Tomb-sweeping Day around the Corner

Date: 2011-4-1 21:40:00 by miffy Tags: Chinese festival Qingming Festival Chinese tradition

Traditional Chinese festival, Qingming Festival, also named Tomb-sweeping Day or Pure Brightness, falls on April 5th annually. During that day, it’s an ancient tradition for Chinese people to offer sacrifices to their ancestors and sweep tombs. Besides, as one of the 24 solar terms of China, Qingming Festival marks the change o

... View Details

Views:660 Comments (0)

Guizhou Hosts Ethnic Arts Festival

Date: 2010-6-17 4:55:00 by go2c Tags: Ethinic Arts Festival Chinese festival

BEIJING, June 17 (Xinhuanet) -- A performing season featuring a total of 36 quyi ethnic art forms is set to begin in mid-July in Guizhou, a southwest province where various minority nationalities live, Jiang Kun said at a press conference in Beijing Tuesday morning. Jiang is the vice chairman of the China Quyi Artists Association and a well-known crosstalk performer.

Running from

... View Details

Views:356 Comments (0)

The 28th Luoyang Peony Festival Commenced from April 1

Date: 2010-4-6 2:57:00 by hins Tags: Luoyang Peony Festival Chinese festival High-speed Rail Bullet Train

The 28th Luoyang Peony Festival was open to the public in Luoyang City in Central China’s Henan Province on April 1st. The event will run for more than a month, ending at May 5th, 2010.

A grand opening ceremony, highlighted by wonderful singing and dancing performances, was held in Sui Tang Relics Botanical Garden, one of the city’s many peony parks.

Besides viewing

... View Details

Views:555 Comments (0)