Blog Tag - Chinese holidays

Qingming Festival: What It is and How to Celebrate It
It’s that time of the year again! Every street corner in Beijing will be filled with people burning paper money and the sky will be full of kites,...
Double Ninth Day: Spend Today in the Mountains or With Your Elders (Or Both)
Feeling guilty because you haven't called your grandparents in ages? Now's the time to make up for it because Chongyang Festival 重阳节 (chóngyáng jié)...
Fireworks Maelstrom to Begin Jan 25
Get ready for it: This year’s crop of fireworks goes on sale in Beijing on Saturday Jan 25, although forecasts indicate the traditional Chinese...
2014 China Public Holiday Schedule Released: Get Ready to Work Weekends
All set for the greatest human migration in recorded history? As we look forward to the Spring Festival holiday, already exceeding expectations for...
2014 Holiday Schedule Released: Get Ready to Work Weekends
Blue means work, red means holiday. Following an extensive public consultation regarding the onerous nature of working weekends to make up for...
Today may not feel like the end of summer, but on the Chinese lunar calendar it is liqiu (立秋), the beginning of autumn. Aside from being a first...