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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Every country in the world holds festivals, so they are a popular choice for test questions, either written or oral. So it’s always a good idea to have some “festival ammunition” up your ...

Syria’s interim president, Ahmed al-Shara, appealed yesterday for calm and unity after violence erupted last week between ...