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During the Lantern Festival, ancient Chinese people go out at night to temples carrying paper lanterns. Nowadays the festival lanterns are not as popular as they once were in ancient times, but Chinese painters preserve these traditions in their paintings.
Spring Festival, which falls on the 1st day of the 1st lunar month, is the most important festival in China and a time for family reunion, like Christmas in the West.
The Chinese zodiac, or shengxiao, refers to the circle of 12 animals that measure the cycles of time. Signs or animals are determined by the lunar year in which you were born.
Little New Year (Chinese: Xiaonian), usually a week before the lunar New Year, falls on Feb 1 this year. It is also known as the Festival of the Kitchen God, the deity who oversees the moral character of each household.
Pictures of door gods are traditional Chinese decorations placed on doors, which are believed to keep evil spirits from entering.
Scenes of Spring Festival are always popular themes of Chinese painting. Let's have a look at some Spring Festival paintings by Chinese artists, featuring traditional motifs of the Chinese New Year.
Ten recommended delicacies to add to your New Year's menu for the special food traditionally served during the upcoming Chinese New Year.
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?
Chinese New Year is around the corner and on Feb 8 Chinese people will reunite with their faraway families, welcoming the New Year together. Let us take a look at what is suitable and what is not.
From red lanterns to special dumplings, China readies for Year of the Horse
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