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Spring Festival CHING MING FESTIVAL Third Moon(March/April)Ancestor worship is a Chinese tradition dating back thousands of years. Also known as the Grave-sweeping or Spring Remembrance, Ching Ming (“clear and bright”), is when Chinese families show their respect by visiting the graves of their ancestors to clear away weeds, touch up（润色） gravestone inscriptions （碑铭） and make offerings（祭品） of wine and fruit. DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL Fifth Moon, Day 5 (June) The Dragon Boat Festival combines a fast-paced sporting spectacular (wonderful) with a traditional festival The Festival, also honours the death of a popular Chinese national hero and poet --- Qu Yuan, who drowned himself in the Mi Lo River over 2,000 years ago to protest against the corrupt rulers. Legend says that as townspeople attempted to rescue him, they beat drums to scare fish away and threw dumplings into the sea to keep the fish from eating Qu Yuans body.  The Chinese Valentines Day Chinese Valentines Day is on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month in the Chinese calendar. A love story for this day is about the 7th daughter of Goddess of Heaven and an orphaned cowherd. The Goddess separated them. The 7th daughter was forced to move to the star Vega and the cowherd moved to the star Altair. They are allowed to meet only once a year on the day of 7th day of 7th lunar month. MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL Eighth Moon, Day 15(September/October) ?The Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the most charming and picturesque nights of the calendar. Chinese Elder Day (Double Nines) Ninth Moon, Day 9 (September/October) The Chung Yang Festival is a day to respect and remember ancestors. The Elder day is the Double-Nine Festival, the 9th day of 9th lunar month. The Chinese called this festival Chung-Yang Jie. The Elder day was re-established by the Republic of China in 1974. This