Results found with the tag 'festivals' , 23 articles in total.
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[Daily News]
Why Did Qu Yuan Choose to Drown Himself in the River on the Ghost Festival?
Why did Qu Yuan choose to drown himself in the river on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month? According to textual research by domestic experts,
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[Customs]
The Awakening of Insects惊蛰
The "Awakening of Insects" is one of the cycle in 24 solor term. At that time, there is plenty of rainfall, indicating spring is coming. Ancient Chinese believed that the thunder wakes up all ins
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[Customs]
Qiqiao Festival / Double Seventh Festival
With its long history of over 5000 years, China boasts a profound culture with rich and diverse traditional festivals, which are formed after a long-term process of historical and cultural sedime
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[Customs]
Dragon Boat Festival
With its long history of over 5000 years, China boasts a profound culture with rich and diverse traditional festivals, which are formed after a long-term process of historical and cultural sedime
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[Customs]
Qingming festival / Tomb Sweeping Day
With its long history of over 5000 years, China boasts a profound culture with rich and diverse traditional festivals, which are formed after a long-term process of historical and cultural sedime
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[Customs]
Winter Solstice Festival
With its long history of over 5000 years, China boasts a profound culture with rich and diverse traditional festivals, which are formed after a long-term process of historical and cultural sedime
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[Customs]
Laba Rice Porridge Festival
With its long history of over 5000 years, China boasts a profound culture with rich and diverse traditional festivals, which are formed after a long-term process of historical and cultural sedime
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[Customs]
Double Ninth Festival / Chongyang Festival
With its long history of over 5000 years, China boasts a profound culture with rich and diverse traditional festivals, which are formed after a long-term process of historical and cultural sedime
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[Customs]
Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival
With its long history of over 5000 years, China boasts a profound culture with rich and diverse traditional festivals, which are formed after a long-term process of historical and cultural sedime
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[Customs]
Ghost Festival / Zhongyuan Festival
With its long history of over 5000 years, China boasts a profound culture with rich and diverse traditional festivals, which are formed after a long-term process of historical and cultural sedime
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[Customs]
Chinese Festival——Introduction
With its long history of over 5000 years, China boasts a profound culture with rich and diverse traditional festivals, which are formed after a long-term process of historical and cultural sedime
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[Customs]
When 'Have you eaten?' means 'Hello'
"Have you eaten?" is a common greeting among older Chinese. It harks back to the days food scarcity in China. There are a lot of informal greetings to express the meaning of "hello", such as "whe
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[Customs]
Chinese Lucky Numbers and Unlucky Numbers
Numerology has always been important to Chinese, and the role of numbers in determining luck has a long history. Chinese are generally favored even numbers. To justify a number is auspicious or n
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[Customs]
Fengshui, an ancient art of placement
Feng Shui, firstly known as Kan Yu, is a study of energy circulation in nature and its effect of living environment on people. It deals with Qi, believing that both deficiency and excess can do h
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[Customs]
24 Solar Term: Rain Water 雨水
When the sun reaches the celestial longitude of 330 degrees, the solar term of “The Rains” arrives. When passing the day of “The Rains”, the weather sometimes can be unpredictable for a few d
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[Customs]
24 Solar Term: The Autumn Equinox 秋分
秋分位于秋至和霜降这两个节气之间，是“阴阳两气”平分的时候。秋分时天气急遽转冷，昼夜温差变大。和其他节气一样，中国人在秋分时也有着非常多的习俗和习语；此外，秋分还是适于养肺的时节之一。
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[Customs]
24 Solar Term: Cold Dew 寒露
每年10月8日或9日视太阳到达黄经195°时为寒露。寒露的意思是气温比白露时更低，地面露水更冷，快要凝结成霜了。此时会出现霜冻，北方已呈深秋景象，南方也秋意渐浓。北京登高习俗较盛，景山公园、八大处、香山
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[Customs]
Winter Fish-catching Festival 冬季捕鱼节
冬季捕鱼节承袭了历史上辽代对河海的崇拜，发展成为如今中国北方的一个普遍的节日。对辽河、松花江和黑龙江流域的人们来说，这个节日更是尤其重要。人们在冰面上挖洞捕鱼，并用马来拉捕鱼的网。这篇文章详细介
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[Customs]
24 Solar Term: White Dews 白露
White dews (Bailu) is the 15th solar term. It usually begins around September 7 and there is typically autumn weather during Bailu period.
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[Customs]
Five Strange Wedding Customs of Minorities
Marriage doesn't always come easy. The following wedding customs from five ethnic minorities demonstrate its difficulty. It will be easy to understand why there are so many singles as dating show
