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Tea tourists infuse new life into rural China

2019-04-05 09:37

Qingming Festival is an important time in the lunar calendar for farmers to plan their agricultural activities. It has particular significance on tea culture, partially deciding the quality, and henceforth price, of the tea leaves. China Daily picks four famous types of tea that are produced at four

24 Solar Terms: 8 things you may not know about Clear and Bright

2019-04-05 07:00

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Clear and Bright (Chinese: 清明), the 5th solar term, starts this year on Apr 4 and ends on Apr 19.

10 destinations you can't miss over Qingming Festival holiday

2019-04-01 11:25

Here are 10 popular tourist attractions to go during the Qingming Festival.

Chinese paintings portray Qingming Festival

2019-04-02 09:36

Many painters have left us a number of notable works portraying the Qingming Festival. Let's take a look.

Green rice balls made to mark Qingming Festival

2019-03-28 15:02

When Qingming Festival approaches, it's an age-old tradition to eat "qingtuan", or green rice balls, in China's Jiangnan area - the region south of the Yangtze River. The green delicacies, sometimes shaped like dumplings, are usually made from glutinous rice mixed with pounded mugwort - an edible wi

China sees 112 mln domestic tourist trips during tomb-sweeping holiday

2019-04-08 16:45

China saw 112 million domestic tourist trips during the three-day tomb-sweeping holiday, up 10.9 percent from last year's holiday, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

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