Folk Arts and Festivities-Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is the biggest holiday in China. Recorded in Li Ji – Yue Ling, Chinese New Year is the time when “air pressure of the sky comes down and air pressure of…
Category Chinese Festivals
Dragon Boat Festival
The Dragon Boat Festival(in Chinese or Pinyin: Duan-Wu-Jie) also calledDouble Fifth Festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth moon of the lunar calendar. It is one of the most important Chinese festivals. The origin of this summer…
The Spring Festival
The Spring Festival is the most important festival for the Chinese people and is when all family members get together, just like Christmas in the West. All people living away from home go back, becoming the busiest time for transportation…
Mid-Autumn Festival
Time: Always On the 15th Day of the 8th Month by the Chinese Lunar Calendar Venue: All over China Origin: During the Zhou Dynasty (16th-11th centuries BC), the night of the full moon was an occasion for the Chinese to…