Modern Significance of the Chunjie Festival
November 6, 2013
The Chunjie Festival,popularly called the Grand New Year’s Day, enjoys the timeless fashion despite its long history. It has been established as the beginning of the new year for over 2000 years, but at the same..
Ketahui Lebih LanjutThe legend of the Mid-Autumn Festival
November 6, 2013
The fifteenth of the eighth month in the lunar calendar, which is the middle of autumn, is the Chinese traditional Mid-Autumn Day. There are many legends about the origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival and the..
Ketahui Lebih LanjutPeople who take ample precautions are liable to be off guard. Familiar sights do not rouse suspicion. Yin is the inner instead of the opposite aspect of yang. The great yang contains the great yin…
Ketahui Lebih LanjutThe Exciting Torch Festival of the Yi Nationality
November 6, 2013
In the regions of the Yi and Bai ethnic groups, there is a popular saying, “The theme of the Spring Festival is eating while the theme of the Torch Festival is playing.” The Torch Festival begins from..
Ketahui Lebih LanjutThe legend of the Torch Festival
November 6, 2013
In the Tang Dynasty (618-907 A.D.), patriarch Pi Luoge of Mengshe Zhao, (the most powerful among the six tribes in Dali) schemed to annex the other five tribes. On the twenty fourth of the sixth..
Ketahui Lebih LanjutThe Jubilant Water-Splashing Festival of the Dai Nationality
November 6, 2013
The Water-Slashing Festival of the Dai Nationality, also called “Songkran” in the Dai dialect (meaning “the New Year in June” or “the New Year in the Dai calendar”), is celebrated in the middle of the..
Ketahui Lebih LanjutThe legend of the Water-Splashing Festival
November 6, 2013
A folktale of the Dai nationality relates to the origin of the Water-Splashing Festival. In ancient times, a ferocious and powerful demon in the Dai region took seven girls by force to be his wife…
Ketahui Lebih LanjutThe Double-Ninth Festival The Festival for the Aged
November 6, 2013
The ninth day of the ninth month in the lunar calendar is the Double-Ninth Festival (Chongyang Festival). Ancient people thought nine a positive number, so the festival was regarded double positive (Chongyang in Chinese). Ancient..
Ketahui Lebih LanjutThe legend of the Double-Ninth Festival
November 6, 2013
Talking about the Double-Ninth Festival, a mythical legend is worth mentioning, which is about Fei Changfang, a minor official of the Western Han Dynasty. One day, an aged medicine seller came to Fei’s city, rent..
Ketahui Lebih LanjutCustoms of the Double-Ninth Festival
November 6, 2013
During the festival, drinking chrysanthemum wine is a popular custom. The wine is made of steeping chrysanthemum in the alcohol, but the method varies in different times. In the Jin Dynasty, people mix the leaves..
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