The Lantern Festival marks the end of Spring celebrations with glowing lanterns, tangyuan dumplings, and riddles, tracing back 2,000 years to Han Dynasty temple rituals and Buddhist customs.
The Lantern Festival marks the end of Spring celebrations with glowing lanterns, tangyuan dumplings, and riddles, tracing back 2,000 years to Han Dynasty temple rituals and Buddhist customs.
The Tongshu tells you which days suit weddings, moving house or cutting hair. How to read its columns, where the system comes from, and why it still sells.
At twenty a young man was capped; at fifteen a young woman was pinned. The Guanli and Jili rites gave adults a new name and a new set of duties. How they worked.
Where ancient solar term meets ancestor worship — Qingming's 1,000-year tradition of remembering the dead.
Capping for young men, hairpinning for young women: China's Confucian coming-of-age rites date to the Zhou dynasty and are being revived by the hanfu generation.
Baijiu is the world's best-selling spirit, yet a mystery abroad. Learn how China's grain liquor is made, its aroma types, and the drinking culture around it.
On the third day of the third lunar month, Guangxi stops work to sing. Sanyuesan celebrates Zhuang song fairs, five-color rice and the singing fairy Liu Sanjie.
The Double Ninth Festival (Chongyang Festival), celebrated on the 9th day of the 9th lunar month, is one of China's oldest traditional festivals, deeply rooted in the philosophy of Yin and Yang and th
Chinese New Year is humanity's largest annual celebration, spanning 15 days with ancient rituals, family reunions, and the famous Spring Festival travel rush.
Chinese New Year is humanity's largest annual celebration, spanning 15 days with ancient rituals, family reunions, and the famous Spring Festival travel rush.
Chinese New Year is humanity's largest annual celebration, spanning 15 days with ancient rituals, family reunions, and the famous Spring Festival travel rush.
China is the birthplace of tea. Chinese Tea Culture encompasses one of humanity's most refined beverage traditions, from the legendary discovery by Emperor Shennong to the elaborate Gongfu Cha ceremon
Chinese New Year is humanity's largest annual celebration, spanning 15 days with ancient rituals, family reunions, and the famous Spring Festival travel rush.
Chinese New Year is humanity's largest annual celebration, spanning 15 days with ancient rituals, family reunions, and the famous Spring Festival travel rush.
Chinese New Year is humanity's largest annual celebration, spanning 15 days with ancient rituals, family reunions, and the famous Spring Festival travel rush.
Chinese New Year is humanity's largest annual celebration, spanning 15 days with ancient rituals, family reunions, and the famous Spring Festival travel rush.
Chinese New Year is humanity's largest annual celebration, spanning 15 days with ancient rituals, family reunions, and the famous Spring Festival travel rush.
Chinese New Year is humanity's largest annual celebration, spanning 15 days with ancient rituals, family reunions, and the famous Spring Festival travel rush.
Chinese New Year is humanity's largest annual celebration, spanning 15 days with ancient rituals, family reunions, and the famous Spring Festival travel rush.