Friday, November 5, 2010

Festival of China to enjoy on your China Tour

The Chinese culture is known for its massive and rich history, this has led to many festivals celebrated in China during the year in order to enhance the flow of tourists in various provinces inside.
There are several festivals in China, but the Spring Festival is the main event. This marks the beginning of the lunar Chinese, the Chinese all over the world. During this festival together, family members and eating Jiaozuo (dumplings)Shaped like a crescent to celebrate the new year. Jiaozuo means midnight or the beginning of a new period in Chinese so that the symbolic representation of eating dumplings during the New Year. Everywhere is clean and painted red to ward off evil spirits. This year the Chinese New Year falls on February 18.

The Festival of Lanterns Festival at the place called Yuanxiao is different from most of regulation 15, the day of the first Chinese lunar month, however, tilted in the connection of springFestival, but the Lantern Festival is celebrated on the first day of full moon in the lunar year mark. see the cities and towns are decorated with red lanterns and lanterns outside markets for sale. During the Lantern Festival, people eat glutinous rice dumplings.
Qingming is translated literally as clear and bright is the name for the festival of mourning in China, known as Qingming Festival. With a slightly different topic, it's almost likeAll Souls practiced in Western countries. It falls on the 5 April each year as the beginning of summer and the beginning of spring sowing and family celebrations. During this festival people visit the graves of their ancestors to settle in different provinces and in order to make the dead leaves and cleaning the grave. This is why Qingming is also known as the Tomb Sweeping Day.

This season also paves the way for spring by flying kites is very common inmany Chinese cities, to celebrate the annual Weifang Kite Festival held every April in Shandong Province in east China.
The Dragon Boat Festival usually takes place on the 5th day of 5th lunar month, usually part of the 'year in the month of June. Duanwu locally known, has shaped this festival by eating the local delicacy made from glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in a pyramid and bamboo leaves and participating in dragon boat races ZongziRace. The boats are shaped like dragons painted in bright yellow, red, white and black and measures 20 to 40 feet look. The spectacular thing for the Dragon Boat Festival, which resulted in skipper the boat in accordance with the rhythm of the drum. The captain, standing in front of the boat coordinates activities by raising a flag and the race begins.

The Mid Autumn Festival is usually around 15 of the eighth Lunar month, usually around September.This festival dates back to around 2000 years ago during the feudal era. In various parts of China, people have different ways to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival, but all shared a general way the Chinese eat moon cake specialty.
The Double Ninth Festival is held during the 9th day of the 9th lunar month and is celebrated usually held in the golden season of autumn during the harvest season. This period is characterized by bright clear weather and happy holidayFestival moods.Other of interest include the Festival in Zhengzhou Shaolin, Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin and Kunming International Tourism Festival.

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