Introduction about Chinese culture
The spring festival, also called the Lunar New Year has a history of more then 4000 years. Like Christmas Day in western countries, the Spring Festival is the most important festival in many Asian countries such as China. The Spring Festival could date back to Shang dynasty (1000-1600 B.C.). during the Spring festival, there are many events and activities and people in different regions might celebrate the festival in their own ways.
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There are many tales and legends about Spring festival. Celebrating the Spring festival is also called “Guo Nian ”. According to the tale, “Nian” is a fierce beast and like to eat human. When “Nian” appeared at night each time, people always tend to find a place to hide themselves. Later, people found that “Nian” was scared of red color and firecrackers then people use these things to frighten “Nian” away. From then, the usage of red color and firecrackers during Spring festival was passed on. Normally, people start to prepare the Spring festival at the 24th Dec of Lunar calender. People will do different things based on each particular day. For example, people usually cleaning their home on the 24th Dec of Lunar calender. All the celebration activities will be finished on the 15th Jan of Lunar calender.
Spring festival is the symptom of the beginning of Chinese new year and Chinese people believe how they behave will influence the rest of the year. Therefore, there are many taboos during the spring festival. For example, words like “Si, Po, Sha, Gui and Bin“ should be avoided in the talk. In some regions, the rice container must not be empty, otherwise people might not have enough food in the following days.
The spring festival
Spring festival mythology
Spring taboos.
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Qingming festival usually takes place on 4-6th July. After that, both the temperature and rainfall will increase and it is the perfect time for seeding and farming. Today, Qingming festival is not only a mark day for cultivation but also a memorial day for most people. 

During the Qingming festival, most Chinese people honor their ancestors by visiting the tombs, cleaning the graves, making offerings such as flowers or the things their ancestors like before and praying to them. 

 On top of that, Chinese people usually go hiking or travel since the weather is pretty good and everything start turning green during Qingming festival. Kite-flying and tree planting are also popular during the festival.
Qingming Festival
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The dragon boat festival occurs on the 5th day of the 5th month in the Chinese lunar calender. There are many tales and stories about this festival and the best known in modern China is to commemorate the death of Qu Yuan, a poet and ministry of the ancient state of Chu. According to the tales, Qu Yuan committed suicide by throwing himself into the river then those people admiring him raced out their boat to save him or at least save his body and dropped the balls of sticky rice (zongzi) into river to feed the fish so they will not eat Qu Yuan’s body. This is why you can see Chinese people race boat and make zongzi during Dragon boat festival.

Dragon boat festival
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The August 15th of the lunar calendar is the traditional Mid Autumn Festival. This is the mid autumn of the year, so it is called mid autumn. The Mid Autumn Festival has a long history. Like other traditional festivals, it also develops slowly. Ancient emperors had the ritual system of offering sacrifices to the sun in spring and the moon in autumn. As early as in the book “Zhouli”, the word "Mid Autumn Festival" has been recorded. Later, nobles and literati also followed. In the Mid Autumn Festival, they watched and worshipped the bright and round moon in the sky. This custom spread to the people and formed a traditional activity. When it’s in Tang Dynasty, people paid more attention to this custom, and the mid autumn festival became a fixed festival, The Mid Autumn Festival on August 15th is recorded in the book of Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty. This festival was very popular in Song Dynasty. By Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was as famous as the New Year and became one of the main festivals in China.

Mid Autumn Festival
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September 9th of the lunar calendar is the traditional Double Ninth Festival (Chongyang Festival). In the ancient book “Yijing”, "six" is defined as the Yin number, and "Nine" as the Yang number. On September 9th, the sun and the moon merge with each other, so it is called Chongyang, meaning sun and moon merged. It also known as Chongjiu (double ninth). The ancients thought it was a auspicious day to celebrate, and they began to celebrate this festival from a very early age. On this day, people also have the custom of eating "Chongyang cake". In Chinese, "high" is homonymous with "cake". People will use "Chigao" instead of "Denggao" to wish all things high. Chongyang cake, also known as flower cake, chrysanthemum cake and five color cake, has no definite method of making and is more casual. The highest one has nine stories, like a tower.
Double Ninth Festival