Across China tomorrow, Oct. 3, families will gather to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival (Zhong qiu jie, 中秋节). This traditional festival is the Chinese equivalent of Thanksgiving, with the most important celebration being a large family meal. As with the Dragon Boat Festival, there are a few different stories associated with the festival, but they all [...]
The Internets have provided an almost embarrassing bounty of China- and Asia-related travel stories and news in the past week, now rounded up here for your convenience. Don’t miss the latest on the mess that is traveling in China during the October holiday.
Bound for China?
Don’t go to Tibet: Tibet will be closed to foreigners [...]
The Chinese blogosphere is abuzz with news about the impending National Day holiday, which this year marks the 60th anniversary of the founding of the PRC. Last week, central Beijing closed down for rehearsals of the parade that will take place at Tiananmen Square. Chinese news agencies reported that the military would be celebrating the [...]
Tomorrow, May 28, is China’s Dragon Boat Festival, or Duanwu Jie. This traditional festival, which was added to the list of official holidays just last year, commemorates the heroism of Qu Yuan, a poet and government official from the Warring States Period. According to legend, Qu Yuan was exiled for daring to criticize some of [...]
