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Showers of Spring

The solar season Guyu (谷雨) marks the start of spring rain, a season of bounty and sadness in ancient Chinese literature

Aaron Hsueh

April 19, 2020

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City of Springs

Shandong’s capital Jinan is a watery city of romance

Song Yu

April 18, 2020

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Under the Skin

This snack from China’s “breakfast capital” packs flavor in many layers

Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

April 15, 2020

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Of Ice and Men

The annual “winter catch” at Chagan Lake revives a millennia-old fishing tradition as a cultural spectacle

Tina Xu (徐盈盈)

April 11, 2020

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High Fliers

From military hardware to cultural heritage to children’s toy, kites have a 2,300-year history in China

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April 10, 2020

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Living on Lockdown

China’s cities adapt to life under quarantine

Hatty Liu

April 8, 2020

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Due to the Dead

A primer on the Chinese afterlife and the origin of the Tomb Sweeping Festival

Aaron Hsueh

April 4, 2020

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Regional Harmonies

China and Southeast Asia have adapted many of each other’s pop hits

Tina Xu (徐盈盈)

March 31, 2020

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Food Fit for a Poet

Dishes made famous by Su Dongpo, China’s greatest foodie poet

Aaron Hsueh

March 28, 2020

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The Jade Rush

Freewheeling prices and millennia of cultural mystique fuel China’s insatiable appetite for the green stone

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

March 26, 2020

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Red Recipe

A Chongqing soup that gets the blood boiling

Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

March 22, 2020

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Fading Festivities

Three traditional celebrations worthy of being better remembered

Aaron Hsueh

March 19, 2020

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