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Walking on Fire to Celebrate Harvest Season
One Fujian village preserves the tradition of celebrating the harvest with painful acrobatics
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How Ancient Chinese Poets Celebrated the Lantern Festival
Five ancient poems that celebrate the first full moon of a new Lunar New Year
ANCIENT HISTORY
Five Classic Chinese Tiger Tales
Traditional folk stories about tigers still told today
POETRY
How the Lunar New Year Was Celebrated in Ancient Chinese Poetry
How seven ancient poets wrote about celebrating the Lunar New Year
FOOD
Give Me Anything But Dumplings this Lunar New Year
What other foods do Chinese eat during the Lunar New Year?
LIFE
Best (and Worst) Tiger Fashions this Lunar New Year
International brands have released their annual animal zodiac-themed products—we rate them here
TRADITIONAL CULTURE
The Last Shamans of the Changbai Mountains
In Jilin province, shamans adapt ancient beliefs to the modern context
TRADITIONAL CULTURE
The Changing Face of Yingge Dance
How the whole village works together to keep Puning’s traditional “hero dance” alive
HISTORICAL FIGURES
Celebrating Confucius’s 2,725th Birthday
A ceremony at Beijing’s 14th century Confucius temple celebrates a sage's birth based on 2,000-year-old traditions
TRADITIONAL CULTURE
Fading Festivities, Part 2
From “sky-repairing” to “clothes-drying,” here are some obscure and forgotten Chinese festivals
TRADITIONAL CULTURE
Sexist Seating
Are women really banned from the banquet table during Chinese New Year?
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