From risky blade climbing to legalised thievery, China’s cultural diversity makes the country home to numerous strange ...

While modern China adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1912, traditional festivals such as the New Year still follow the old lunar calendar. The origins of the lunar calendar may go back to the dawn ...

Festivals and Songs of Ancient China. By Prof. Marcel Granet. Translated from the French Dr. E. D. Edwards (The Broadway Oriental Library.) Pp. ix + 281. (London: George Routledge and Sons ...

During the period, the average price of major categories of flowers in the market in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, has reached about 2.5 yuan (about 34 U.S. cents) per stem ...

"Lunar New Year is part of our calendar," Albanese said at a press conference in the days between the two suburban outings.