China sees emerging forms of Spring Festival trips
By Zhu Jinyi As the most important traditional festival of the Chinese nation, the Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, offers an abundance of customs and rituals,…
Traditional Chinese lanterns illuminate festivities globally
CHENGDU (Xinhua) -- Li Yuanming, an experienced artisan with 30 years of expertise in crafting lanterns, is consistently occupied during the Spring Festival, or the Chinese New Year, as well…
Chinese film market starts 2024 with stronger Spring Festival performance
BEIJING, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- The 2024 Spring Festival box office in China has roared past 3.5 billion yuan (492.7 million U.S. dollars) within the holiday's initial three days, marking…
Celebrating Year of the Dragon – 2024 Happy Chinese New Year grand celebrations kicked off in Pakistan
Islamabad - February 7, 2024 : China Cultural Center in Pakistan and the Cultural Office of the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan have jointly launched a series of activities to grandly…
Xi extends Spring Festival greetings to all Chinese
TIANJIN, (Xinhua) -- President Xi Jinping has extended Spring Festival greetings to all Chinese people during his inspection tour in north China's Tianjin Municipality from Thursday to Friday. Xi, also…
A traditional Chinese Lantern Fair kicked off at Yangliuqing Ancient Town
A traditional Chinese Lantern Fair kicked off at Yangliuqing Ancient Town to welcome the upcoming Chinese New Year in Tianjin, showcasing a variety of illuminated lanterns and attracting visitors to…
Items of good luck, fortune selling like hotcakes
As Chinese New Year draws near, young Chinese consumers have been purchasing auspicious products that satisfy an emotional need for good luck and fortune, with the trend fueling business growth…
China Cultural activities held on bullet train for upcoming Spring Festival
Staff members perform a poetry recital onboard G7575 bullet train, Jan. 29, 2024. A series of traditional cultural activities, such as opera performance and paper cutting show, were held on…
Pic story: inheritor of dragon and phoenix candles making craft
The making craft of dragon and phoenix candles, a pair of candles with a dragon figure on one candle and a phoenix of the other, is an intangible cultural heritage…
Spring Festival in China travel rush kicks off with record-breaking trips expected
Passengers are seen at Hohhot Railway Station in Hohhot, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Jan. 26, 2024. China officially ushered in its largest annual population migration on Friday, 15…
Young people savor beauty of Chinese dance dramas
XI'AN (Xinhua) -- For Lyu Hang, an avid fan of theater performances, attending as many as 10 dance dramas with diverse themes during the past year provided her with both…
Fair selling Chinese New Year products opens in N China’s Tianjin
North China's Tianjin Municipality is seeing an increasingly strong festive atmosphere as the Chinese New Year approaches. A fair selling products for the Chinese New Year recently opened on the…
Global artists pursue dreams in Jingdezhen, China’s “porcelain capital”
By Ye Zi As the night descended, Taoxichuan Ceramic Art Avenue, a cultural and creative block in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi province, buzzed with a constant flow of people. Visitors were…
People in China prepare for 2024 Spring Festival
A student shows a paper cutting work in the shape of a dragon in Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 12, 2024. China's 2024 Spring Festival holiday will run…
School in S China’s Guangxi integrates intangible cultural heritage into physical activities
At the headquarters of the Liucheng Experimental Primary School in Liucheng county, Liuzhou city, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the bell signaling a break rang. Soon after, accompanied by…