# Chinese Festival Customs Lookup

> Chinese Festival Customs Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from api.cn402.com, paid per call via x402, $0.016/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns traditional customs, food, rituals, and cultural practices for a Chinese festival on a given date

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.cn402.com/folk/festival-custom
- Price: $0.016/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/api-cn402-com-d387e3a2
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_nbtQeQ92NVMN7f4ovhCxS

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability api-cn402-com-d387e3a2
```

Example prompt: What are the traditional customs, food, and rituals for the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival on September 17, 2024?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need detailed cultural customs, food, and ritual information for a specific Chinese festival date, rather than just identifying which festival falls on a date. Ideal for content creation, cultural education, holiday planning, or enriching event data with traditional Chinese cultural context.

## Known failure modes

- No recognized Chinese festival falls on the given date — returns empty or null result
- Invalid or unparseable date format — returns 400 error
- Date is outside supported range — returns error or empty result
- Non-festival date with no associated customs — no data returned

## How this service works

Chinese festival customs, 中国节日习俗, Chinese traditional festival, Spring Festival customs, Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, 春节 中秋 端午, Chinese festival food, Chinese festival traditions, Chinese holiday rituals. Look up traditional customs, food, and rituals for a Chinese festival on a given date.

## Output

Returns structured information about the customs, traditional foods, rituals, and cultural significance associated with the Chinese festival corresponding to the given date, including both Gregorian and lunar calendar context.

## Example request

```json
{
 "date": "2024-09-18",
 "festival": "Mid-Autumn Festival"
}
```

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "date": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Date YYYY-MM-DD (optional)"
  },
  "name": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "ENS name e.g. vitalik.eth (optional)"
  }
 }
}
```

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