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What are the festivals in November?

November festivals Important festivals in November

1. November 7: Beginning of Winter

During the tenth month of the lunar calendar (around November 7 in the Gregorian calendar) )conduct. In the Zhou Dynasty, on this day, the emperor personally led the three princes and nine ministers to the northern suburbs to welcome the winter and offer sacrifices. In the Ming Dynasty, people used decoctions of various herbs, chrysanthemums, and honeysuckle to bathe, which was called "sweeping scabies". Folks believe that if the northwest wind blows, there will be a bumper harvest of rice next year.

2. November 8: China Journalists’ Day

The “National Holidays and Memorial Days Regulations” promulgated on September 18, 1999 clearly included Journalists’ Day. In August 2000, the State Council officially approved the request of the China Journalists Association and agreed to designate November 8 every year as Journalists’ Day.

3. November 9: National Fire Safety Publicity and Education Day

November 9 every year is China’s National Fire Safety Day. Among the telephone numbers, "119" is the fire alarm number, which is in the same order as the three Arabic numerals in November 9, and is easy for people to accept, so this day has been designated as National Fire Protection Day since 1992.

4. November 10th: World Youth Day

November 10th is World Youth Day. World Youth Day is a Catholic religious event founded by Pope John Paul II in 1984. The holiday was created to reverse the growing trend of Catholic youth away from the Church.

5. November 11: International Science and Peace Week (the week this day belongs to), Singles’ Day

(not recognized by the country, only people and businesses celebrate this festival). Singles' Day is an entertainment festival popular among young people to celebrate their pride in being single ("Single" means "Single"). November 11, Singles' Day, comes from the fact that there are four Arabic numerals - 1 - in the date of this day, which are shaped like four smooth sticks.

6. November 12: Sun Yat-sen’s birthday

Sun Yat-sen (1866.11.12? 1925.3.12), whose real name is Sun Wen, and whose composition name is Deming, is named Zai, and his name is Rixin, also known as Yixian, known as Emperor Xiang since childhood, was a native of Zhongshan, Guangdong, and a great forerunner of China's modern democratic revolution. November 12th every year is the anniversary of the birth of Dr. Sun Yat-sen.

7. November 14th: World Diabetes Day

The significance of the United Nations Diabetes Day is to enable all countries in the world to strengthen the publicity, education, prevention and monitoring of diabetes, and to improve the awareness of diabetes. Understand, pay more attention to the work and life of patients with diabetes, strengthen research on preventive measures and treatments for diabetes, and better serve human health.

8. November 17: International University Student Day, World Student Day

?International University Student Day? Also known as?World University Student Day?,?World Student Day?,?International Students day?. In 1946, student representatives from all over the world held a World Student Congress in Prague and announced that November 17th of each year would be designated as "World University Student Day" to strengthen the unity and friendship of university students around the world.

9. November 21st: World Greetings Day, World Television Day

November 21st is "World Greetings Day", which was held during the Fourth Middle East War to promote Egypt's Peace with Israel was voluntarily promoted and established by two brothers, Mkomak and Mitchell from Australia. The significance of the festival is to pray for peace around the world.

10. November 22: Light snow

It occurs on November 22 or 23 of the Gregorian calendar every year, when the sun reaches 240 degrees longitude. "Xiaoxue" is a solar term that reflects climate characteristics. The light snow in the solar term is not necessarily related to the light snow in the weather. The "light snow" mentioned in the light snow solar term has a different meaning from the "light snow" mentioned in the daily weather forecast. The light snow solar term is a climate concept, which represents the climate characteristics during the light snow solar term; The light snow in the weather forecast refers to snow with less intensity. The light snow solar term is a solar term with high frequency of cold waves and strong cold air movements.

November. The fourth Thursday in November: Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Day, a traditional Western holiday, is an original holiday created by the American people and an American family celebration. holiday. In the beginning, there was no fixed date for Thanksgiving, which was temporarily decided by each state in the United States. It was not until 1863, after the independence of the United States, that President Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday [1] . In 1941, the U.S. Congress officially designated the fourth Thursday of November as Thanksgiving Day. The Thanksgiving holiday generally lasts from Thursday to Sunday.