Chinese drum art at Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Girls from the China Drum Arts Ensemble perform during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland August 5, 2008. ...
Chinese traditional famous ethical minority
Zigong Lantern ShowTime: Early February – Early March Venue:Zigong, Sichuan Province.Origin:As early as the Tang Dynasty, the people of Zigong were already putting on lantern displays during Spring Fe...
Winter Solstice Festival
As early as 2,500 years ago, about the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC), China had determined the point of Winter Solstice by observing movements of the sun with a sundial. It is the earliest of ...
Double Ninth Festival
The 9th day of the 9th lunar month is the traditional Chongyang Festival, or Double Ninth Festival. It usually falls in October in the Gregorian calendar. In an ancient and mysterious book Yi Jing, or...
Mid-Autumn Festival
The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, usually in October in Gregorian calendar. The festival has a long history. In ancient China, emperors followed the rit...
China Double Seventh Festival
The Double Seventh Festival, on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month, is a traditional festival full of romance. It often goes into August in the Gregorian calendar. This festival is in mid-summer...
Dragon Boat Festival
The Dragon Boat Festival, the 5th day of the 5th lunar month, has had a history of more than 2,000 years. It is usually in June in the Gregorian calendar. There are many legends about the evolut...
China Qingming Festival
The Qingming (Pure Brightness) Festival is one of the 24 seasonal division points in China, falling on April 4-6 each year. After the festival, the temperature will rise up and rainfall increases. It ...
China Lantern Festival
The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month, usually in February or March in the Gregorian calendar. As early as the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 25), it had become a festival ...
Chinese Spring Festival
The Spring Festival is the most important festival for the Chinese people and is when all family members get together, just like Christmas in the West. All people living away from home go back, becomi...
China's new Wall Street
BEIJING, Aug. 7 (Xinhuanet) -- The Beijing Central Business District (CBD) occupies 3.99 sq km of the Chaoyang district on the east side of the city. It is conveniently equidistant to Tian...
Star service, management ensure story of success
BEIJING, Aug. 7 (Xinhuanet) -- Services and management provided by the government have played an important role in the development of the Central Business District (CBD). When CBD was in the initial s...