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The Double Ninth Day is on tile 9~b day of the 9*h lunar month. "Chong" suggestsdouble, "Yang" means nine according to The Book of Changes by Confucius. The festivalis based on the theory of Yin and Yang, which am the two opposite principle...

The Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated on the 15~ day of the 8~h lunar month. The moon seems to he the fullest and brightest on that night. The full moon symbolizes family reunion to the Chinese and they take the festival as an occasion of f...

The Dragon Boat Festival is a popular and traditional festival celebrated on the 5'h day of the 5'b lunar month by 27 nationalities in China. The festival is marked mainly byholding dragon boat races and having the food called "zongzi" as t...

The words "pure brightness" suggests all things on earth come back to llfe in the season of spring with clear weather. The season sees aU plants sprouting in bright sunshine, thus it is a good time to make an excursion. It was originally th...

it is celebrated on the 15~b of the fist lunar month. The first lunar month is called "yuan" which means "first" in Chinese, Night was called "xiao" in ancient times. It is said after the death of the Hun Empror Liu Bang, his Empress Lu usu...

The Spring Festival is celebrated by the Han and many othei minority nationalities ofChina and overseas Chinese with great joy and happiness on the first day of the first lunar month. Being the most important festival to Chinese, people hav...

The Water-splashing Festival is the most important traditional festival observed by the fosfival is held between early the 6'~ month and early the 7rh month of the Dai calendar. The festival originated in India~ Believers of the rites of Br...

The Tibetan New Year is celebrated from December 29 till January 15 according to the Tibetan calendar. All Tibetan families start to prepare holiday food such as bu~ter, milk tea, Qthgke wine and other food from the middle of December. Peop...

Hua er Festival has been celebrated for generations among minorities of Tus, Huis, Salars, Bonans and Dongxiang in Qnghal, Gansu and Ningxia of northenl China, The celebration is mostly held in spring and summer and lasts for three to six d...

As an important Muslim festival of Islam, it lasts three days from the 10~ of the 12~month according to the Islamic calendar. The festival is observed by the minority peoplesof Islamism in Xingdiang, Qinghai, Ningxin and Gansu in northweste...

Aobao-worthipping Festival is a sacrifice offering folk festival of the Mongolian' nationality in Inner Mongolia. " Aobao" means a stone pile or bulging pile in the Mongolian language, It is a sort of solid, conical pagoda piled up with sto...

Nadamu Festival is a traditional festival observed by the Mongolian people. It iscelebrated in July or August when the pastures there have plenty of water, lush grass andthriving herds. Nadamu is a Mongolian term of entertainmellt or game,...