Spring festival

Spring festival

This is the most important festival for the Chinese people and is when all families get together. It fall on the 1st day of the 1st lunar month.

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Year of the pig

Festivals; Spring festival

The pig (or boar) is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. It is of the yin polarity and its fixed element is water.

Chikou

Festivals; Spring festival

Chikou ("red mouth") is the third day of the Chinese New Year where people socialise or visit friends and relatives.

Hanami

Festivals; Spring festival

The word hana means "flower" in Japanese, and hanami means "flower viewing." However, appreciation of the cherry blossom in Japan is almost a religion, and therefore hanami has come to refer ...

Chunyun is a Chinese term to refer to the Chinese New Year travel season, which sees an extremeley high amount of traffic, particularly with train journeys. Numbers get so large that journeys exceed ...

Year of the rabbit

Festivals; Spring festival

The rabbit (or hare) is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. It is of the yang polarity and its fixed element is wood.

Year of the rooster

Festivals; Spring festival

The rooster is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. It is of the yin polarity and its fixed element is metal.

Year of the goat

Festivals; Spring festival

The goat (or ram) is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. It is of the yin polarity and its fixed element is fire.