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Festival Name	When	What	How	Why
Spring Festival	1st Jun	To celebrate the new year	-laba porridge -sacrifices (Animals) -festival ‘couplets’ -Iconic Chinese calligraphy -Paper cuttings -Red color papers/decorations -Family sit together to eat -given money in a red paper -firecrackers
LanternFestival	15th of the first lunar month	Worship Buddha	-stroll on the street with lantern -guess riddle -eat Yuanxiao -dragon lantern dance,lion dance,a land boat dance,a yange dance,walking on stilt and beating drums dance -fireworks
Dragon Boat Festival	5th day of the 5th lunar month	Hold  memorial ceremony for QU YUAN	-race of dragon boat -eat zongzi -sewn with colorful silk cloth and filled with herbs or perfumes and stringed with silk threads and put around the neck or at the front of outfits
Mid Autumn Festival	15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese lunar	Pray for good luck and peace	-set incense and show love -eat moon cakes -express feeling while enjoy under the moon
Magpie	7th day of the 7th lunar month	Celebrate Chinese Valentine’s Day	-Loves go and pray for marriage -put the needle on the water -make a wish -Petals on the horns to avoid disaster -women wash their hair in the evening -children wash their faces with rain -Throw the rope on the roof of the Dragon Boat Festival