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How to Celebrate Chinese Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Boat Festival is the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. Many old traditions have preserved in China to celebrate this festival. Dragon Boat Racing Dragon boat racing is held to celebrate this festival and is target="_blank" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong annually. There are also some ve... Read more>>
Traditional Festivals in China Spring Festival The most important festival in China is the Spring Festival. The Spring Festival marks the beginning of the Chinese lunar New Year, so the first meal is rather important. People usually eat jiaozi or dumplings shaped like a crescent moon on that special day. As for recreational act... Read more>>
Qixi Festival, Chinese Own Valentine's Day On the evening of the seventh day of the seventh month> 4. Making Offerings So many things -- of joy and tears, praise and lament, hope and yearning -- fall on the double seventh. In some areas in China, seven close girlfriends would gather to make dumplings. They put into three separate dumpling... Read more>>
Qingming Festival (Tomb Sweeping Day) Qingming Festival, also called “Tomb Sweeping Day” or "Cold Food Day", is the most important day for people to offer sacrifice to ancestors.> It started from the Zhou Dynasty, with a history of over 2500 years. Qingming is> Since people with weak constitutions might get hurt by eating cold ra... Read more>>
Mid-Autumn’s Day, Moon Worship August 15th of the lunar calendar is a traditional Chinese festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival. Every year on that day, people far away from home will try to come back to their hometown, sitting together enjoying family reunion. There are legends and folk customs unique to the Mid-Autumn Festival. It... Read more>>
Lantern Festival Lantern Festival, is celebrated title="China">China at that time. It is a Buddhist convention that the monks would visit sarira and lighten up lanterns to show respect to Buddha. Therefore, Emperors of that dynasty, who were determined to promote Buddhism, ordered people to lighten up lanterns in b... Read more>>
Dragon Boat Festival The Dragon Boat Festival, also named "Calamus Festival" or "Daughter's Festival", takes place in May 5th in the lunar calendar. It is a folk festival with a history of over two thousand years. There are various celebrating activities on the day, among which eating rice dumplings (zongzi, the steame... Read more>>