Chinese New Year Celebrated Abroad

<正>During the Spring Festival of 2010, or Chinese New Year, the Ministry of Culture of China launched a variety of events in celebration of this traditional festival of Chinese people.——From the editor     

Chinese New Year Celebrated Overseas

Overseas Chinese worldwide celebrated the traditional Chinese lunar New Year, for Spring Festival, which fell on February 7, 2008, the most important occasion for Chinese.     

Chinese New Year Celebrated Abroad

<正>The Spring Festival,or the Chinese New Year,is the most important traditional holiday for all Chinese people around the world.Chinese people eat dumplings,we...     

Chinese Culture Year Celebrated in Australia

During Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang’s official visit to Australia in October 2009, Chinese and Australian leaderships reached a consensus of hosting cultural years in each other’s country. From June 2010 to June 2011, "Experience Australia"—the Year of Australian Culture was successfully held in China. From June 2011 to June 2012, "Experience China"—the Year of Chinese Culture (YCCiA) is celebrated in Australia, featuring nearly 100 cultural events ranging from performing arts projects to visual art exhibitions to film festivals.     

The Year of the Rabbit Celebrated in China

<正>2011 is the year of the rabbit based on the Chinese lunar calendar.It is also called the year of the golden rabbit according to the Sixty Circle of Heaven St...     

Celebrating Chinese New Year Worldwide

<正>During the Spring Festival in 2012, the Cultural Ministry of China, along with China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Education, State Administration of Radio, Film and TV and the State Council Office for Overseas Chinese Affairs     

Chinese New Year Rice Cake

<正>It has been a time-honored tradition to make and eat rice cakes during the Chinese New Year, or called "Spring Festival". In rural areas of China, cakes made from sticky rice are made and exchanged as New Year gifts, because     

Chinese Spring Festival Celebrated in Thailand

From January 23 to February 4, ＂Cultural Series in Celebration of Chinese Spring Festival＂ was launched in Thailand, coorganized by Chinese Cultural Ministry, Chinese Embassy in Thailand and departments of the Thai Government concerned. It was the fifth session of the event and the largest Spring Festival celebration that China held overseas in 2009.     

Celebrate Chinese New Year at River Seine

A series of Chinese New Year celebrations, highlighted by a Chinese classical music concert and a miniature temple fair, took place in the ,China Culture Center （CCC） in Paris, France during the Spring Festival holidays in February, fascinating hundreds ot Chinese culture enthusiasts.[第一段]     

Sydney Fascinated by Chinese New Year Parade

Every year Sydney celebrates Chinese New Year, the most spectacular event outside Asia. The 2008 celebration lasted three weeks, attracting nearly one million visitors. On the morning of February 10, nearly 100,000 local residents and foreign tourists crowded along George Street in the downtown of Sydney, waiting with eagerness for the grand parade by performers from the northwest province of Shaanxi, China. Yang Zhangying, a 71 -year-old lady who emigrated from Shanghai more than ten years ago, dressed in a red mandarin gown, arrived at the City Hall in the early morning. She said with excitement, ＂I wear this dress only on grand and commemorative occasions.＂ At 11 a.m., Clover Moore, Lord Mayor of Sydney, in a red Tang-style dress,     

Celebrating Chinese New Year in the Tang Paradise

From January 23 to March 2, the Tang Paradise, a large historic theme park in the New Area of A Qujiang in Xi＇an, hosted a grand lan- tern fair to celebrate the Chinese lu- nar year of the horse, attracting tens of thousands of visitors. This 39-day- long lantern fair features the ele- ments of the Tang Dynasty which set the capital in Xi＇an, appealing visitors with exotic gourmet, folk tradition showcases, gala shows and dazzling displays of Chinese palace lanterns.     

Chinese Tea Rich in Cultural Traditions

Chinese tea is not merely a beverage variety but also bears rich cultural traditions. Like pastries associated with Chinese traditional festivals, Chinese tea embodies cultural elements that bring it with lingering charms and added values. The famous modem drama ＂Teahouse＂ is a perfect example. Perhaps because I was born and grew up in Beijing, I like reading literature about Beijing, in particular, litera .ry works by Lao She. He is one of the greatest writers in modern China who was born of a poor Manchurian family in Beijing. He worked and lived in UK and USA for nearly ten years and committed suicide in 1966 when the Cultural Revolution broke out.     

Chinese Zodiac Animals and Totem Traditions

<正>The English definition of totem was first introduced to China by Yan Fu,a Qing Dynasty scholar.Yan argued that ancient Chinese shared similar totem worship a...     

Chinese Culture Festival （Guizhou） Celebrated in USA

<正>The Chinese Culture Festival is an annual event initiated in 1999 and organized by local Chinese communities, aimed at showcasing brilliant Chinese culture t...     

Chinese Kites：New Year Paintings in the Air

It is generally believed that Chinese invented the kite which represents their pursuit of better life. Inspired by flying birds, ancient Chinese scientist Mo Di .made a wooden bird after three years of research, but it broke only one day after the maiden flight, This wooden bird is considered China＇s earliest form of the kite.     

Dragon Totem in Chinese Culture and Traditions

<正>The year 2012 is a dragon year according to the Chinese Twelve Zodiac system. The dragon is a symbol of Chinese nation and Chinese culture and closely associ...