Explainer - With a history that can be traced back 2500 years, the festival is about more than just commemorating the dead.

The Lantern Festival, also called Yuanxiao Festival, is a Chinese traditional festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month on the lunar calendar. Aiming to promote reconciliation, peace ...

Traditionally a Chinese spring ritual, the tomb-sweeping festival is said to have its roots in an emperor's cruelty to a follower Ching Ming Festival, also known as tomb-sweeping day, is celebrated 15 ...

and how we modernise the traditional essence," Ngai added. The festival also features Peking opera, plays and films, among other works. It aims to promote Chinese culture and enhance the public's ...

The largely forgotten Cold Food Festival, known in Mandarin as hanshi jie, is a traditional Chinese holiday celebrated on the 105th day after the winter solstice. In 2025, this falls on April 4.

The annual Huazhao Festival kicked off at Yuyuan in Shanghai on March 20, presenting traditional Chinese culture in a modern and vibrant way. GAO ERQIANG/CHINA DAILY With spring arriving in ...

Qingming Festival, or Tomb-Sweeping Day, fell on April 4 this year. It is a traditional Chinese festival during which people pay tribute to the dead and worship their ancestors. The holiday also ...

The traditional Chinese holiday called Qingming ... Artist, educator and Qingming Festival co-organizer Rui Li helped community members burn faux money and other objects to pay honor to Chinese ...

The third edition of the Caoxian Hanfu Cultural Festival lasts nearly a month and serves as a key platform for promoting traditional Chinese clothing and fostering industry exchange for hanfu makers.

Officials say the festival will be held at the University ... Additionally, officials say traditional Chinese crafts and ...