August Nationality Festivals in Northwest China

Date: 2010-8-13 4:17:00 by apolo Tags: China Ethnic Groups Chinese Festivals Tibet Xinjiang

Western China is welcoming its best time of the year in August, thanks to its pleasant weather and plentiful folk-festivals. Why not seize this opportunity and take a cultural tour to the west?

Nadam Fair in Erdos

'Nadam' is a Mongolian word meaning festival or fiesta. With a history of over a thousand years, the fair is most well-known for its traditional athletics, including

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The 9th China Art Festival to be Held in Guangzhou in May 2010

Date: 2010-4-9 1:59:00 by go2c Tags: Guangzhou China Art Festival Chinese Festivals

From May 10 to May 25, 2010, the 9th China Art Festival will commence in Guangzhou of South China’s Guangdong Province.

There will be more than 100 art shows and 23 major exhibitions presented during the art festival. Art shows will be staged in a total of 29 venues in Guangdong Province, including cities of Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Dongguan, Foshan and Zhongshan. The construction of

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Hot Spring Cultural Festival Comes to Town in Beijing

Date: 2010-3-30 1:23:00 by shyoto Tags: Beijing hot spring Chinese Festivals

Between Beijing's miserable winters, its sweat lodge summers and its sandstorm springs, one is often left to wonder, why would anyone establish a capital here? Unexpectedly, one needs only look to Changping District, where geothermal hot springs bubble up from the earth's crust, to find a silver lining.

The Seventh Changping Xiaotangshan ("the ancient town of hot springs") Hot

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