Results found with the tag 'FESTIVAL' , 66 articles in total.
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[Customs]
Chinese culture--The Lantern Festival元宵节
The celebration of the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month has a very long history. The Lantern Festival is also known as the Shangyuan Festival, the Yuanxi Festival or the
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Chinese culture--The Double-Second Festival二月二
On the second day of the second lunar month, there is a festival called The Double-Second Festival. 阴历二月的第二日,有一个节日叫做“二月二”。
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Chinese culture--The Double-Third festival三月三
The Double-Third Festival is an old festival. It is popular for both the Han people and many other ethnic groups. As for its orgin,one story says that the Double-Third Festival was exactly the a
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[Classics]
Chinese New Year Legend Story
People often wonder why the date for Chinese New Year changes each year. The Chinese calendar is a combination solar/lunar calendar, based on a number of rather complex astronomical calculations,
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[Food]
Chinese food: Egg Roll
This recipe makes the thicker egg roll that is popular in western Chinese restaurants. Spring Rolls and Mini Spring Rolls are a lighter, more authentic Chinese roll.
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[Food]
Chinese food: Chinese Tray of Togetherness
Throughout the Chinese New Year season, it is customary to offer guests an assortment of treats from a Tray of Togetherness - a circular or octagonal shaped tray filled with an assortment of symb
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[Food]
Chinese food: Spring Rolls春卷
These delicate spring rolls are filled with shredded pork, shrimp, black mushrooms and garlic chives.
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[Food]
Chinese food:Lettuce Wraps
Popular at Asian restaurants, lettuce wraps make a great appetizer or main dish. These delicious chicken lettuce wraps are made with an oyster flavored sauce.
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[Customs]
Symbolic Chinese Foods in Chinese New Year
Sometimes it is based on appearance. For example, serving a whole chicken during the Chinese New Year season symbolizes family togetherness. Noodles represent a long life; an old superstition say
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[Customs]
How to celebrate Chinese New Year
By the time the New Year arrives, families have already spent several days preparing for the big event; cleaning the house, buying gifts, and cooking festive foods.
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[Customs]
What is Traditional New Year in China?
Chinese New Year (also called the Spring Festival) doesn't begin and end on a single weekend. By the time the New Year arrives, families have already spent several days preparing for the big even
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[Customs]
Flower Fair at Spring Festival
Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province, is a beautiful old city. Legend has it that in ancient times five immortals in colourful colthes once descended on to Guangzhou on five rams. On thei
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[Food]
How to make mooncake in Mid-autumn festival
Eating moon cakes while watching the full moon is an important part of the mid-autumn festival in China, and is more like a symbol of family unity. Here we provide a simple recipe that how to coo
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[Customs]
Traditions of 2013 Mid-autumn festival Must know
The Mid-Autumn Festival (Chinese: 中秋节), also called the Chinese Moon Festival.Full of joy and happiness, friends and loved ones gather to celebrate a time when the moon is at its fullest and b
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[Classics]
Prelude to water melody By Su Shi
Today we will introduce a famous Song Ci about mid-autumn festival. It is writen by Su Shi.
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[Classics]
Poems about Mid-autumn festival
Mid-autumn festival is coming. Let's enjoy some famous Tang Poetry.
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[Customs]
The Origin of Chinese Mid-autumn Festival
The August Moon Festival or Mid-Autumn Festival (Chinese characters above) is one of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is held on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month. Chinese legends say that
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[Customs]
Ullambana, Yulan Jie in China
The 15th day of the 7th lunar month is Hungry Ghost Festival as well as Zhongyuan Festival, Yu Lan Pen festival and ShiHu, or sometimes we called it the Ullambana.
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[Classics]
Who is Zhong Kui in Chinese Ghost Festival
Zhong Kui is a figure of Chinese mythology. Traditionally regarded as a vanquisher of ghosts and evil beings, and reputedly able to command 80,000 demons, his image is often painted on household
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[Customs]
The traditions of Ghost Festival in China
In Chinese tradition, the fifteenth day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar is called Ghost Day and the seventh month in general is regarded as the Ghost Month (鬼月), in which ghosts and