activities Archives - Journeys & Jaunts https://journeysnjaunts.com Explore Shenyang, China, and beyond Wed, 09 Mar 2022 15:17:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0 https://journeysnjaunts.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/0761201ed5ccd801f3c799c365d5c7f-150x150.png activities Archives - Journeys & Jaunts https://journeysnjaunts.com 32 32 Qingming Festival 2022 https://journeysnjaunts.com/2022/04/02/qingming-festival-2022/ https://journeysnjaunts.com/2022/04/02/qingming-festival-2022/#respond Sat, 02 Apr 2022 09:00:00 +0000 https://journeysnjaunts.com/?p=15021 I think everyone knows and feels happy about the upcoming 3-day holiday – from April 3rd to April 5th (finally, we will have some time off to enjoy the spring weather). But does anyone know what the Chinese are celebrating? The coming festival’s name is Qingming Festival, or Tomb-Sweeping Day, as it is better known […]

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]]> https://journeysnjaunts.com/2022/04/02/qingming-festival-2022/feed/ 0 Lantern Festival 2022 – 元宵节  https://journeysnjaunts.com/2022/02/14/lantern-festival-2022-%e5%85%83%e5%ae%b5%e8%8a%82/ https://journeysnjaunts.com/2022/02/14/lantern-festival-2022-%e5%85%83%e5%ae%b5%e8%8a%82/#respond Mon, 14 Feb 2022 09:57:54 +0000 https://journeysnjaunts.com/?p=15003 During the last month, all our attention was on the Chinese Spring Festival – first we learned how the Chinese prepare for it: The Little New Year, Pork Stewing Day, Shopping Day, Couplets Day; and then, how  they celebrate it: New Year’s Eve and the first day of the Lunar New Year. In this article, let’s address the festival that ends the entire New […]

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]]> https://journeysnjaunts.com/2022/02/14/lantern-festival-2022-%e5%85%83%e5%ae%b5%e8%8a%82/feed/ 0 The first day of the Lunar New Year https://journeysnjaunts.com/2022/01/31/the-first-day-of-the-lunar-new-year/ https://journeysnjaunts.com/2022/01/31/the-first-day-of-the-lunar-new-year/#respond Mon, 31 Jan 2022 09:00:00 +0000 https://journeysnjaunts.com/?p=14992 Finally, the Lunar New Year is here! And at midnight on February 1st, we all enter the Chinese New Year – the Year of the Water Tiger. We have been waiting for this for a while now, learning many interesting Chinese customs and traditions along the way (like in the overview post, some information about […]

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]]> https://journeysnjaunts.com/2022/01/31/the-first-day-of-the-lunar-new-year/feed/ 0 New Year’s Eve https://journeysnjaunts.com/2022/01/29/new-years-eve/ https://journeysnjaunts.com/2022/01/29/new-years-eve/#respond Sat, 29 Jan 2022 09:00:00 +0000 https://journeysnjaunts.com/?p=14971 The last day of the lunar year 2021 is on January 31st according to the Gregorian calendar. It will be the last day for Chinese people to prepare themselves and their houses for the coming new year – the year of the Water Tiger. New Year’s Eve is considered one of the most important days […]

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]]> https://journeysnjaunts.com/2022/01/29/new-years-eve/feed/ 0 Couplets Day https://journeysnjaunts.com/2022/01/28/couplets-day/ https://journeysnjaunts.com/2022/01/28/couplets-day/#respond Fri, 28 Jan 2022 09:00:00 +0000 https://journeysnjaunts.com/?p=14956 Couplets are a very important part of a Chinese home’s decoration during the Spring Festival. There is also a special day for hanging them according to the Lunar Calendar – the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month (or, for this year, on January 29th according to the Gregorian Calendar). Traditionally, on that day, Chinese people decorated […]

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]]> https://journeysnjaunts.com/2022/01/28/couplets-day/feed/ 0 Shopping Day https://journeysnjaunts.com/2022/01/27/shopping-day/ https://journeysnjaunts.com/2022/01/27/shopping-day/#respond Thu, 27 Jan 2022 07:49:31 +0000 https://journeysnjaunts.com/?p=14977 In China, the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month is considered a good day for shopping as it symbolizes the welcoming of new things and the new year. According to this year’s Gregorian calendar, that day falls on January 28th, 2022. What could or should you buy? How about: new clothes, fireworks (if those […]

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]]> https://journeysnjaunts.com/2022/01/27/shopping-day/feed/ 0 Chinese Spring Festival 2022 – Chūn Jié https://journeysnjaunts.com/2022/01/18/chinese-spring-festival-2022-chun-jie/ https://journeysnjaunts.com/2022/01/18/chinese-spring-festival-2022-chun-jie/#respond Tue, 18 Jan 2022 11:48:14 +0000 https://journeysnjaunts.com/?p=14919 Everyone loves holidays, right? I know most of us just returned to work from our Christmas and New Year’s vacation, but now, we already get to plan the next one, because the Chinese Spring Festival (春节 in Mandarin, or Chūn Jié in pinyin), or, as it is called by most Westerners, Chinese New Year, is […]

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]]> https://journeysnjaunts.com/2022/01/18/chinese-spring-festival-2022-chun-jie/feed/ 0 24 Chinese Solar terms – Winter Solstice https://journeysnjaunts.com/2021/12/21/24-chinese-solar-terms-winter-solstice/ https://journeysnjaunts.com/2021/12/21/24-chinese-solar-terms-winter-solstice/#respond Tue, 21 Dec 2021 09:16:00 +0000 https://journeysnjaunts.com/?p=14902 The 22nd of the 24 Chinese Solar terms is here – Winter Solstice or 冬至 (Dōngzhì). Let’s learn a bit about this period in the Chinese calendar.  It starts on December 21st, and that day brings the shortest daytime and the longest nighttime. After that date, the days progressively become longer and longer, all the way until Summer Solstice […]

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]]> https://journeysnjaunts.com/2021/12/21/24-chinese-solar-terms-winter-solstice/feed/ 0 24 Chinese Solar terms – Greater Snow https://journeysnjaunts.com/2021/12/07/24-chinese-solar-terms-greater-snow/ https://journeysnjaunts.com/2021/12/07/24-chinese-solar-terms-greater-snow/#respond Tue, 07 Dec 2021 09:22:40 +0000 https://journeysnjaunts.com/?p=14890 It is time for another Chinese solar term again, starting December 7th. After the last one, Lesser Snow, it is now time for 大雪 or dà xuě in pinyin (which means Greater Snow). It is the 21st of 24 terms of the Chinese calendar. 大雪 is the time when the temperature in the northern part of China drops below -10°C (in […]

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]]> https://journeysnjaunts.com/2021/12/07/24-chinese-solar-terms-greater-snow/feed/ 0 24 Chinese Solar terms – Lesser snow https://journeysnjaunts.com/2021/11/22/24-chinese-solar-terms-lesser-snow/ https://journeysnjaunts.com/2021/11/22/24-chinese-solar-terms-lesser-snow/#respond Mon, 22 Nov 2021 10:42:36 +0000 https://journeysnjaunts.com/?p=14883 The solar term starting on November 22nd, which is the 20th out of 24 solar terms total, is called 小雪 (xiǎoxuě in Pinyin, meaning light or minor snow). 小雪 is when the temperatures start to drop to below 0°C, but the earth has not yet frozen solid. It is when it starts to snow in […]

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