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• CIIC:Today's featured article/January 12, 2010
  ...inese people during festivals, most especially the [[Spring Festival]], or Chinese New Year. ('''[[Temple fair|More ...]]''')
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• Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival
  ...come one of the world's four major ice and snow festivals. The other three festivals are Japan's Sapporo Snow Festival, Canada's Quebec City Winter Carnival, an [[category: Chinese festivals]]
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• New Year pictures
  ...o the excitement of the holiday season. New Year pictures are an ancient [[Chinese]] folk art, reflecting the customs and beliefs of the common people and sym ...festival]][[category:traditional Chinese festivals]][[category:traditional festivals]]
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• Red envelope
  ...as '''hongbao''' ('''红包''') in Chinese, is a gift given to kids during the Chinese New Year with [[Yasuiqian]] (压岁钱) in it. Giving ''Hongbao'' during the [[Spring festival|Chinese New Year]] is a tradition. A red packet is simply a red envelope with gift
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• Temple fair
  ...inese people during festivals, most especially the [[Spring Festival]], or Chinese New Year. ...nt activities, and a traditional cultural event that features all kinds of Chinese folk art. So far, there have been more than 10 major temple fairs held each
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• CIIC:Today's featured article/January24, 2012
  ...'''庙会''') is an important and joyful destination for Chinese people during festivals, most especially the [[Spring Festival]]. [[Temple fair|(More...)]]
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• Red Packets
  ...r gift which is usually put in a red envelope or paper bag (''hongbao'' in Chinese). Giving ''Hongbao'' during the [[Spring festival|Chinese New Year]] is a tradition. A red packet is simply a red envelope with gift
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• Yasuiqian
  ...ft which is usually put in a red envelope or paper bag (''[[hongbao]]'' in Chinese). Giving ''Hongbao'' during the [[Spring festival|Chinese New Year]] is a tradition. A red packet is simply a red envelope with gift
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• Ya Sui Qian
  [[File:hongbao.jpg|thumb|250px|right|''Hongbao'', a Chinese New Year gift to kids.]] ...r gift which is usually put in a red envelope or paper bag (''hongbao'' in Chinese).
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• Hongbao
  '''Hongbao''' ('''red envelope''') is a gift given to kids during the Chinese New Year with [[Yasuiqian]] in it. Giving ''Hongbao'' during the [[Spring festival|Chinese New Year]] is a tradition. A red packet is simply a red envelope with gift
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• Spring couplets
  ...lings of life's renewal and the return of spring. On the [[Spring festival|Chinese New Year]], families in China decorate their front doors with poetic couple ...the drawings of blessing since the Chinese for "inverted" is a homonym in Chinese for "arrive," thus signifying that spring, wealth, or blessing has arrived.
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• Chunyun (transportation during the Spring Festival)
  Transportation during the [[Spring Festival]], called '''Chunyun''' in Chinese, is an annual test on [[China]]'s transportation systems. ...ry according to Gregorian calendar, is the most important festival for the Chinese as it is an occasion for reunions with family and friends. Particularly, pe
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• Chinese New Year Holiday
  Chinese New Year, or '''[[Spring Festival]]''' is the largest and most important fe === '''''Related festivals''''' ===
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• 2010 Shanghai International Film Festival
  *[[John Woo]] (Chinese American) * [[Chinese films of the 2000s]]
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• Traditional Chinese Medicine Museum
  ...cine Museum''' （中医药博物馆） affiliated to [[Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine]]. [[File:Traditional Chinese Medicine Museum.jpg|thumb|300px|Traditional Chinese Medicine Museum]]
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• Qu Yuan
  '''Qu Yuan''' ('''屈原''' c. 340-277 BC) was a Chinese poet who lived during the Warring States Period in ancient times. He is fam Since that time, Chinese memorialize the patriotic poet by enjoying [[Zongzi]] on the anniversary of
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• Chunyun
  ...na during the [[Spring Festival]], which usually begins 15 days before the Chinese Lunar New Year's Day and lasts for around 40 days. The extremely high traff ...ry according to Gregorian calendar, is the most important festival for the Chinese as it is an occasion for reunions with family and friends. Particularly, pe
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• Moon cake gambling
  [[Category:Traditional Chinese festivals]][[Category:Chinese culture]]
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• Han
  '''Han''' ('''汉族''') is a Chinese ethnic group with the largest population in [[China]] as well as in the wor Language: Chinese
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• Double Ninth Festival
  ...tors considered it an auspicious day worth celebration. That's why ancient Chinese began to celebrate this festival long time ago. On this day, people will eat Double Ninth Gao (or Cake). In Chinese, gao (cake) has the same pronunciation with gao (height). People do so just
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• International Children's Day
  '''June 1 International Children's Day''' (Chinese: '''六一国际儿童节''') is a festival for the children of the whole w [[Category: Festivals]]
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• June 1 International Children's Day
  '''June 1 International Children's Day''' (Chinese: '''六一国际儿童节''') is a festival for the children of the whole w [[Category: Festivals]]
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• Yufo Temple
  ...fferent versions of the Tripitaka. During Buddhist festivals and the Lunar Chinese New Year, tens of thousands of pilgrims arrive to burn incense sticks and d
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• June 1 Children's Day
  '''June 1 International Children's Day''' (Chinese: '''六一国际儿童节''') is a festival for the children of the whole w [[Category: Festivals]]
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• Children's Day
  '''June 1 International Children's Day''' (Chinese: '''六一国际儿童节''') is a festival for the children of the whole w [[Category: Festivals]]
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• Laba Festival
  ...ese holiday celebrated on the eighth day of the twelfth month of the lunar Chinese calendar. Laba porridge is the most popular meal in the festival. ...nts feasted together on the sacrificial meat in an early expression of the Chinese tradition of communal eating. The Laba Festival is popularly referred to as
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• The Cold Food Festival
  '''The Cold Food Festival''' ('''寒食节''') is a traditional Chinese festival celebrated for three consecutive days starting the day before [[Qi [[Category: Festivals]]
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• Islam in China
  ...in [[Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region]]. There are now about 20 million [[Chinese Muslims]]. There are more than 40 mosques in [[Beijing]] that are open to t ...ter settling in China and marrying Chinese women. Their descendants became Chinese Muslims.
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• Wuqiao Acrobatics
  ...very long history and is an excellent and precious cultural legacy of the Chinese nation. There are a lot of acrobatics village in China, e.g. Liaocheng of [ ...rds that lamps lighted up the whole county of Wuqiao for three days during festivals, people set off firecrackers and performed acrobatics, and the local feudal
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• Moon cake
  [[file:Moon cake (月饼).JPEG|thumb|230px|Moon cakes, traditoanl Chinese food.]] '''Moon cake''' ('''月饼''') is a Chinese bakery product traditionally eaten during the [[Mid-autumn Festival]] which
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• Gulangyu Island
  In the early 20th century, the island attracted overseas Chinese elites, who returned and built private residences on the island, often with ...Australian Chinese pianist and collector. The museums host important music festivals and contests regularly.
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• Gong
  ...g the Southern and Northern Dynasties (420-589) is the ancestor of today's Chinese gongs. The copper gong unearthed in [[Luobo Bay]] of [[Guangxi Zhuang Auton ...to withdraw troops. Gongs were also used in folk activities such as grand festivals, weddings and funerals, to add a magnificent air to the scene.
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• World Population Day
  [[file:World Population Day.JPEG|thumb|250px|Chinese people above 60 years old will surpass 200 million by the end of 2013.]] ...earch Center for the Elderly, in early June 2013, shows that the number of Chinese people above 60 years old will surpass 200 million by the end of 2013, whic
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• Double Seventh Festival
  [[Category:Traditional Chinese festivals]][[Category:festivals]]
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• Winter Solstice Festival
  ...fter the Winter Solstice, days will become longer and longer. As [[ancient Chinese]] thought, the yang, or muscular, positive things will become stronger and ...on different layers of a pot. These animals all signify auspiciousness in Chinese tradition. People of the same surname or family clan gather at their ancest
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• Beijing Red Mansion Culture and Art Museum
  ...f the magnificent garden of an imperial family described in the well-known Chinese novel "[[A Dream of Red Mansions]]" by [[Cao Xueqin]] (17l5-l763). When the festivals or holidays come, many interesting activities are held there. The famous an
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• Ansai Waist Drum Dance
  .... It is believed that waist drums were originally used in ancient times by Chinese soldiers stationed at the border to sound alarms, train troops or accompany ...ing. The dancers wear costumes and headdresses similar to those of ancient Chinese soldiers.
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• Dragon Dance
  ...ragon Dance enjoys a vast diversity of models and forms. As a totem of the Chinese nation, among farming communities, it is still heralded as a token of the c [[Category:folk arts]][[category:folk customs]][[category:traditional festivals]]
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• Jiaozi
  ...grate." Rather, they say that the dumpling's filling has "burst," which in Chinese is a homonym for the auspicious phrase "to get rich." ...nighttime, most of the games are played indoors. Popular games include Go, Chinese chess, card games, and mahjong. Before it gets dark, children ride bamboo h
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• Lantern Festival
  The '''Lantern Festival''' ('''元宵节''') is a traditional Chinese festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, usually ...fried or steamed. It tastes sweet and delicious. What's more, tangyuan in Chinese has a similar pronunciation with "tuanyuan”, meaning reunion. So people e
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• Dumplings
  ...grate." Rather, they say that the dumpling's filling has "burst," which in Chinese is a homonym for the auspicious phrase "to get rich." ...nighttime, most of the games are played indoors. Popular games include Go, Chinese chess, card games, and mahjong. Before it gets dark, children ride bamboo h
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• Baiyun Guan in Beijing
  ...onducts traditional Daoist ceremonies on holy days. The temple fair during Chinese New Year is particularly noteworthy. ...s of Daoist divinities, each representing one year of the 60-year-cycle in Chinese lunar calendar. One can find his personal Daoist divinity according to the
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• Qingming Festival
  [[Category:Traditional Chinese festivals]]
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• Buddhist Festivals
  == Festivals == ...For followers of Theravada Buddhism in Southeastern Asian countries, these festivals fall on the same day, the 15th day of the fourth lunar month (the day of th
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• Chinese Film
  ...n until 1913 when [[Zheng Zhengqiu]] and [[Zhang Shichuan]] shot the first Chinese movie ''[[Marriage without Love]]''. During the 1920s film technicians from the United States trained Chinese in [[Shanghai]], an early filmmaking center, and American influence continu
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• Walking on stilts
  ...means walking on, and ''Gaoqiao'' means stilts. According to the archives, Chinese ancestors began using stilts to help them gather fruits from trees. This pr [[Category:folk customs]][[category:traditional festivals]]
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• Dragon Boat Festival
  ...hrimp from attacking his body. An old doctor poured a jug of reaglar wine (Chinese liquor seasoned with realgar) into the water, hoping to turn all aquatic be ...boat racing has developed into an aquatic sports item which features both Chinese tradition and modern sporting spirit. In 1980, it was listed into the state
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• Duanwu Festival
  ...hrimp from attacking his body. An old doctor poured a jug of reaglar wine (Chinese liquor seasoned with realgar) into the water, hoping to turn all aquatic be ...boat racing has developed into an aquatic sports item which features both Chinese tradition and modern sporting spirit. In 1980, it was listed into the state
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• Dai ethnic group
  The Dai language belongs to the [[Chinese-Tibetan language family]] and has three major dialects. It is written in an ...cial contact between young men and women was quite free, especially during festivals. It was common for the groom to move into the bride's home after the weddin
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• Religion in China
  ...amic Association of China]], [[Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association]], [[Chinese Catholic Bishops' College]], [[Three-Self Patriotic Movement Committee of t ...rving Mass, baptising, monkhood initiation, fasting, celebrating religious festivals, observing extreme unction, and holding memorial ceremonies, are protected
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