A shared meal, a shared language and a shared laugh on a sports court, at a scenic spot or inside a factory — sometimes that's all it takes to discover how much two peoples have in common.
Mid-Autumn Festival is a Chinese celebration to be shared by everyone under the sun — and, especially, the moon.
The 15th day of the eighth lunar month marks the Mid-Autumn Festival, an occasion for admiring the full moon and celebrating family reunions and the harvest. More than 3,000 years ago, qiu, the Chinese character for autumn, appeared in oracle bone inscriptions from the Shang Dynasty (c.16th century-11th century BC), recording a season central to agricultural life.
In the lastest episode of Embracing Cultures, Ji Mingwen, a pastry master from Beijing's heritage bakery Daoxiangxun, demonstrates the delicate, century-old art of making tijiang mooncakes, a type of traditional handmade mooncake originated from historical sugar-making processes.
"Heritage is like a vessel," Heba Aziz said in an interview after a 2026 Beijing Culture Forum session regarding conserving historic cities in urban development.
Sound of Harvest is held September 12‑13, 2026 at Rutgers University's Nicholas Music Center and Montclair State University's Memorial Auditorium. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
Representatives from eight Chinese cities renowned for calligraphy have jointly issued an initiative calling for greater cultural exchange and mutual learning in traditional Chinese calligraphy.
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