Lantern (Yuanxiao) Festival
Today is the Lantern Festival. I bought fireworks and fire it tonight. For my readers who didn’t see the fireworks box – where the splendid fireworks come from, here is the photo: There is a green...
View ArticleHappy Niu Year
You read it right, I mean Happy "Niu" Year, not "New" Year. About 12 hours later, the Chinese Lunar New Year is coming. The year of Ox is coming to us. Ox is written in Chinese characters as ?, or Niu....
View ArticleChinese Zodiac
Here is the list of the Chinese Zodiac: Rat Ox Tiger Rabbit Dragon Snake Horse Ram Monkey Rooster Dog Pig When people first know each other, they typically ask for which Zodiac Animal they belong to....
View ArticleEnd of Long Spring Festival Holiday
22:17 This is the end of the long 7-day Spring Festival Holiday, the longest one in the entire year. Relaxed time always flies fast enough. When you take the time to look back, it already pasted away....
View ArticleFireworks and Yifan
Today is the Latten Festival – the festival for the family to get together and have Tangyuan together. Our office closes at 5:30 PM, so people has the extra 30 minutes to get back home to have a great...
View ArticleHappy Dragon Boat Festival
Happy Dragon Boat Festival to everyone. It is now a Chinese national holiday. I tend to call it Zongzi festival. Zongzi is the food that everyone eats (well, not everyone, at least not in my family) on...
View Article2009 National Holiday Schedule
In China, it has formed a tradition that every national holiday from now on will be from Oct 1 to Oct 7 – 7 days. This year, since there is a Middle Moon Festival during that period, the holiday is...
View ArticleNice Weather this Holiday
During the national holiday of 2009, I took some photos when we drove along the Nanpu Bridge, and along the Bund. I had never seen so many policeman on the Bund before – every street corner is like...
View ArticleSpring Festival 2009
This is the holiday schedule for China: Holiday starts from: February 13 ends at: February 19 February 20 (Saturday), and 21 (Sunday) are working days! P.S. Started to exercise in the gym downstairs....
View ArticleFireworks for God of Fortune
There are great fireworks on the 180 degree view of my window right now. According to the Chinese tradition, the 5th of the New Year is the day the God of Fortune will arrive at your home. People need...
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