Laba Green Garlic

2016-01-15 14:49:52

Aside from eating laba congee, people in northern China will make a special snack to serve during the upcoming Spring Festival, laba garlic.

Celebrities born in the Year of Monkey

2016-01-12 09:42:57

Feb 8 marks the start of the Year of the Monkey. And people born in the Year of the Monkey are often believed to be smart, flexible and ambitious, and can adapt to the changing environment quickly.Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Monkey. We chose 12 of them from China and abroad.

Why is the date of Chinese New Year not fixed?

2016-01-11 11:27:15

Chinese New Year is celebrated on a different date each year but is always somewhere in the period from Jan 21 to Feb 20. Why don’t Chinese have a fixed day for their most important festival?

Special stamps issued to welcome Chinese Lunar New Year

2016-01-11 11:08:31

China Post issued a series of special stamps, "New Year Greetings", on Jan 10, 2016. The stamp has one piece in one set, and the nominal value is 1.2 yuan.

Join us! Share Chinese New Year celebrations from all over the world

2016-01-07 15:46:00

With the upcoming Year of the Monkey on Feb 8, 2016, Just Share It - Happy Chinese New Year the global online photo contest is being launched all over the world. Chinaculture.org invites people to share their photos of Chinese New Year celebrations.

The submission deadline is Feb 29, 2016. The top 100 photos (single or group) will be grouped into first, second and third levels and another 100 photos (single or group) will be shortlisted from the submitted works. All the 200 final selections will be paid 5,000RMB, 3,000RMB, 1,000RMB and 500RMB respectively.

Stamps to celebrate Year of the Monkey

2016-01-07 14:00:15

The island of Jersey in the English Channel, an autonomous dependency of the British crown, is among the first to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Year of the Monkey, with the release of a stamp issue on Jan 5 designed by Beijing illustrator Wang Huming.

Rare 'Horse month of the Monkey year' sets Chinese Internet laughing

2016-01-06 14:37:22

Chinese netizens are excited by the upcoming "Horse month of the Monkey year" based on the lunar calendar, leading many to joke on social media.

Culture Insider: 5 things you may not know about Minor Cold

2016-01-06 09:53:03

Minor Cold is the 23rd solar term of the 24 traditional Chinese solar terms. It will last from Jan 6 to Jan 19, 2016. For most areas of China, it marks the start of the coldest days of the year.

New year goods add color to Yiwu

2016-01-05 10:07:22

Yiwu is commonly known as the "supermarket of the world". As the lunar new year approaches, it has again become busy with the store shelves stocked with merchandises such as new year paintings and figurines that are thought to bring prosperity in the coming year.

Just Share It - Happy Chinese New Year Photo Contest 2016

2015-12-30 14:20:51

With the upcoming the Year of the Monkey on Feb 8, 2016, Just Share It - Happy Chinese New Year global online photo contest 2016 is being launched.

Culture Insider: 9 things you may not know about Winter Solstice

2015-12-22 17:17:03

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Winter Solstice, the 22nd solar term of the year, begins this year on Dec 22 and ends on Jan 6.

China's Winter Solstice specialties

2015-12-22 16:00:10

Dec 22 is the winter solstice of 2015. Having jiaozi (dumplings) is a tradition on this day for the people of northern China, yet in other parts of China people have their own style of food for the winter solstice.