeatedly said that regulation should not be, for two to say a better human than the sky. 3 Fairy see two small guy is good looking, but also move the heart, it should be him. To play this, where the three fairies down to earth, and she spent shells at home every day weaving, people called her Vega. 2 small things every day to make money selling cloth. Lovers had played an enjoyable day.

3 fairies and two smaller than the 2035, giving birth to a male and he was a woman. One day, two to go small enough to work, and the sky burst into a day of drums, the Jade Emperor sent heavenly days will Weaver captured. 2 small home a look, see the two children crying, not knowing where on the wife, anxious of turning. One to ask his son, and that older children overturned on a hand that is zoned, for two to think about Weaver left. He hastened to take up two children, covered with leather to catch Weaver.

Second, acute care, recovering quickly, seeing fast to catch up with Weaver, the angered the Queen Mother: "Well you have two small, Does it mean that you have to catch up with inside the celestial palace up?" She hit his head unplug the silver tube, in two small and Weaver the middle of a draw, immediately drawn into a Milky Way. 2 small there is no way to cross the river, anxious straight stamping, basket Zhihan mother of two children. Weaver and two small tears, and crying it is. 2 Weaver wanted to leave a small miss, buckle sets out to invest in cattle Weaver, Weaver received in the hands. Weaver thought, no Well may be sent, pulled out a small throwing two shining weaving shuttle, the Weaving Maiden Shoujin small, the weaving shuttle throwing shape.

Until now, the Milky Way side of the arms of a button sets Vega Star, on the other side of the Altair star next to a shuttle.

Sunday, September 6, 2009

Dragon Boat Festival

Also known as the Dragon Boat Festival, daughter of festival, afternoon Day Festival, May Day, AI Day, end 5, re-5, Summer Festival, days, festival, bath Lan Festival, Qu Yuan's day, poet Festival. Side is the "beginning", "early" means, the fifth day may be called terminal 5, and the Spring Festival, Ching Ming, the Han Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival known as the four traditional festivals. Lunar New Year in order to Earthly Branches Ji, Jian-yin first month, in February for the d, sequential to May for the afternoon, so called in May for the afternoon, the "five" and "afternoon" pass, "five" has for the yang number, so in some places the Dragon Boat Festival in turn called the May Festival, Ai festival, summer festival. From the historical records point of view, "Dragon Boat Festival," the word first appeared in the Western Jin Dynasty people Zhou "endemic in mind": "Midsummer Dragon Boat Festival, cooking duck corner millet." The Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional festival in Chinese Han people, this day of activities essential for the gradual transition to eat dumplings, dragon-boat racing, hang calamus, humilis, Artemsia argyi, smoked herb, Angelica, drinking Announcements, updates, line 100 cord son, so fragrant Slots, posted top five, affixed characters, sub-put yellow smoke, eat 12 red. It is said that eating rice dumplings and dragon-boat race is to commemorate Qu Yuan, so once made after the liberation of the Dragon Boat Festival named "The Poet's Day" to commemorate Qu Yuan. As for the hanging calamus, Artemsia argyi, smoked herb, Angelica, drinking Announcements, updates, and paste character is said to be in order to ward off evil. "Firing their top five," the central Jiangsu with leeks, wild rice grass (or day lily flowers), edible fungus, silver fish, shrimp and other fry, about these types of dishes are a symbol of toads, scorpions, spiders, snakes, centipedes and other top five are the Dragon Boat Festival essential dishes, and now rare. However, in northern Jiangsu, southern Shandong Province Cong Jiangsuan parsley pepper to stimulate the five kinds of things are mixed together, also known as fried fried top five, the general restaurant can point to the dish because the ingredients are more common. Today, Dragon Boat Festival in the Chinese people is still a very popular grand festival. From 2008 onwards as a national statutory holiday day off. Country attaches great importance to the intangible cultural heritage protection, May 20, 2006, the folk by the State Council approved the inclusion of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage site.

[Edit this paragraph] 【Origin】 The Dragon Boat Festival

With regard to the origins of Dragon Boat Festival To sum up, to the following Zhu said: Qu Yuan

1 to commemorate Qu Yuan, the first from the Southern Dynasties, said Liang Wu Jun, "Qi continued harmony in mind," and the Northern Zhou awe-struck, "Jing Chu at the age of mind," the record. It is said that Qu Yuan on the fifth day since the vote in May Miluo River, after the death of the dragon trapped in sorrow over the world, every day to vote for this five-color silk dumplings in the water, in order to drive dragon. Also biography, Qu Yuan's vote Miluo River, the local people heard the news at once to save boat fishing has been OK to Dongting Lake, and finally not see Qu Yuan's body. At that time, coincides with the rainy days, together with the lake on a boat near the shore of the pavilion. When people know that it is salvage Dr. Qu Xian Chen again when the rain out to compete drawn into the vast Dongting Lake. In order to express their mourning, people boating on rivers, then gradually developed into dragon boat race. It seems that the Dragon Boat Festival to eat dumplings, dragon-boat race associated with the commemoration of Qu Yuan, a Tang Dynasty Wenxiu "Dragon Boat Festival," poet wrote: "Dragon Boat Festival is made from the Who, vancomycin rumors of Qu Yuan. Chujiang empty transitory man worthy of laughter, can not be washed straight Chen injustice. "

2 to commemorate the dutiful daughter Cao'e, this theory comes from the Eastern Han Dynasty, "Cao'e monument." Cao'e Shangyu Eastern Han people, the father addicted to the river, a few days not seen the body, when the dutiful daughter Cao'e only 14 years old, day and night along the howler. After a 17 days, is also a river in the May 5, five days later the father comes out, dead.

3, Ying Tao of God, Spring and Autumn Period Guo-Zhong Wu-chen Wu Zixu died aggrieved after the Tao into God, the world's sorrow Erji, so there is the Dragon Boat Festival. This story, widely circulated in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang area. Wu Zixu were a member of the state of Chu people, father and brother were killed by Chu, and later defected to Wu Zi Xu, help Wu Attacks Upon Chu, five battle Entering the city of Chu Ying. Chuping Wang was dead, Zixu grave-digger Bianshi 300 in order to kill the father and brother reported revenge. Lu king's death, his son Fu-cha to the throne, Wu morale, victorious, defeated Yue, Yue Gou please, Fu-cha promised. Zi Xu suggested that complete elimination of the more countries, Fu-cha do not listen, Wu Dasai by Yue, bribery, backbiting framed Zi Xu, Fu-cha letter of, thanks to Zixu sword, Zixu as dead. Zixu this as good and loyal and death calmly, in the death of the neighborhood said: "I'm dead, hanging in my eyes and dig out the East Gate on Wu Jing in order to look at Conquest of Wu by Yue army into the city", it Ziwen died Wen Fu-cha statement was furious, so take Zixu installed in the leather where the body of the May 5 at the river inputs, it is said Wu Zixu Dragon Boat Festival is also a commemoration of the day.

Fourth, the dragon festival, this argument comes from Wen Yi-duo's "Dragon Boat Festival examination", and "Dragon Boat Festival the history of education." In his view, the region in May fifth day of the ancient Wu and Yue "dragon" at the tribal totem worship day. The main reason is; (a) the activities of two major Dragon Boat Festival and races to eat dumplings, are associated with the dragon. Rice dumplings into the water are often stolen by a dragon, but is using a dragon boat races. (B) races and the ancient Wu and Yue local relations are especially deep, the people have their hair Moreover, Wu and Yue Tattoo "to the child like a dragon," customs. (C) the ancient early May on the 5th useful "multicolored silk department arm" of the folk customs, which should be "like a dragon child" tattoo practices remains.
5, bad day, in the pre-Qin era, generally agreed that May was a poison months, on the 5th is a bad day, according to legend the day Xie Ning dominance of top five and out. According to "The Book of Rites" contains, Dragon Boat Festival originated from the build-Lan Zhou bath. "Lu Spring and Autumn" and "Midsummer in mind," a chapter to require people in May to abstinence, fasting. "Xia Xiao Zheng," noted: "This day build drug, to Juan addition to gas." "Big Dai" in mind, "May 5 animals orchid as the bath" to bath evil that Jugo is the legend of the date of death a lot. "Historical Records when MENG Changjun met Tales" in mind when MENG Changjun met famous in history, was born in May 5. His father, his mother not to give birth to him, that "May the child who is longer than households Qi, their parents would be detrimental." "Custom Link" Lost, "said May 5 folk have children, male victims of father and mother of female victims." "Lun Heng," Wang Chong is also the author describes: "taboo give the first month, in May the child; in the first month, in May the child Shafu and mother may not move people." Generals Wang Dongjin fifth day of May the town of evil, health, her grandfather would give him the name " the town of evil. " Huizong fifth day of May, Zhao Ji-sheng, small foster extrauterine. Can be seen, the ancient evil day to fifth day of May is a universal phenomenon. Can be seen from the pre-Qin period after that date are not Kat light of day. Thus, in this day inserted iris, Artemsia argyi to exorcism, smoked herb, Angelica and drinking Announcements, updates, in order to avoid the epidemic is a matter of course. And was also to avoid the "end of five" taboo, called the "Dragon Boat Festival."
6, the summer solstice, holders of this view LIU De-qian in the "" Dragon Boat Festival, "said another origin" and "Something about Chinese traditional festivals," puts forward three main reasons: (a) the age of the authoritative book "Jing-Chu-year-old when the mind "is not mentioned in early May on the 5th to eat dumplings holiday customs, yet eating dumplings written in the summer solstice section. As for the races, Sui-qing Du Taiwan by the "Jade Candle Collection," put it into the summer solstice day of entertainment, we can see is not necessarily a river in order to salvage the great poet Qu Yuan. (B) The Dragon Boat Festival customs in some of the elements, such as "riding a hundred herbs", "fighting a hundred herbs", to "take the miscellaneous medicine" and so on, in fact has nothing to do with Qu Yuan. (C) "at the age of scenery Hua Ji Li" The Dragon Boat Festival The first explanation is: "Ye sunny day, when it is summer, among them that the Dragon Boat Festival, it can also known as the Dragon Boat festival days. Thus the Dragon Boat Festival The earliest origins as the Department of the summer solstice. against the Fun out, but to commemorate Qu Yuan, said that the impact of the most widespread. As the personality of Qu Yuan Yi Chao, and people are willing to put this anniversary attributed to him.

7 to commemorate the poet Qiu Jin, Qiu Jin Rui-Qing Jingxiong word, No. Jianhu Woman, small print Yu Kou, Zhejiang Shaoxing people, young good at poems, songs, Fu, and enjoy horseback riding and fencing, there is Mulan , Qin Liangyu the title alive. 28 years old to participate in the revolution, greatly influenced, in planning the uprising of the catch when the Qing, unyielding to death on June 5 Guangxu Thirty-three years in Shaoxing Xuan Hang Hau brave die a martyr. After the man admire her poetry, mourning her Tadao deeds, so, combined with the poet's Day to commemorate her, while the poet's Day is to commemorate the patriotic poet Qu Yuan, a result set at the Dragon Boat Festival.

Tomb-sweeping Day/Pure Brightness

Ching Ming is China's important traditional folk festivals, it is important to "8" (Lantern (Lantern Festival), Ching Ming, Li-Xia, Dragon Boat Festival, Zhongyuan, Mid-Autumn Festival, Winter Solstice and New Year's Eve) is one. Generally in the Gregorian calendar April 5, but the holiday season is very long, on the 10th on the 8th and after on the 10th on the 10th after the two kinds of statement that it is within the past 20 days are the Ching Ming Festival. The origins of the Ching Ming Festival is said to pass the ancient emperors began, "Muji," the ceremony, and later the community have similar follow suit, grave worship this day, the Chinese dynasties followed to become a fixed custom, Ching Ming Festival and the Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival known as the four Han Chinese traditional festival, Ching Ming Festival from 2008 onwards as a National Holiday.

About China's traditional Qingming Festival began in the Zhou dynasty, has 2500 years of history. Qingming is a very important the beginning of the solar terms, clear and bright one to the higher temperatures, it is an excellent spring spring planting season, and therefore, "clear and bright before and after the Jhonggua points beans." "Afforestation, source is clear and bright" in Nong Yan. Later, as the days of the Ching Ming Festival and the Cold Food Festival approaching, while the Cold Food is a grave fire ban days of folk, gradually, and Cold Food and Qingming on the combined, while the Cold Food will serve both as a lucid another name, has become one of the Ching Ming Festival custom, the day of Qingming fixed fireworks, eat cold food.

After the Ching Ming Festival rain increased, the earth showing the signs of spring and Jing-ming. This season all things "renewal and", whether it is nature of vegetation, or human coexistence with nature, are at this time in exchange for dirty winter and usher in the spring of breath and realize the transformation from Yin to Yang.

Ching Ming Festival is a traditional festival of China's Han is one of 24 solar terms in China, one of the Gregorian calendar for about a year after April 5. In ancient times the day before Qingming for "Cold Food Festival", which according to legend from Duke Wen of Jin in the Spring and Autumn period of mourning Jiezi Tui "Cutting stock boxes" of the post-Cold Food Qingming gradually merged. The Tang Dynasty grave date is generally Mianshan scenic attraction: Mother and Child statue Cold Food Festival, Song Ching Ming after the move. Legend of "Cold Food Festival" on the origin of the central Shanxi Jiexiu, Jiexiu the origins of that is a mark Jiezi Tui "cut stock to fill his stomach" instead of picture shows the newspaper and, ultimately, to death for this by large forest fires, cotton Mountain location of the original is called "fixed Yang", was renamed Duke Wen of Jin, "Jiexiu", which means Jie Zitui rest of the land. Mianshan developed by the local people are well-known scenic spots, including a major attraction is the tall stone Jie Zitui mother, Jie Zaitui local people to become loyal to satisfactory to both sides of the figure represented.

According to legend, Dayu flood control, people will use "Ching Ming" is the phrase to celebrate the flooding has been lowered, global peace. At this point the warmth of spring all things recovery days explicitly specified, it is a good spring tour season outing. Outing began as early as the Tang Dynasty, ancient inherited a habit. Outing In addition to the lakes and mountains to enjoy nature, spring beauty, he also carried out a variety of recreational activities, adding zest for life.
Ching Ming grave epidemic, in fact, the day before Ching Ming grave-sweepers are the contents of the Cold Food Festival, Cold Food Observance legend began on Duke Wen of Jin Jie Zitui regarding mourning. Xuanzong Kaiyuan Dahir two decades the world, "Cold Food Observance on the tomb." For Cold Food and Qingming phase, then gradually pass into the Tomb Sweeping the. Ming and Qing Dynasties, Tomb Sweeping is more prevalent. Ancient grave, the children also often have to fly a kite. On a bamboo flute, some kites, Fengyi Chui can be issued by sound, like Cheng's voice, said kite's name that way.

There are many Ching Ming Festival, lost customs, such as the ancient Chinese had long circulated Dai Liu, shooting Liu, playing swing and so on, as far as uploading, Liao Ching Ming Festival, the heaviest custom, from the imperial court down to the ordinary people have to play swing as music, ladies gathered, the wind Outing heyday.

It is said that Liu inserted customs, but also to commemorate the "Christians Jiase" Shennong founder of the farm. In some places, people switchgrass inserted under the eaves, in order to forecast weather, old saying of "willow green, Rain; wicker dry, sunny the days" argument. Huang Chao Uprising, when the provisions of the "Tomb Sweeping Festival period, the number Dai Liu." The uprising failed, the custom of wearing Liu gradually be eliminated, only the plug Liu prevalence not changed. Willow has a strong vitality, the saying goes: "determined to grow flowers flowers hair, willow shade getting results." Wicker insert earth live, and plug into where, live where every year inserted Liu, everywhere into the overcast. Dai Liu Liu Qingming inserted there is a saying: The original Chinese, with clear and bright, in July and a half and three in October for the Halloween new moon, is one hundred ghosts haunt discuss when the cable. In order to prevent intrusion into people's ghost persecution, inserted Liu Dai Liu. Liu in people's minds because there are evil spirits function. Influenced by Buddhism, people believe that Liu could have a ghost, but known as "ghost frightened trees," Guanyin to switchgrass economic degrees above water beings. Northern Wei Jia Sixie "Qi Min Yao Shu," Lane said: "take the willow with families, the 100 does not enter the house ghost." Ching Ming is Halloween, the occasion of willow germination season, people will naturally have inserted in order to ward off evil of the Liu Dai Liu. Han Chinese, "Liu Zengbie off" custom: Baqiao in Chang-dong, cross water for bridge, Chinese visitor out to this bridge, folding Liu Zengbie. Li Bai has the word says: "annual Green is the Willow, Baling do not hurt." Ancient Chang'an Baqiao sides, Di Zhang miles and a step 1 Liu, Chang-an East by many people to go into here and say good-bye off switchgrass Zengbie loved ones, for "Liu "and" stay "homophonic to express retain meaning. This custom originated in the "Book of Songs. Xiaoya. Lunar," where "I will carry on Xi, Yang Liu Yiyi." Liu expressed as parting gifts with hard to hard to leave, do not bear phase, reluctantly the mind. Willow is a symbol of spring, the swaying of the willow in the spring, always give people a sense of thriving. "Folding Liu Zengbie" That contains the "Spring often" wishes. The ancients off discount Liu Corporate Banking, but also metaphorical, as their loved ones farewell to the village from the branches of the willow, hoping him to a new place, can quickly take root, like switchgrass of anywhere to live. It is a kind of a friend's good wishes. Ancient poems also refer to a large number of folding Liu Zengbie matter. Tang Quan Deyu poem: "& Products Gift Pack Liu," Song Jiang Whitehead poem: "Do not fear no blue willow road," Kuo Ming Tang poem: "Since the mid-long-off people, off-street every border town of Willow." Qing Dynasty Chen Weisong's words: "Wicker today left a few? be folded gift." People are not only met the willow will cause another depression, and even heard the words "discount willow" song, will be touched from the thread. Li Bai, "Chun Ye Wen Los Angeles Flute": "This folded Nocturne in Wen Liu, who can not afford to occupy the original site conditions." In fact, Willow could have a wide range of symbolic meaning, the ancients also gives the willow all the feelings, so we have always focussed on by Liu is reasonable in the matter of the.

What's a few days ago during the Ching Ming Cold Food? There are several claims. Southern Liang awe-struck, "Jing Chu at the age of mind," the record, 105 days after the winter solstice, said Cold Food Festival, this happened two days before the Ching Ming Festival. Tang Yuan Zhen's poem goes like this: "At first too Cool Food 160" and held that the day before the Ching Ming Festival for the Cold Food Festival, Qingming Festival and the Winter Solstice itself, in which the date, there is one day difference. Since the days of Cold Food and Qingming similar, but in the activities of the ancients in the Cold Food is often extended to the Ching Ming. Over time, Cold Food and Qingming there is no strict distinction between.

Qingming circulating around the activities of many traditional customs. Such as the Cold Food Observance thanks fire, Tomb Sweeping, hikers outings, playing polo, kite-flying, swinging, cock fighting, tug of war. These activities as the years goes back to the turn, society changes and succession delivery changes, and some practices have been eliminated, and some still left so far and given the new content.

Cold Food Festival

Cold Food Festival also known as "Smoking Day", "Cold Day", "Bai Wu's Day", 100 to zero after the winter solstice in the traditional Chinese lunar calendar on the 5th, before Ching Ming Yi Erri. Is a first for the festival day, the ban on fireworks, eat cold. And later in the development of a gradual increase in Jisao, hikers, swing, Cuju, a chain hook, bucket eggs and other customs, and Cold Food preganglionic stretching two thousand years later, and was known as the largest private memorial day. "The push made by Masquerade, fire gradually Fen Shen. Sihai with Cold Food Observance, through the ages for one person. The deep injustice could he Tao, Jun traces of ancient non-neighbors. Souls of the mountains and rivers of gas, wind and thunder reign of God. Light smoke-yu Liu fire, blues Tatsuhebi new. Alas wengong gangsters, his life held the Hill. "Tang Dynasty poet Lu like the song" Cold Food Observance "Poetry, words that is, the origins of Cold Food Festival" is pushing Mianshan Fen Shen "story. According to legend, the folk from Memorial Spring and Autumn Period Jin Jie push it (push name name Jie, also known as Jie Zitui, it as a function word, son of King name). Then push it with the Duke Wen of Jin Chong Er Jie exile far and wide, cutting the meat stock for wengong stave off hunger. Wengong national recovery after the push is not seeking fortune, and mother Mianshan Hermitage. Wengong view of the burning mountain, the mountain could not push firmly holding onto a tree and died. Wengong buried their dead in the Mianshan, Xiu-Li Miao temple, and ordered on the day of death of the child to push ban on burning the fire Cold Food Observance, to send grief, after Xiangyan into the vulgar.

Chun Ji China in the past in Cold Food Festival, until it was changed to the Ching Ming Festival. But South Korea still remain in the Cold Food Festival to Chunji tradition.

Shanxi Jiexiu Mianshan, known as "China's Cold Food Qingming culture village", an annual grand Cold Food Qingming festival (Jie Zaitui) ritual activities.

Cold Food Festival, also known as the cooked food section, smoking section, cold section. Its date is 100 to zero on the 5th from the winter solstice, which is just over a day or two days away from the clear and bright. The main section of this festival is to ban vulgar fire, and not allowed to light a fire for cooking, can only be prepared to eat well cooked food, cold, hence the name.

Cold Food Festival from Spring and Autumn Period Legend has it that Jin is the son of the courtiers to commemorate Jin Jie Zitui. Jin Chong Er son in exile overseas for 19 years, Jie Zitui protect the emperor to follow, feats, Chong Er ascended the throne in return, that is, Duke Wen of Jin. Jie Zitui mother carrying it and taken refuge in Mianshan. Duke Wen of Jin went to find, but how to be found. So he set fire to mountain, trying to push the force between them. Unexpectedly, however Jiezi Tui and his mother holding a tree, preferring to burn, nor out of the mountains. Duke Wen of Jin sadly ordered Mianshan renamed Jie-shan (ie, county, Shanxi Jiexiu the Jie-shan), and ordered Jie Zaitui burned to death on the day as the Cold Food Festival, year after year after year after year, every Cold Food Festival to be banned light a fire, eating left-to show to remember the meaning.

In fact, the true origins of Cold Food Festival, is derived from the ancient drilling wood, novelty of the system of the fire. The ancients different depending on the season, a fire drill with different trees, there is change the custom of the fire season to change. Changed each time after the fire, it is necessary for the new fire. Even before the arrival of new fire, they prohibit people from lighting fires. This was a major event. "Zhou Xuan's lawsuit Autumn": "in the spring of wood, the fire ban in the country Duo repair of." Visible was shaking wooden front, walking in the street and ordered the fire ban. This Division Xuan's, which is responsible for managing small to make fire official. In the time of the fire ban, people prepare some cold foods for human consumption, so that gradually became a fixed custom of the. Only after the legend associated with the Jiezi Tui became Cold Food Festival, the date up to a month. After all, this is not conducive to health, it would be to shorten the date, from the seven days, three days is gradually changed to the day after they Tang Ching Ming Festival in the fusion.

Cold Food Festival customs, there is Shangfen, picnic and cock-fighting son, swing, playing blanket, a chain hook (tug of war), etc.. Which Shangfen of customs is very old. There are graves there must be Muji, and later in March has been a result of calling back the soul with the soul of the worldly fusion continued, they gradually set on the Cold Food Festival had. "Tang book" Hutchison says: "Twenty years Kaiyuan Chik, Cold Food Observance on the tomb," Li Jing "no text. Modern legend, the Baptist in order to become vulgar, and are advised on the tomb of Xu sweep with the worship ceremony." Songzhuang Ji-yu "tasteless chapter" Volume Previous: "Cold Food on the mound, nor set up incense. paper money hanging on the tree Ying. their village to go who are looking mountain climbing festival. Liebo in the air, saying that the breaking off of money. The four-fated prayer swept the capital, gradually set up wine essays (zhuan , meals), to bring home spring tour. "

Saturday, September 5, 2009

Lantern Festival

The first lunar month on the 15th, is China's traditional Lantern Festival. The first month is a lunar January, the ancients called "Xiao," and on the 15th is the first year of a full moon night, so that fifteenth day of the Lantern Festival.
Also known as little New Year's Day,Yuan Xi or Light Festival,the first after the Spring Festival, an important festival.

Lantern Festival originated in the "Torch Festival", the Han people in the countryside, holding torches field driven worm beast, hoping to reduce pests, praying to have a good harvest. Even today, people in some parts of southwest China are still on the first month 15th reed torches made of wood or tree branches, holding torches in groups, or drying in farms dance field. Since Sui, Tang, Song ,Singing and dancing were enough to reach tens of thousands of participants, from dusk until dawn, to covertly while the strike. As society and the times when changes in the customs of the Lantern Festival already has made significant changes, but is still a Chinese folk traditional festivals.

Point of origin Lantern

Legend in a long time ago, beast a lot of harm to people and livestock around, people have organized to fight them, there is a hardship for the lost and landed divine Bird, but the accident was unaware of the hunters to a shot of.

After the Emperor of Heaven knows very angry edicts have come immediately ordered so heavenly in the first month on the 15th to the earth and set fires to burn them altogether human and property of people and livestock. The Emperor of Heaven's daughter, good-natured, could not bear suffering of innocent people, they risk their lives, secretly steered the clouds come to earth to tell people the news. Everyone heard the news, his head rang like a torpedo. Scared and confused.

After a very long time, only the old people come up with a sure way out, he said: "In the first month 14, 15, on the 16th three days, each household are at home and decorated, point ring firecrackers, fireworks display. So As a result, the Emperor of Heaven will be that people have been burned to death. "

People listened to all nod yes, then split up ready to go by. To the fifteenth day this evening, the Emperor of Heaven looked down and found earth a red light, noise deafening, three consecutive nights were the case, thought it was fire burning flames, hearts greatly. In this way the people keep their lives and property. To commemorate this success, from every fifteenth day, every household hung lanterns, and fireworks to mark the occasion.

Lantern Festival custom: guess riddles, playing dragon lantern, stilt, lion dance, draw Han Boat, Festival Gate, Festival households, Expulsion mouse, to send Children lights, receive Zi Gu, extrude all diseases, stealing food and so on.

lunar New Year's Day

The other words:Spring Festival ,the Spring Festival,Chinese New Year's Day.

Chinese New Year is the most solemn , distinctive folk tradition of festivals, and the most lively of an ancient festival.Generally refers to New Year's Eve and the first month who started the first day of the year, also known as the lunar year, commonly known as "Chinese New Year."However, in civil society, traditional sense of the Spring Festival is the eighth day from the twelfth lunar month, or the twelfth lunar month 23 or 24, until the fifteenth day, of which New Year's Eve and the first month started this as a climax.During the Spring Festival, China's Han and many other ethnic minorities to be held in a variety of activities to mark the occasion. These activities are worship deities, and pay homage to their ancestors, satisfied to welcome good fortune, to pray for good harvest as the main content. Rich variety of activities, with strong ethnic characteristics. The Spring Festival in Tianjin, there is the habit of hanging Chinese knot.

Spring Festival is the most important festival in the Han, Manchu, Mongolian, Yao, Zhuang, white, mountains, Hezhen, Hani, Daur, Dong, Li and dozens of ethnic minorities also had the custom of Chinese New Year, but in the form of festivals each with their own national characteristics.

A kind of legend:

In ancient times, there is a monster called "Year" , have length antennae and ferocious."Year" lived in the sea for many years, every New Year's Eve to climb cliffs, and devour livestock lethal.Therefore, every New Year's Eve , people young and old who stockaded village fled to the mountains to escape the "Year" animal's damage.

New Year's Eve one year, an elderly begging come from the village outside, to escape the "year", villagers a scene of panic haste,only an old lady give some food to the elderly,and advised him to escape the "Year" into the mountains soon.The old man pulled up to the mustache smiled: "If you let me stay at home one night, I have to put 'Year' animal away." The old lady still to persuade the old man,elderly just laughed.

Middle of the night, The "Year" broke into the village.It found that the atmosphere of village unlike in previous years:The old lady's home ,the door paste large red paper, brightly lit candle inside.The beast shake the whole body and shouted.Close to the door, a sudden "pop pops" noise came from the yard."Year" trembling and then not forward scrape together. It turned out that "year" are most afraid of red, fire and exploding.At this time, the door of the house wide open, we saw the elderly people wearing red clothes, laughing in the yard."Year" scaring and jump up in panic to escape.The next day,people who asylum back see the village safe very surprised.At this time, the old lady rushed off to tell the folks which the begging for the elderly promise.This incident spread around the village soon,all people are aware of the way which to eviction The "Year".From then on New Year's Eve every year, every household paste red couplets, firecrackers; every household brightly lit candle.This customs have spread and became the most solemn of traditional Chinese folk festival.