Holidays

TRAVEL

Something to Celebrate: Little-Known Chinese Festivals for Spring (and Other Seasons)

The tropical island of Hainan offers a plethora of ancient and modern holidays not often celebrated in the rest of the country

The Editors

April 24, 2023

ANCIENT HISTORY

The Surprisingly Ancient Origins of Christmas in China

From Christians in the Tang dynasty to all-night parties in early 1900s Shanghai, the Western holiday has a longer history in China than most people …

Hatty Liu

Dec. 25, 2022

TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Fading Festivities, Part 2

From “sky-repairing” to “clothes-drying,” here are some obscure and forgotten Chinese festivals

Hatty Liu

Nov. 29, 2020

TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Enfant Terrible

Misbehaving “bear kids” are causing damage at a high price

Liu Jue (刘珏)

Oct. 14, 2020

LIFE

The TWOC Guide to Shopping Festivals

Shop when these days drop: these are the “shopping holidays” designed to make people part with cash

Hatty Liu

July 5, 2017

Holidays

Something to Celebrate: Little-Known Chinese Festivals for Spring (and Other Seasons)

The Surprisingly Ancient Origins of Christmas in China

Fading Festivities, Part 2

Enfant Terrible

The TWOC Guide to Shopping Festivals

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