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youth rallies are rare, but parties and picnic outings are gaining popularity. As result, they have adopted some Western holidays. Both and weeks were called huangjinzhou, or a week of gold. Fireworks and parties are integral part of the first Chinese lunar month and usually lasts two or three days. The Lisu Knifepole Festival The Knifepole Festival falls on the eighth day of the 5th lunar month Said to be in memory of great patriot poet of the then State of Chu during the Warring States period 475221 B. C.

Greeting cards and flowers, predominantly roses, are sold in the millions. Official Chinese HolidaysTraditional Chinese FestivalsMinority Nationality Festivals Western Holidays Celebrated in China China has become more commercialized and less ideological, and the Chinese are enjoying more relaxed social control. its importance has greatly decreased, and it is celebrated only in parts of the country. Spring Festival, or Chinese New Year 1st day of the third Chinese lunar month. Viewing it by the whole family while feasting on good wine, fruits and mooncakes features the night event.

The Bais Sanyuejie Third Moon Fair Sanyuejie, or Third Moon Fair, is the Bai nationalitys important festival. Other activities marking the festival include theatrical performances, lusheng music instrument of pipe through calabash contest, antiphonal style singing, and cockfight. The singing and dancing can continue nonstop for two or three days. The Jingbo Dancing Festival Munao Festival is the important holidays of the Jingpo people to celebrate good harvests and exorcise evil spirits.

The tradition of water sprinkling originates from legend of seven young women who killed monster that they were forced to marry. The festival is highlighted by sport where teams of dozen or score of young men from different villages to catch as many decorated metal rings shot into sky by cannon. The moon on this day is the fullest and largest to the eye. The first day is marked by family dinner of good luck and the worshiping of gods with five grains.

The Lisu Knifepole Festival The Knifepole Festival falls on the fifteenth day of the 8th lunar month It is second only to the Chinese New Year in significance. The first day is marked by family dinner of good luck and the worshiping of gods with five grains. There are cries for replacing this foreign celebration of love with the traditional Chinese Qixi Seventh Day of the Seventh Lunar Month, day that commemorizes the legendary Cowherd and Weaving Girl..
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