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 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.     

The Chinese New Year Becomes More and More Internationalized

With the Chinese New Year celebrations of overseas Chinese,traditional Spring Festival has gone deep into the hearts of the people worldwide.Chinese New Year at...     

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]     

Chinese New Year Celebrated with Unique Traditions

The Spring Festival, or Chinese New Year, is the most important celebration for Chinese people. Reflecting solar and lunar movement, the Spring Festival is fundamentally associated to astronomical calculations of Chinese ancestors that date back to more than 2000 years. Today, the Spring Festival has evolved into an integral part of Chinese traditions that bears the emotional pursuit of Chinese people.     

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,     

Con cert Celebrati ng Chinese New Year Held in Singapore

The China Cultural Center in Singapore presented the 2020 New Year Concert to mark the upcoming Spring Festival with renowned vocal artists and a symphony orche...     

Free "Happy Chinese New Year" App for iPad!

##正##The Happy Chinese New Year application software provides role-playing games in both Chinese and English,themed on the Chinese New Year.Image you are the boy"Fu Boy"(Fubao)in the games.Please bring Fu Boy to the Baizi Village by touching the screen.You can participate in the celebration of the Chinese New Year,and fulfill tasks in the games including Making Laba Porridge,Cleaning the Windows,Making Paper-cuts for Window Decoration,Writing Chinese Character Fu,Looking for Food Materials,     

A New Chapter for the Ancient Silk Road 2012 Year of Chinese Culture in Turkey

<正>Opened on December 12, 2011 and after 365 days, the 2012 Year of Chinese Culture in Turkey is closed as a full success on December 04, 2012. Various events during the Year are like a strong "Chinese wind"blowing across dozens of Turkish cities. According to statistics from the Culture Section of the Embassy of China in Turkey, during the Year,     

桃花坞木刻年画

在苏州众多的传统民间工艺里,桃花坞木刻年画,是一个值得苏州人骄傲的文化符号,其独特的艺术风格在中国美术史、民俗史上确立了它应有的地位。桃花坞年画不仅广泛流传于江南一带和全国许多地方,而且远渡重洋流传到日本、英国和德国,特别是对日本的“浮世绘”有相当影响,被誉为东方古艺之花。     

New Year Print of Yangliuqing

Yangliuqing in Tianjin, Yangjiabu in Weifang, Shandong, Taohuawu in Suzhou, Jiangsu and Mianzhu in Sichuan are known the four most famous places to produce Chinese New Year prints. Yangliuqing, about 10 kilometers west from the city proper of Tianjin, is an ancient town with a long history. With high intensity of population and rich natural resources, this historic town has enjoyed prosperity as a transportation hub.     

New Year of Yi Ethnic Group

<正>Ancestors of the Yi ethnic group invented a solar calendar in which seasons of the year are determined based on solar movement and the direction of the upper...     

Blessings of Chinese Lunar Year of Ox

Capital Museum launches Spring Festival celebrations every year. In the advent of Chinese lunar year of ox, the museum held two exhibitions entitled ＂An Auspicious Ox Year＂ and ＂Talk about Ox in the Ox Year＂, sending new year greetings to local viewers of Beijing.     

元日"屠苏"考

古有元日饮屠苏酒之风俗。梁宗懔《荆楚岁时记》云：“正月一日……长幼悉正衣冠，以次拜贺。进椒柏酒，饮桃汤，进屠苏酒。”其俗至宋时犹存，王安石《元日》诗“爆竹声中一岁除，春风送暖入屠苏”、陆游《除夜雪》诗“半盏屠苏犹未举，灯前小草写桃符”，皆咏其俗。屠苏酒是一种药酒。“屠苏”原为房屋之名，字本作“”。《广雅》：“，庵也。”《广韵》：“，草庵也。”《太平御览》卷一八一引汉服虔《通俗文》：“屋平曰。”后径写作“屠苏”。如《三国志·曹真传》裴松之注引《魏略》云：“(李胜)为尹，岁除，厅事前屠苏坏，令人更治之…     

年画珍品，灯谜化石——武强古版灯方年画中的灯谜

谜语上灯,并借传统的元宵节而广泛流传到民间,被称为中华谜史上一次飞跃性的发展。清·葛甡云：“灯谜宜用灯也。应在春宵秋夕,粉壁墙阴悬一长扁方灯,糊以或绢或纸。”还说：“出谜原应春时在灯节前后,秋夜在会期歌舞之场。惟须闹中取静,免其非个中人嗜杂,以败文雅兴趣也。”     

在韩国过中秋节

有人说，不管你在韩国生活多长时间，如果没有在那里过过中秋节，就不能说真正了解韩国文化。这话听起来好像有点夸张，可一点不假。应该说，韩国人的中秋节，从渊源来说，与中国传统文化有密切的联系，中秋节全家团圆、赏月等习俗，也与中国类似。但在历史发展的长河中，经过消化、吸收、创造，韩国中秋节的习俗已与中国有明显不同，形成了鲜明的民族特色。韩国中秋节的主要活动是为感谢祖先而进行扫墓、祭祀，吃特制的松饼而不是月饼。