Chinese Festivals summary
Legal holidays in China are New Year (January 1st), a national one-day holiday; Spring Festival (New Year by the lunar calendar), a national three-day holiday; International Working Women’s Day (March...
Social Customs in China
The kites made in Weifang, Shandong Province, are famous throughout the world.During the long course of historical development, China’s different peoples have developed individual customs regarding fo...
Religious Belief in China
The Shaolin Monastery in Mount Songshan in Henan Province is the famous birthplace of Shaolin martial arts. The enthronement ceremony of the Eleventh Panchen Erdeni.  ...
custom of ethnic minorities
Many of the people I have met in the United States think of the Chinese as a homogenous race. In fact, there are 56 ethnic groups in China. Among them, the Han people account for 92% of the cou...