Ox Lanterns Made to Celebrate Coming Lunar New Year

Before the arrival of China's traditional lunar New Year, people in some parts of China are accustomed to make lanterns in observation of the coming lunar New Year. This time as the Ox lunar New Year is around the corner, people in certain local areas are busy with making ox lanterns. Women are making ox lanterns to embrace the lunar year of ox in Kuisan village,

Eating Laba Porridge on 8th Day of 12th Lunar Month

  The majority of Han nationality have long followed the tradition of eating laba porridge on the 8th day of the 12th lunar month, referring to the traditional start of preparation for Spring Festival. It is also a Buddhist festival on which date Sakyamuni, the first Buddha and founder of the religion, was believed to have attained enlightenment and became Buddha.   There

Chinese Spring Festival

In China, there are many famous festivals, such as Lantern Festival, Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat  Festival, Mid-Autumn Day and etc. Today i will introduce 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

Winter Solstice

As early as 2,500 years ago, about the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC), China had determined the point of Winter Solstice by observing movements of the sun with a sundial. It is the earliest of the 24 seasonal division points. The time will be each December 22 or 23 according to the Gregorian calendar.   The Northern hemisphere on this day experiences the shortest daytime and

Group wedding of traditional Chinese style

Eleven couples attended the group wedding on Sunday. The newly-weds tour on boats during a group wedding of traditional Chinese style in the Shajiabang Scenic Spot in Changshu, east China's Jiangsu Province, Nov. 16, 2008. Eleven couples attended the group wedding on Sunday.   The newly-weds plant trees during a group wedding of traditional Chinese style in the

Folk dance contest of Miao minority in SW China

A girl wearing traditional costume competes in the folk dance contest held in Leishan County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Nov. 11, 2008. The folk dance contest of Miao ethnic group kicked off in Leishan County on Tuesday, attracting over 200 villagers of seven teams.   Local villagers perform in the folk dance contest held in Leishan County, southwest

Ping village: Display unique ethnic artistry

Ping village, Guizhou province in southwestern China, is a reclusive land in the mountains and crammed with people of color, verve and ethnic artistry.   The craggy topography surrounding Guizhou's provincial capital has, literally, been shaped by the local maxim: "Ren duo, di shao (Many people, little land)." Nearly every inch of hillside around Guiyang that could be terraced

Olympics in Chinese History: Hua and Wu Qin XI ( the frolics of the five animals)

Gymnastics is a free-hand or in the provision of equipment, the completion of the complex, coordinated action, and action based on the score or the difficulty of movement, with completion scheduled for the score given to the campaign, and so on, including gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, trampoline, body-building Gymnastics, sports skills in 5 projects. In Eastern Han dynasty, Hua Tuo developed

Colored paintings on bellies: Unborn moms in China

  Pregnant women show up the colored paintings on their bellies during a colored body drawing & beauty contest of pregnant women held in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Oct. 8, 2008. Fourteen pregnant women took part in the final of contest here Wednesday.   A painter is drawing on the belly of a pregnant woman before a colored body drawing

Minority architecture: Tujia people build world''s longest wind-rain bridge

    As precious fortune of Chinese wisdom and representative of regional culture, Chinese minority architecture always displays unique style.  This undated photo shows a glimpse of the world’s longest wind-rain bridge, spanning 288.8 meters in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Hunan Province.     The world's

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