Let's take you through the old traditions associated with the Chongyang festival by narrating its three origin stories, all of them are centered around a common theme - how to avoid disaster and prolong your life with proper preparation.
First there's a wedding followed by a funeral, then you meet the desperate groom, the God of Hope, the idol bride and the King of the Underworld.
Since his first visit to Beijing in 1981, the country has had a special place in the life of filmmaker Malcolm Clarke.
A documentary series soon to be aired on CCTV tells stories of China's legendary green trains.
Models of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals made of corn attract much attention at a cultural tourism festival held in Jincheng city, North China's Shanxi province. The figures, made by local residents, express their joy in the autumn harvest.
The renowned Polish pianist, Krystian Zimerman, made his China debut yesterday with UK Philharmonia Orchestra under the baton of Esa-Pekka Salonen. The concert at the Poly Theatre was part of the on-going Beijing Music Festival.
Recently, the Second Forum of Material Genome Engineering were held at the Beijing International Convention Center, attracting nearly 900 experts in materials science and representatives from enterprises to discuss topics like a material database based on big data, a high-throughput screening method and application of material genome engineering technology.
About a quarter of Beijing's registered residents were over 60 years old at the end of 2017, according to a white paper published by the capital's office for senior citizens on Monday.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will attend the 12th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit in Brussels this week and pay a working visit to Belgium, which is known as the "Heart of Modern Europe."
The ninth day of the ninth month in the Chinese lunar calendar is a traditional Chinese festival — the Double Ninth Festival, or Chongyang Festival. In Chinese culture, nine has long been regarded as the number of yang, making the day of the festival one of two yang numbers, while “chong” in Chinese means double - thus creating the name of the festival, Chongyang.
Over 1,000 years ago, Chinese poet Wang Wei of the Tang Dynasty (618-907) wrote "I know my brothers would, with dogwood spray in hand, climb up mountain and miss me so far away"－to express his nostalgia during Chongyang Festival.
In recent years, Northwestern Polytechnical University has given priority to international cooperation in education and many foreign students have come to NPU for further studies.
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