The yaji, or "elegant gathering", was a tradition among intellectuals, artists and people of higher social class in ancient China. They would gather to share their thoughts, demonstrate individual artistic or cultural attainments, and collaborate on the creation of prose, poems, calligraphy, and paintings.
Embracing the Spring, Celebrating the Year of Snake, an exhibition that opened at the National Museum of China in Beijing on Wednesday, is not only a warm-up for Spring Festival, which falls on Jan 29, and the start of the Year of the Snake, but also ushers in a mood of spring hope.
On Jan 18, the "Nile Dragon Boat Festival" Spring Festival themed event was held at the Giza Yacht Club in Cairo.
In Chinese culture, the snake seems to have an intricate relationship with the dragon, a symbolic emblem of the nation. Sometimes they could not be differentiated from each other, in other times snakes were widely believed to be a major prototype of dragons.
Spring Festival's UNESCO recognition maps its position as a planetary jamboree that comes from China but now formally belongs to our shared world, Erik Nilsson reports.
The buzz of clippers, the fragrance of hair products, and the chatter of eager customers: A week before Spring Festival — the biggest traditional Chinese holiday — a hair salon nestled in the heart of Beijing's vibrant Sanlitun neighborhood is a hive of activity.
The 2022 Winter Olympics not only put Beijing and Zhangjiakou in Hebei province on the map of winter tourism but left world-class infrastructure behind that has transformed them into globally recognized tourism hot spots.
As the Year of the Snake approaches, sales of products with serpentine elements have witnessed explosive growth on major e-commerce platforms, which experts said showcases not only the strong resonance of traditional Chinese culture among shoppers, but also the vitality of the country's consumer market.
China's geographical proximity to Siberia gives its northeastern winters a distinct bite. The long, harsh cold season gives rise to a stunningly raw and unspoiled environment of vast snowy expanses, frozen rivers and forests.
The ethnic diversity, folk celebrations, and vast and varied landscapes set the Inner Mongolia and the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous regions apart from the rest of China as cold weather getaways.
China Daily reporters leverage local expertise to craft diverse itineraries, showcasing a blend of historical landmarks and natural wonders across highly recommended cities and sites, offering practical guidance for your exploration of the country.
Beijing's Dongcheng district will host the Ditan Park Temple Fair and the Longtan Spring Festival Cultural Temple Fair from Jan 29, Chinese New Year's Day, to Feb 4, according to a news conference on Jan 20.
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