Rituals and Holidays

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  1. 2. - On this day, people who believe in Confucianism go to their ancestors' graves and give them offerings such as paper money and paper cloths. Usually food is offered after ceremonies, however, with Confucianism they offer food during the ceremony. It occurs 106 days after the winter solstice.
  2. 6. - love within the family, love of parents for their children, and love of children for their parents.
  3. 7. - Honesty and Trustworthiness.
  4. 8. - This ceremony is to honour the kings and queens of the Yi dynasty. This holiday takes place on the 1st sunday in may.
  5. 9. - A celebration of family and human connections and a desire to bring prosperity and good fortune into the new year.
  6. 11. - benevolence, humanness towards one another (the most important Confucianism virtue).
  7. 12. - includes ritual, propriety, and etiquette.
  8. 13. - Aims to promote reconciliation, peace, and forgiveness. The celebrations also include lion and dragon dances, parades, and fireworks. It includes small glutinous rice balls filled with fruits and nuts, called yuanxiao or tangyuan that are eaten during the celebration
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  1. 1. - This festival is held each year on September 28th to pay their respects to the founder of Confucianism. The holiday lasts 10 days.
  2. 3. - where many eat rice dumplings, drink realgar wine, and race dragon boats. Other activities include hanging icons of Zhong Kui (a mythic guardian figure), hanging mugwort and calamus, taking long walks, writing spells, and wearing perfumed medicine bags. It occurs on the 5th day of the 5th month of the traditional Chinese calendar.
  3. 4. - During this ceremony, believers visit their ancestors’ graves and present them with gifts, they also sweep their ancestors graves, which gives this holiday it's name. It is celebrated on the 15th day from the spring equinox.
  4. 5. - A traditional Taoist festival held in East Asian countries where they perform special ceremonies to avoid the wrath of the ghosts such as putting the family's ancestral tablets on a table, burning incense, and preparing food three times that day. According to the Chinese calendar, It is on the 15th night of the seventh month.
  5. 9. - Loyalty to the state
  6. 10. - Righteousness.