A festival where the moon plays a shining role
3 months, 1 week ago

A festival where the moon plays a shining role

China Daily  

SONG CHEN/CHINA DAILY It could be arguably assumed that as one ages, their emotional bond with the moon intensifies, bearing that imaginable vision in mind, extra clear in the dead of night, of themselves and their beloved ones, no matter how distant, sharing the same moonlight. When they've seen more of life's vicissitudes and fatalistic loneliness, the moon's solid companionship becomes even more precious, just as the unwavering support they draw from the family behind them and their roots, whose gentle gaze shimmers like moonlight piercing the darkness. The first of a brand-new year, the Lantern, or Yuanxiao Festival, is when the year gone becomes past and with that pure, round moon hanging in the night sky rising hope is infused into new year resolutions, and one feels determined and omnipotent to bring their family a better taste of life. The seventh full moon, called the Zhongyuan Festival or the "Ghost Festival", is to mourn lost ones with an unspoken wish for their spirits knocking at the door or visiting in dreams.

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Foreign visitors indulge in cultural feast in Beijing
Top News
4 weeks ago

Foreign visitors indulge in cultural feast in Beijing

China Daily  

A group of foreign visitors steps into the enchanting world of a lantern festival in Beijing, immersing themselves in a fusion of light and culture. Against a backdrop of dazzling lanterns, foreign visitors recite timeless Chinese poetry and share their wonder. It's like a fairy tale and I have never seen a place like this before," exclaims one foreign tourist. …

Foreign visitors indulge in cultural feast in Beijing
Top News
4 weeks ago

Foreign visitors indulge in cultural feast in Beijing

China Daily  

A group of foreign visitors steps into the enchanting world of a lantern festival in Beijing, immersing themselves in a fusion of light and culture. Against a backdrop of dazzling lanterns, foreign visitors recite timeless Chinese poetry and share their wonder. It's like a fairy tale and I have never seen a place like this before," exclaims one foreign tourist. …

Foreign visitors indulge in cultural feast in Beijing
Top News
4 weeks ago

Foreign visitors indulge in cultural feast in Beijing

China Daily  

A group of foreign visitors steps into the enchanting world of a lantern festival in Beijing, immersing themselves in a fusion of light and culture. Against a backdrop of dazzling lanterns, foreign visitors recite timeless Chinese poetry and share their wonder. It's like a fairy tale and I have never seen a place like this before," exclaims one foreign tourist. …

Foreign visitors indulge in cultural feast in Beijing
4 weeks ago

Foreign visitors indulge in cultural feast in Beijing

China Daily  

A group of foreign visitors steps into the enchanting world of a lantern festival in Beijing, immersing themselves in a fusion of light and culture. Against a backdrop of dazzling lanterns, foreign visitors recite timeless Chinese poetry and share their wonder. It's like a fairy tale and I have never seen a place like this before," exclaims one foreign tourist. …

A festival where the moon plays a shining role
3 months, 1 week ago

A festival where the moon plays a shining role

China Daily  

SONG CHEN/CHINA DAILY It could be arguably assumed that as one ages, their emotional bond with the moon intensifies, bearing that imaginable vision in mind, extra clear in the dead of night, of themselves and their beloved ones, no matter how distant, sharing the same moonlight. When they've seen more of life's vicissitudes and fatalistic loneliness, the moon's solid companionship …

Festive China: The romantic story behind China's Valentine's Day
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Festive China: The romantic story behind China's Valentine's Day

China Daily  

The seventh day of the seventh lunar month is Qixi, widely regarded as China's Valentine's Day. She met and fell in love with a cowherd, a union strongly objected by the Jade Emperor who in turn forcibly separated them by the Milky Way, leaving them torn apart by the galaxy and only allowing them to meet once a year, on …

Festive China: The romantic story behind China's Valentine's Day
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Festive China: The romantic story behind China's Valentine's Day

China Daily  

The seventh day of the seventh lunar month is Qixi, widely regarded as China's Valentine's Day. She met and fell in love with a cowherd, a union strongly objected by the Jade Emperor who in turn forcibly separated them by the Milky Way, leaving them torn apart by the galaxy and only allowing them to meet once a year, on …

24 Solar Terms: 8 things you may not know about Clear and Bright
8 months, 2 weeks ago

24 Solar Terms: 8 things you may not know about Clear and Bright

China Daily  

The traditional Chinese solar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Of all the 24 solar terms, Clear and Bright is the only one whose first day is also a traditional Chinese festival, Qingming Festival or Tomb-Sweeping Day. Cold Food Festival The Cold Food Festival or Hanshi Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday celebrated for one day before Tomb-Sweeping …

Chinese New Year 2024: What is Lantern Festival and how is it celebrated?
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Chinese New Year 2024: What is Lantern Festival and how is it celebrated?

Hindustan Times  

On the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar's first month, people in China and other Asian nations, including Vietnam and Korea, celebrate the Lantern Festival, a holiday honoring their departed ancestors. During the Lantern Festival, also known as Floating Lanterns Festival or Shangyuan Festival, houses are decorated with vibrant lanterns, with riddles written on them. Buying new clothes and hanging …

What is Lunar New Year and how is it celebrated?
10 months, 2 weeks ago

What is Lunar New Year and how is it celebrated?

Associated Press  

On Feb. 10, Asian American communities around the U.S. will ring in the Year of the Dragon with community carnivals, family gatherings, parades, traditional food, fireworks and other festivities. The Lunar New Year — known as the Spring Festival in China, Tet in Vietnam and Seollal in Korea — is a major festival celebrated in several Asian countries. Some Indigenous …

Overcome Lunar New Year jitters to enjoy celebrations
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Overcome Lunar New Year jitters to enjoy celebrations

China Daily  

People enjoyed in a festive atmosphere at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London on Saturday. In particular, for the younger generation, the once eagerly anticipated festival has evolved into a time fraught with pressure, giving rise to a phenomenon known as "New Year phobia". Media reports show the mental stress due to societal expectations, economic pressure of gift-giving, and …

Overcome Lunar New Year jitters to enjoy celebrations
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Overcome Lunar New Year jitters to enjoy celebrations

China Daily  

People enjoyed in a festive atmosphere at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London on Saturday. In particular, for the younger generation, the once eagerly anticipated festival has evolved into a time fraught with pressure, giving rise to a phenomenon known as "New Year phobia". Media reports show the mental stress due to societal expectations, economic pressure of gift-giving, and …

Ancient poems capture the soul of Mid-Autumn Festival
1 year, 2 months ago

Ancient poems capture the soul of Mid-Autumn Festival

China Daily  

This work by 19th-century painters Fei Yigeng and Zhang Xiong depicts Chang'e cuddling the jade rabbit amid flower-laden plum branches bathed in moonlight. CHINA DAILY The moon shines brightly on ageless classics In 1076, Chinese poet and essayist Su Shi found himself in self-imposed exile hundreds of kilometers from the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty after a disagreement with …

Ancient poems capture the soul of Mid-Autumn Festival
1 year, 2 months ago

Ancient poems capture the soul of Mid-Autumn Festival

China Daily  

This work by 19th-century painters Fei Yigeng and Zhang Xiong depicts Chang'e cuddling the jade rabbit amid flower-laden plum branches bathed in moonlight. CHINA DAILY The moon shines brightly on ageless classics In 1076, Chinese poet and essayist Su Shi found himself in self-imposed exile hundreds of kilometers from the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty after a disagreement with …

Mid-Autumn Festival show brings audiences 'home'
1 year, 2 months ago

Mid-Autumn Festival show brings audiences 'home'

China Daily  

Singer Tang Yi is featured on a poster for Henan TV's show 2023 Adventures on Mid-Autumn Festival. As the full moon graces us once more, the cultural show titled 2023 Adventures on Mid-Autumn Festival, produced by Henan TV, will stream online tonight at 7:30 to celebrate the festival of reunion and happiness. The show, themed on the concept of "home", …

Mid-Autumn Festival show brings audiences 'home'
1 year, 2 months ago

Mid-Autumn Festival show brings audiences 'home'

China Daily  

Singer Tang Yi is featured on a poster for Henan TV's show 2023 Adventures on Mid-Autumn Festival. As the full moon graces us once more, the cultural show titled 2023 Adventures on Mid-Autumn Festival, produced by Henan TV, will stream online tonight at 7:30 to celebrate the festival of reunion and happiness. The show, themed on the concept of "home", …

Celebration of Mid-Autumn Festival starts at Yuyuan Garden
1 year, 3 months ago

Celebration of Mid-Autumn Festival starts at Yuyuan Garden

China Daily  

A giant full moon installation at the Central Plaza in Yuyuan Garden, Shanghai. A series of cultural activities celebrating the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival kicked off on Sunday in Shanghai’s Yuyuan Garden Malls. The activities, which are part of the ongoing 2023 Shanghai Tourism Festival, feature various decorative installations and a slew of special performances highlighting traditional cultural elements. At the …

Culture Insider: China's Ghost Festival
1 year, 3 months ago

Culture Insider: China's Ghost Festival

China Daily  

The Zhongyuan Festival, also known as Ullambana Festival among Buddhists, falls on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, on Aug 30 this year. Since ancient times, the Chinese have believed that the gates of hell open on that day and so people hold all kinds of activities to honor the ghosts. There are two other festivals in China …

Festive China: Qixi
1 year, 4 months ago

Festive China: Qixi

China Daily  

The seventh day of the seventh lunar month is Qixi, widely regarded as China's Valentine's Day. She met and fell in love with a cowherd, a union strongly objected by the Jade Emperor who in turn forcibly separated them by the Milky Way, leaving them torn apart by the galaxy and only allowing them to meet once a year, on …

Festive China: The romantic story behind China's Valentine's Day
1 year, 4 months ago

Festive China: The romantic story behind China's Valentine's Day

China Daily  

The seventh day of the seventh lunar month is Qixi, widely regarded as China's Valentine's Day. She met and fell in love with a cowherd, a union strongly objected by the Jade Emperor who in turn forcibly separated them by the Milky Way, leaving them torn apart by the galaxy and only allowing them to meet once a year, on …

Adventures on Qingming Festival 2023: Spring Riverside Beauty
1 year, 8 months ago

Adventures on Qingming Festival 2023: Spring Riverside Beauty

China Daily  

Qingming, when the sky is clear and the breeze is gentle, is the perfect time for Chinese people to enjoy the beautiful springtime scenery with friends or return to hometown to pay respects to ancestors. At the same time, the festival allows us to appreciate the cultural connotation of Qingming as one of the “Four Major Traditional Chinese Festivals”. Adventures …

Adventures on Qingming Festival 2023: Fuxi and Eight Diagrams
1 year, 8 months ago

Adventures on Qingming Festival 2023: Fuxi and Eight Diagrams

China Daily  

Qingming, when the sky is clear and the breeze is gentle, is the perfect time for Chinese people to enjoy the beautiful springtime scenery with friends or return to hometown to pay respects to ancestors. Adventures on Qingming Festival 2023, to be aired on Henan TV and Elephant News at 19:30 on April 4, features celebrities from the circles of …

Adventures on Qingming Festival 2023: Fuxi and Eight Diagrams
1 year, 8 months ago

Adventures on Qingming Festival 2023: Fuxi and Eight Diagrams

China Daily  

Qingming, when the sky is clear and the breeze is gentle, is the perfect time for Chinese people to enjoy the beautiful springtime scenery with friends or return to hometown to pay respects to ancestors. Adventures on Qingming Festival 2023, to be aired on Henan TV and Elephant News at 19:30 on April 4, features celebrities from the circles of …

Ancient festival back in bloom after centuries in the shadows
1 year, 8 months ago

Ancient festival back in bloom after centuries in the shadows

China Daily  

A young hanfu — a traditional Chinese style of clothing — enthusiast catches the attention of onlookers watching a Huazhao Festival parade in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on March 11. A traditional festival closely related to spring, which had remained silent for centuries, is being resurrected, thanks to growing enthusiasm for traditional Chinese culture and a rising demand for …

Ancient festival back in bloom after centuries in the shadows
1 year, 8 months ago

Ancient festival back in bloom after centuries in the shadows

China Daily  

A young hanfu — a traditional Chinese style of clothing — enthusiast catches the attention of onlookers watching a Huazhao Festival parade in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on March 11. A traditional festival closely related to spring, which had remained silent for centuries, is being resurrected, thanks to growing enthusiasm for traditional Chinese culture and a rising demand for …

Folk culture illuminates Lantern Festival
1 year, 10 months ago

Folk culture illuminates Lantern Festival

China Daily  

Costumed stilt walkers entertain onlookers last week in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia autonomous region as part of celebrations marking Lantern Festival. This year, Lantern Festival falls on Sunday, marking the official end of the Spring Festival celebrations in China. Observed on the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, when a full moon appears in the sky, …

Folk culture illuminates Lantern Festival
1 year, 10 months ago

Folk culture illuminates Lantern Festival

China Daily  

Costumed stilt walkers entertain onlookers last week in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia autonomous region as part of celebrations marking Lantern Festival. This year, Lantern Festival falls on Sunday, marking the official end of the Spring Festival celebrations in China. Observed on the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, when a full moon appears in the sky, …

Folk culture illuminates Lantern Festival
1 year, 10 months ago

Folk culture illuminates Lantern Festival

China Daily  

Costumed stilt walkers entertain onlookers last week in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia autonomous region as part of celebrations marking Lantern Festival. This year, Lantern Festival falls on Sunday, marking the official end of the Spring Festival celebrations in China. Observed on the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, when a full moon appears in the sky, …

Lantern Festival
1 year, 10 months ago

Lantern Festival

China Daily  

Families across China prepare traditional tangyuan or yuanxiao, a delicacy that resembles a miniature full moon, during Lantern Festival each year. Photo provided to China Daily Eating yuanxiao is one of the special traditions of Lantern Festival. With the approach of Lantern Festival, yuanxiao can be seen everywhere, further heightening the festive holiday spirit. Eating yuanxiao at home is only …

Lantern Festival
1 year, 10 months ago

Lantern Festival

China Daily  

Families across China prepare traditional tangyuan or yuanxiao, a delicacy that resembles a miniature full moon, during Lantern Festival each year. Photo provided to China Daily Eating yuanxiao is one of the special traditions of Lantern Festival. With the approach of Lantern Festival, yuanxiao can be seen everywhere, further heightening the festive holiday spirit. Eating yuanxiao at home is only …

Qingdao spruced up for Spring Festival
1 year, 11 months ago

Qingdao spruced up for Spring Festival

China Daily  

As Spring Festival is just around the corner, commercial buildings, residential areas, and the streets and alleyways in Qingdao, Shandong province have all been decorated with lanterns and festoons, creating a dense festive atmosphere. Trees along main roads in Qingdao are decorated with colorful lights to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival. On the evening of Jan 18, the Spring Festival-themed …

Festival gala reaches for the moon in its bid to thrill
2 years, 3 months ago

Festival gala reaches for the moon in its bid to thrill

China Daily  

Performer Li Jiaying will appear in Adventures of Mid-Autumn Festival, a show featuring singing, dancing and language programs that showcase traditional Chinese rituals and elements of the festival. Chen says the show's keynote is inspired by a famous poem about Mid-Autumn Festival by Song Dynasty scholar Su Shi. As the festival is also celebrated in many other Asian countries, Chen …

Festival gala reaches for the moon in its bid to thrill
2 years, 3 months ago

Festival gala reaches for the moon in its bid to thrill

China Daily  

Singer Lu Hu will appear in Adventures of Mid-Autumn Festival, a show featuring singing, dancing and language programs that showcase traditional Chinese rituals and elements of the festival. To celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival, which falls on Saturday, Chinese people will often gather with families, eat mooncakes and watch star-studded television galas. A good option this year will be Adventures of Mid-Autumn …

12 global destinations for Mid-Autumn Festival holiday
2 years, 3 months ago

12 global destinations for Mid-Autumn Festival holiday

China Daily  

Editor's Note: "As the bright moon shines over the sea; from far away you share this moment with me." Just as poet Zhang Jiuling wrote 1,300 years ago, the glorious full moon evokes strong ethos among Chinese people. From ancient times to the present day, Mid-Autumn Festival, a traditional holiday on the 15th day of the eighth month of the …

Festival gala reaches for the moon in its bid to thrill
2 years, 3 months ago

Festival gala reaches for the moon in its bid to thrill

China Daily  

Singer Lu Hu will appear in Adventures of Mid-Autumn Festival, a show featuring singing, dancing and language programs that showcase traditional Chinese rituals and elements of the festival. To celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival, which falls on Saturday, Chinese people will often gather with families, eat mooncakes and watch star-studded television galas. A good option this year will be Adventures of Mid-Autumn …

12 global destinations for Mid-Autumn Festival holiday
2 years, 3 months ago

12 global destinations for Mid-Autumn Festival holiday

China Daily  

Editor's Note: "As the bright moon shines over the sea; from far away you share this moment with me." Just as poet Zhang Jiuling wrote 1,300 years ago, the glorious full moon evokes strong ethos among Chinese people. From ancient times to the present day, Mid-Autumn Festival, a traditional holiday on the 15th day of the eighth month of the …

12 global destinations for Mid-Autumn Festival holiday
2 years, 3 months ago

12 global destinations for Mid-Autumn Festival holiday

China Daily  

Editor's Note: "As the bright moon shines over the sea; from far away you share this moment with me." Just as poet Zhang Jiuling wrote 1,300 years ago, the glorious full moon evokes strong ethos among Chinese people. From ancient times to the present day, Mid-Autumn Festival, a traditional holiday on the 15th day of the eighth month of the …

China's Lantern Festival 2022: Date, Significance, History, everything you need to know
2 years, 10 months ago

China's Lantern Festival 2022: Date, Significance, History, everything you need to know

India TV News  

Highlights Lantern Festival marks the final day of the traditional Chinese New Year celebrations It is a festival with great significance The Lantern Festival is one of the most loved festivals of China which is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunisolar Chinese calendar, during the full moon. Also known as Shangyuan Festival, it marks …

Qingdao tourism recovers during Mid-Autumn holiday
3 years, 3 months ago

Qingdao tourism recovers during Mid-Autumn holiday

China Daily  

The tourism market in Qingdao, a popular tourism destination in Shandong province, experienced a stable recovery over the three-day Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, local media reported. A full moon rises in Qingdao on Sept 21, 2021, which marks the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival in China. "My family had a different kind of Mid-Autumn Festival at rural homestay in Laoshan district," said local …

Traditions you may not know about Mid-Autumn Festival
3 years, 3 months ago

Traditions you may not know about Mid-Autumn Festival

China Daily  

Families reunite before the moon at Mid-Autumn Festival. People put out offerings to worship the "god of the moon" during Mid-Autumn Festival. Watching the tide In ancient times, watching the tide on the Qiantang River in East China's Zhejiang province was another grand event of Mid-Autumn Festival. People make colorful lanterns to decorate the beautiful night during Mid-Autumn Festival. Making …

Traditions you may not know about Mid-Autumn Festival
3 years, 3 months ago

Traditions you may not know about Mid-Autumn Festival

China Daily  

Families reunite before the moon at Mid-Autumn Festival. People put out offerings to worship the "god of the moon" during Mid-Autumn Festival. Watching the tide In ancient times, watching the tide on the Qiantang River in East China's Zhejiang province was another grand event of Mid-Autumn Festival. People make colorful lanterns to decorate the beautiful night during Mid-Autumn Festival. Making …

Festive China: The romantic story behind China's Valentine's Day
3 years, 4 months ago

Festive China: The romantic story behind China's Valentine's Day

China Daily  

The seventh day of the seventh lunar month is Qixi, widely regarded as China's Valentine's Day. She met and fell in love with a cowherd, a union strongly objected by the Jade Emperor who in turn forcibly separated them by the Milky Way, leaving them torn apart by the galaxy and only allowing them to meet once a year, on …

Lighting up a special time
3 years, 9 months ago

Lighting up a special time

China Daily  

A selection of the spectacular lanterns on display at Shanghai's Yuyuan Garden. The annual show has been held for the past 26 years and is among the city's top tourist draws during the Spring Festival period. Lantern Festival events bring friends and families together across the country in a unique celebration of culture and tradition marked by fascinating and imaginative …

Spotlight on culture at Qingdao Lantern Festival celebration
3 years, 9 months ago

Spotlight on culture at Qingdao Lantern Festival celebration

China Daily  

A series of performances and intangible cultural heritage experiences were recently staged in the city of Qingdao in East China's Shandong province to celebrate the upcoming Lantern Festival, which falls on Feb 26 this year. Singing and dancing, local residents celebrate the upcoming Lantern Festival in the coastal city of Qingdao. A folk artist recounts the story about traditional New …

Traditional folk performances to celebrate Lantern Festival
3 years, 10 months ago

Traditional folk performances to celebrate Lantern Festival

China Daily  

A series of activities focusing on traditional Chinese folk culture will be held in Penglai district of Yantai on Feb 26 to celebrate the Lantern Festival. A series of folk cultural performances, including dragon and lion dances and traditional yangko shows will be held on Feb 26 at the Penglai Pavilion Scenic Area. Traditional folk performances including walking on stilts …

Traditional folk performances to celebrate Lantern Festival
3 years, 10 months ago

Traditional folk performances to celebrate Lantern Festival

China Daily  

A series of activities focusing on traditional Chinese folk culture will be held in Penglai district of Yantai on Feb 26 to celebrate the Lantern Festival. A series of folk cultural performances, including dragon and lion dances and traditional yangko shows will be held on Feb 26 at the Penglai Pavilion Scenic Area. Traditional folk performances including walking on stilts …

Heartbreak and anger as China discourages travel for Lunar New Year
3 years, 10 months ago

Heartbreak and anger as China discourages travel for Lunar New Year

CNN  

CNN — Normally at this time of year, hundreds of millions of Chinese people would be packing highways, trains and planes on homebound trips to celebrate the Lunar New Year with their family. The Lunar New Year, also known as Spring Festival in China, is the most important holiday in the Chinese calendar – the equivalent of Thanksgiving, Christmas and …

Mid-Autumn Festival doubly special this year
4 years, 2 months ago

Mid-Autumn Festival doubly special this year

China Daily  

JIN DING/CHINA DAILY Mid-Autumn Festival this year falls on Oct 1. In a recent survey conducted by China Youth Daily, 92.9 percent of all the 1,018 respondents said they will go home for a family reunion to celebrate it. Since the full moon symbolizes a family staying together, the Mid-Autumn Festival is traditionally associated with family reunions. To celebrate, families …

Weeklong online events spread Mid-Autumn Festival joy
4 years, 2 months ago

Weeklong online events spread Mid-Autumn Festival joy

China Daily  

Poster of the online event, Mid-Autumn Festival: A Moonmoment to Remember. Mid-Autumn Festival, one of the most important traditional Chinese festivals, falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, Oct 1 this year. From Monday to Oct 5 an online event, Mid-Autumn Festival: A Moonmoment to Remember, will be launched to celebrate this special day. Find out more …

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