A detailed guide to Spring Festival, or Chinese New Year, including origins, family customs, lucky foods, red envelopes, travel, and modern changes.
Discover Chu Xi, Chinese New Year’s Eve: its legends, reunion dinner, ancestor rituals, lucky foods, modern celebrations, and what international readers should know.
Discover the Hanshi Festival, China’s ancient Cold Food Festival, including its Jie Zitui legend, no-fire customs, traditional foods, and relationship with Qingming.
Explore China’s Dragon Boat Festival, from Qu Yuan and dragon boat racing to zongzi, mugwort, realgar wine, health customs, and modern traditions.
Learn about Li Chun, the Start of Spring solar term in China, including its calendar meaning, farming roots, folk customs, spring pancakes, and modern relevance.
Explore Shang Yuan Festival, better known as Lantern Festival, including its history, lantern riddles, tangyuan, public celebrations, and modern meaning.
Learn about Qixi Festival, China’s Double Seventh Festival, including the Cowherd and Weaver Girl legend, women’s skill customs, foods, and modern romance.
Explore China’s Winter Solstice, or Dongzhi Festival, including its yin-yang meaning, ancestor rituals, dumplings, tangyuan, regional foods, and modern celebrations.
Learn what Yuan Dan means in China, how New Year’s Day has changed from ancient calendar rites to the modern January 1 holiday, and how people celebrate today.
Discover the Double Ninth Festival, a traditional Chinese autumn holiday known for mountain climbing, chrysanthemum wine, ancestor remembrance, and honoring seniors.