Chinese
festivals may be classified into the following
four categories:
a. Those commemorating an historical event
or an historical figure. These include the
Dragon Boat Festival and the Clear and Bright
Festival.
b. Those connected with a myth and legend.
These include the Spring Dragon Festival
and the Double Seventh Night.
c. Those handed down year after year and
developed from rites to worship ancestors
and deities. These include the La Ba Festival
on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.
d. Those taking place at the end of the
year to say good-bye to the old year or
at the beginning of a year to greet the
new. These include the New Year’s
Eve and the Spring Festival.
