Guides to Chinese holidays, festival customs, calendars, food, and stories.
Before the dragon boats race, many families prepare Dragon Boat Festival through zongzi, herbs, children’s sachets, and old ideas about health and protection.
Learn about China’s Laba Festival, including Laba porridge, Laba garlic, Buddhist and folk origins, ancestor rituals, and how it begins the Lunar New Year season.
Discover China’s Kitchen God Festival, also called Little New Year, including stove worship, sugar offerings, house cleaning, regional dates, and Lunar New Year preparations.
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.