"Stories of Chinese Traditional Festivals" Author: Edited by Ai Jia / Illustrated by Liu Yajing Publisher: Petroleum Industry Press

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The book contains 10 Chinese festival stories, and uses hand-painted pictures of traditional Chinese festival scenes. Behind each festival is a beautiful legend and history, and each festival has its own solar terms. The book contains nearly 300 exquisite hand-painted pictures, which are like a scroll that unfolds to show Chinese traditional festivals and folk customs to children. The legends, customs and proverbs of the origin of this festival, folk activities, different diets and meanings during different festivals, and ancient poems related to this festival are selected from famous poems in ancient poetry, with annotations and extensions of festival stories. It can be said to be an encyclopedia picture book of traditional festivals. For example, why do we worship our ancestors on Qingming Festival? Why do we have to go outing and fly kites happily when we are worshipping the deceased? Why do we eat rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival? Why do we enjoy the moon on Mid-Autumn Festival? Can't we also enjoy the full moon on other days?