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The origins and observances of China's traditional festivals, from Spring Festival and the Dragon Boat Festival to Mid-Autumn and the ethnic minority calendar

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Spring Festival
Spring FestivalFestivals & Customs
Lantern Festival
Lantern FestivalFestivals & Customs

Lanterns and riddles, a bright reunion in early spring

Qingming Festival
Qingming FestivalFestivals & Customs
Dragon Boat Festival
Dragon Boat FestivalFestivals & Customs
Qixi Festival
Qixi FestivalFestivals & Customs

Needlework under the stars, honouring the Weaver Girl

Mid-Autumn Festival
Mid-Autumn FestivalFestivals & Customs
Double Ninth Festival
Double Ninth FestivalFestivals & Customs

Hill-climbing and chrysanthemums, honouring one's elders

Cold Clothing Festival
Cold Clothing FestivalFestivals & Customs

Winter clothes for the departed, remembering the ancestors

Naadam
NaadamFestivals & Customs
Water-Splashing Festival
Water-Splashing FestivalFestivals & Customs
Mazu Belief and Customs
Mazu Belief and CustomsFestivals & Customs
Drunken Dragon Festival
Drunken Dragon FestivalFestivals & Customs
Birthday of Nezha
Birthday of NezhaFestivals & Customs
Junpo Festival
Junpo FestivalFestivals & Customs
Li Sanyuesan Festival
Li Sanyuesan FestivalFestivals & Customs
Fucheng Flower-Changing Festival
Fucheng Flower-Changing FestivalFestivals & Customs
Oroqen Gulunmuta Fire Festival
Oroqen Gulunmuta Fire FestivalFestivals & Customs
Spring Festival Shehuo
Spring Festival ShehuoFestivals & Customs
Eid al-Fitr
Eid al-FitrFestivals & Customs
Keelung Ghost Festival
Keelung Ghost FestivalFestivals & Customs
Cheung Chau Bun Festival
Cheung Chau Bun FestivalFestivals & Customs
Tai Hang Fire Dragon
Tai Hang Fire DragonFestivals & Customs
Nowruz
NowruzFestivals & Customs
Eid al-Adha
Eid al-AdhaFestivals & Customs
Chaoshan Deity Procession
Chaoshan Deity ProcessionFestivals & Customs
Winter Solstice
Winter SolsticeFestivals & Customs
Yi Torch Festival
Yi Torch FestivalFestivals & Customs
Huizhou Fish Lanterns
Huizhou Fish LanternsFestivals & Customs
Dragon Boat Customs of Qu Yuan's Homeland
Dragon Boat Customs of Qu Yuan's HomelandFestivals & Customs

Three dragon boat festivals, rites on the river

Yuyuan Lantern Festival
Yuyuan Lantern FestivalFestivals & Customs

Lantern light over the Nine-Turn Bridge

Ovoo Worship
Ovoo WorshipFestivals & Customs

Circling the cairn, stone by stone

Tu Nadun Festival
Tu Nadun FestivalFestivals & Customs

Masked dances that stretch the autumn long

Tianjin Huanghui
Tianjin HuanghuiFestivals & Customs

A hundred societies walking for the Empress of Heaven

Xunxian First-Month Temple Fair
Xunxian First-Month Temple FairFestivals & Customs

North China's greatest temple fair, from the first day to the second month

Fujian Deity Parades
Fujian Deity ParadesFestivals & Customs

Gods on parade, gongs clearing the way

Munao Zongge
Munao ZonggeFestivals & Customs

Tens of thousands on one drumbeat, dancing round the totem pillars

Miao New Year
Miao New YearFestivals & Customs

New Year in the Miao calendar — lusheng music and toasting from village to village until early spring

Shoton Festival
Shoton FestivalFestivals & Customs