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Double Ninth Festival: A day for hiking and honoring elderly

October 11, 2025 2025-10-11

Xizang marked the annual Fairy's Day, also known as the "Women's Festival", on Thursday, the 15th day of the tenth month in the Tibetan calendar.
December 5, 2025 2025-12-05
Rongshui County has leveraged its unique cultural resources of Lusheng to strengthen the inheritance of Miao ethnic culture and empower rural revitalization.
December 3, 2025 2025-12-03
The World Children's Day will fall on Nov. 20 this year. Various activities were held across the country to hail the arrival of the day.
November 16, 2025 2025-11-16
A series of celebration activities were held across the country to mark China's Chongyang Festival, which will fall on Oct. 29 this year. Also known as Seniors' Day in China nowadays, it highlights the public's care for older people.
October 28, 2025 2025-10-28
Monday marks this year's Mid-Autumn Festival, which is celebrated annually on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese lunar calendar. People across China admire the full moon to celebrate the traditional holiday.
October 7, 2025 2025-10-07
This National Day holiday, Xu Yuan took to the road in an electric vehicle, enjoying a smooth and stress-free 300-kilometer journey made possible by China's rapidly expanding charging network.
October 6, 2025 2025-10-06
Falling on Monday and coinciding with China's National Day holiday, this year's Mid-Autumn Festival turned early October into a nationwide celebration of reunion, travel and festive cheer.
October 6, 2025 2025-10-06
During the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday from Oct. 1 to 8, Beijing will host 364 commercial productions, totaling 2,102 performances, according to Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism. The lineup includes traditional Chinese operas, modern avant-garde theaters, and classical music and pop concerts.
September 30, 2025 2025-09-30
The 18-meter-high installation in the shape of a flower basket is placed at Tian'anmen Square as a decoration for the upcoming National Day holiday.
September 27, 2025 2025-09-27
Zhongshan Park in Beijing is hosting a goldfish culture exhibition through Oct. 12. Featuring over 70 varieties of goldfish from both Beijing and Fuzhou, renowned as the "Goldfish Capital of China," the exhibition allows visitors to appreciate the many diverse breeds and learn more about this much-loved fish.
September 25, 2025 2025-09-25
Beijing will launch over 2,400 cultural and tourism activities to celebrate the upcoming National Day holiday and the Mid-Autumn Festival.
September 23, 2025 2025-09-23
The 190th Oktoberfest, one of the largest folk festivals in Germany, opened on Saturday in Munich.
September 22, 2025 2025-09-22
The opening ceremony of the 2nd Shining Shanghai festival was held here on Friday. The one-month festival with one main venue and 16 sub-venues features 177 theme activities of shining feast.
September 20, 2025 2025-09-20
Start of Spring, the first of the 24 solar terms, marks nature's grand opening banquet. As Song Dynasty poet Su Shi depicts in his poem "River Scenes on a Spring Evening", all things awakens from the winter slumber and life quietly unfolds in every corner.
September 4, 2025 2025-09-04
Autumn permeates evening air. Among pine-trees bright moonbeams peer.Over crystal stones flows water clear." May your life, too, glow as brilliantly as autumn's vibrant palette.
September 4, 2025 2025-09-04
Steps covered with plane leaves, moonlight melts in the pool." May the moon's silver arc guide your way through the dark. May your days ahead glow harvest's warm spark.
September 4, 2025 2025-09-04
Fruits float in water round." May you find peace and tranquility amidst the scent of ripe fruits and parchment's age..In this hottest period of the year, life pulses with unyielding vigor under the scorching sun.
September 4, 2025 2025-09-04
Minor Heat takes its ease." Amidst the blaze of summer's embrace, a tranquil heart finds solace and grace.
September 4, 2025 2025-09-04
Li Qiu, or the Start of Autumn, is a major solar term for farmers, as it is a time to gather crops. As the saying goes, "if it rains on the day marking the Start of Autumn, a good harvest is expected".
September 4, 2025 2025-09-04
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