List of festivals in August 2021 What are the special days
The main festivals in August 2021 are Army Day, Qixi Festival, and Zhongyuan Festival.In addition, there are two special solar terms, namely the immediate autumn solar term and the summer solar term.But there are no statutory holidays in August, and we can celebrate on our own in our free time.
Festival inquiry in August 2021
August 1:Army Day
August 1-7:World Breastfeeding Week
August 2:Torch Festival
August 2:Guan Gong’s Birthday
August 3:Men’s Day
August 4:Chopsticks Festival
August 7:Beginning of Autumn
August 8:Chinese Men’s Day
August 8:National Fitness Day
August 8:International Cat Day
August 9:International Indigenous Peoples Day
August 12:International Youth Day
August 12 Day:World Elephant Day
August 13:International Left-Handed Day
August 14:Chinese Valentine’s Day
August 14:Green Valentine Festival
August 18:China Human Resources Day
August 19:Chinese Doctor’s Day
August 19:World Photography Day
August 20th:World Mosquito Day
August 22nd:Mid-Autumn Festival
August 23rd:Summer Heat
August 26 Day:National Lawyer Consultation Day
August 29:National Surveying and Mapping Law Publicity Day
Important festivals in August 2021
Army Day
August 1, 2021 is Army Day.The August 1st Army Day is the anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army.It is set on August 1 every year and is established by the Chinese People’s Revolutionary Military Commission to commemorate the founding of the Chinese Workers and Peasants’ Red Army.On July 11, 1933, the Provisional Central Government of the Chinese Soviet Republic, based on the recommendation of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission on June 30, decided that August 1 would be the anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army.On June 15, 1949, the Chinese People’s Revolutionary Military Commission issued an order to use the word "August 1" as the main symbol of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s flag and military emblem.After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, this anniversary was renamed the Founding Day of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army.
The Qixi Festival
August 14, 2021 is the Qixi Festival.Qixi Festival, also known as Qiqiao Festival, Qijie Festival, Girls’ Festival, Qiqiao Festival, Qinianghui, Qixi Festival, Niu Gong Niu Po Day, Qiao Xi, etc., is a traditional Chinese folk festival.The Qixi Festival is derived from the worship of the stars and is the birthday of the Seventh Sister in the traditional sense.Because the worship of the "Seventh Sister" is held on the seventh night of the seventh month, it is named "Qixi".Worshiping the Seventh Sister, praying for blessings, begging for skillful arts, sitting and watching Altair Vega, praying for marriage, and storing Qixi water are the traditional customs of Qixi Festival.After historical development, Qixi Festival has been endowed with the beautiful love legend of "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl", making it a festival that symbolizes love, and is considered to be the most romantic traditional festival in China.cultural meaning.
Chinese New Year’s Day
August 22, 2021 is Chinese New Year’s Day.The Zhongyuan Festival is the name of Taoism.It is called the ancestor worship festival in July and a half and July 14th (another saying is July 15th), and Buddhism is called the Ullambana Festival.The festival customs mainly include worshiping ancestors, putting river lanterns, offering sacrifices to the dead, burning paper ingots, and offering sacrifices to the land.Its origin can be traced back to the worship of ancestral spirits and related rituals in ancient times.July is the auspicious month and the month of filial piety.The half of July is a folk festival in early autumn to celebrate the harvest and reward the earth.When some crops are mature, the folks should make sacrifices to ancestors as a rule, and use new rice and other offerings to report the autumn to the ancestors.The festival is a traditional cultural festival in memory of ancestors, and its cultural core is to respect ancestors and filial piety.
The beginning of autumn solar term
August 7, 2021 is the beginning of autumn solar term.The beginning of autumn is the 13th solar term in the twenty-four solar terms, and it is also the first solar term in autumn.Every August 7th or 8th, when the sun reaches 135° ecliptic longitude, it is the beginning of autumn.Liqiu’s "Li" means the beginning, and "Autumn" refers to the time when crops are mature.The beginning of autumn means that the summer is going to cool and the autumn begins.It is a solar term that reflects the seasons.The ancients of China divided the beginning of autumn into three phases:one is the arrival of the cool breeze; the second is that the white dew is born; the third is that the cold cicadas are singing.
The Summer Festival
August 23, 2021 is the Summer Festival.The end of summer is the fourteenth of the twenty-four solar terms.Douzhiwu; the ecliptic longitude of the sun is 150°; the festival is on August 22-24 of the Gregorian calendar.Chu means termination and hiding, and Chushu means the end of a hot summer day.At this time, the dog days have passed or are nearing the end, the daytime is hot, the morning and evening are cool, the temperature difference between day and night is large, and autumn rains come from time to time.The end of summer, the solar term, means entering the meteorological autumn.During the summer season, it is time for crops to be harvested.In ancient times, people held various ceremonies to worship ancestors and thank the land master.
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