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owadaysmoreandmorepeoplepayattentiontowesternfestivals.Anyway,inthemeantime,Chinesetraditionalfestivalsfacethechallengesofbeingforgotten.Andtodaywe’retalkingaboutsomespecialChinesetraditionalfestivals.

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sasayinggoes,“Ifwintercomes,canspringbefarbehind”.Everyyearstartsatspring.Ofcourse,festivalsstartatspring,too.

SpringFestival

Withtheapproachingofspring,theflowersareblooming.SpringFestivalstartsonthefirstdayoftheNewYearandendsonthefullmoon15dayslater.

TheSpringFestivalisthemostimportantfestivalforChinesepeopleandisatimethatallfamilymembersgettogether,justlikeChristmasintheWest.

BeforeNewYearcomes,peoplealwayscleantheindoorsandoutdoorsoftheirhousesaswellasbuyalotofthings.Besides,thecustomofgivingchildrenmoneyinredpaperandfiringfire-crackersseemtobenecessary.What’smore,traditionalfoodsuchasricecakeanddumplingsaretothetastesofmostChinesepeople.Inaword,there’revariouswaystocelebratingtheSpringFestivalwhichdayweChineseneverforget.

DragonBoatFestivalTobelieveornot,themajorityofChinesestudentshaveheardaboutLiSaowhichiswrittenbyQuYuan.

QuYuanloveshiscountryfromthebottomofhisheart.However,thekingdidn’tbelievehimandlethimgoaway.ItissoharmfultoQuYuanthathedrownedhimselfinMiluoRiver.

HewasdeadonthefifthdayofthefifthmonthaccordingtotheChinesecalendar,sopeoplesetupDragonBoatFestivaltomemorizethisfamouspoet.Inaddition,thefestivalisbestknownforitsdragon-boatracesanddeliciouszongzi.

QiXi

Whenweraiseourheadonseventh,Julyandglanceatthestars,wewillfindsomethingromanticstoriesgoingoninthesky.

InanoldChinesestories,onthatevening,aman

calledNiuLangandagoddesscalledZhiNuwill

meetonabridgeofmagpiesacrosstheMilkyWay.

ThereasonisthatThequeenofheavendidn’twantherdaughterZhiNutomarryNiuLang,soshedividethembytheMilkyWay.Asaresult,thepoorcouplemisseachotherbutcan’tseeeachotherexcepttheday.Whatasadlybeautifulstory!

Therefore,QiXiisacharmingfestivalforChinese,especiallythelovers.ItisalsocalledChineseValentine'sD