Spring Festival 春节 |
| Spring Festival in 2009: January 26, 2009 |
| 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 systems of about half a month from the Spring Festival. Airports, railway stations and long-distance bus stations are crowded with home returnees. |
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New Year's Day 元旦
First Day of the First Month of the year |
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The Lantern Festival Yuanxiao Jie 元宵节
15-th Day of the First Month of the year, Yuanxiao: the special food for the Lantern Festival. It is believed that Yuanxiao is named after a palace maid, Yuanxiao, of Emperor Wu Di of the Han Dynasty. Yuanxiao is a kind of sweet dumpling, which is made with sticky rice flour filled with sweet stuffing. And the Festival is named after the famous dumpling. It is very easy to cook - simply dump them in a pot of boiling water for a few minutes - and eaten as a desert.
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Qingming - The Clear & Bright Festival 寒食、清明
On occurs in the middle of Spring, shortly after Spring Solstice. |
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Dragon Boat Festival - Duanwu Jie 端午节
5-th Day of the 5-th Month of the year
Dragon Boat Races: June is the time of dragon boat races, an event whose origins lie deep in Chinese mythology. During the course of the month, dragon boats will take to waters all over Asia, from Nagasaki to Singapore to Macau.  |
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Moon Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节
15-th Day of the 8-th Month of the year
Double Nineth (Elder Day) 重阳节
9-th Day of the 9-th Month of the year
Dong Zhi - Winter Solstice Festival 冬至
December 22,2006 |
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