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Festivals

TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Flames of Fortune: A Chinese Village’s Fiery Leap into the Lunar New Year

The people of Zhengpan celebrate the Lunar New Year by charging into flames for good fortune

Huang Ruide (黄瑞德) & Liu Jue (刘珏)

Feb. 21, 2024

TRAVEL

Pigs and Party Games: Celebrating Chinese New Year, Dongbei Style

Folk customs and culture of Northeast China during the Lunar New Year

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Feb. 19, 2024

TRADITIONAL CULTURE

How One Village Sows the Seeds of Wealth at Lunar New Year

The people of Fengxi village celebrate the Lunar New Year with a unique folk ritual involving sugarcane, deities, and fire

Huang Ruide (黄瑞德) & Liu Jue (刘珏)

Feb. 15, 2024

TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Celebrating Chinese Little New Year

China’s Lunar New Year celebrations begin with rituals and offerings to the kitchen god

Pan Fengfan (潘风帆)

Feb. 2, 2024

TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Ban or Bang? China’s Fireworks Paradox

Why does the land that invented fireworks and firecrackers prohibit them in so many places?

Zheng Yiwen (郑怡雯)

Jan. 31, 2024

FILM

Chinese-Language Christmas Movies To Stream Right Now

Tired of “Love Actually” and “Home Alone”? Here are four Chinese-language Christmas movies to watch this festive season.

Amarsanaa Battulga

Dec. 13, 2023

MODERN HISTORY

Acrobats, Tai Chi, Kids: What Makes a Chinese Opening Ceremony?

From celebrations of workers at the 1959 National Games to vast displays of technological prowess during this year’s Asian Games, China’s opening cer…

Dylan Levi King

Oct. 10, 2023

HISTORY

Mid-Autumn Festival Celebrations Through the Ages

The Mid-Autumn Festival became an official public holiday only in 2008, but it has been celebrated for centuries

Liu Jue (刘珏)

Sept. 29, 2023

FILM

5 Monster Shows and Films for Hungry Ghost Festival

Ghosts might be restricted on Chinese screens, but there are plenty of monster films to watch this Zhongyuan Festival

Tan Yunfei (谭云飞) & Yang Tingting (杨婷婷)

Aug. 30, 2023

TRADITIONAL CULTURE

How China’s Dancing Lions Get Their Heads

Peek inside the workshop of a Chinese artisan, who is trying to keep alive the centuries-old craft of making “heads” for traditional lion dance

Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

June 29, 2023

TRAVEL

Legends and Landscapes: A Journey to the Birthplace of Qingming Festival

Searching for the origins of China’s festival to the dead on the mountain where it all began more than 2,500 years ago

RJ Fry

April 13, 2023

TRADITIONAL CULTURE

A Year After My Father’s Death, I Finally Made It Home to Mourn

Stories of two post-Covid homecomings to mourn loved ones and sweep the tombs on Qingming Festival

Wang Lin (王琳)

April 7, 2023

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