Chinese traditions 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 Chinese traditions 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 Pork Stewing Day https://journeysnjaunts.com/2022/01/26/pork-stewing-day/ https://journeysnjaunts.com/2022/01/26/pork-stewing-day/#respond Wed, 26 Jan 2022 09:00:00 +0000 https://journeysnjaunts.com/?p=14952 Since the Spring Festival, or Chūn Jié (春节), is the most important holiday for Chinese people, they start to prepare for it some weeks before. For more information on how this is done, check out this article on Xiao Nian Festival. Superstition dictates that on the Eve and the first days of Chinese New Year, […]

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]]> https://journeysnjaunts.com/2022/01/26/pork-stewing-day/feed/ 0 Little New Year or Kitchen God Festival https://journeysnjaunts.com/2022/01/24/little-new-year-or-kitchen-god-festival/ https://journeysnjaunts.com/2022/01/24/little-new-year-or-kitchen-god-festival/#respond Mon, 24 Jan 2022 08:33:45 +0000 https://journeysnjaunts.com/?p=14948 You have probably all heard about China’s biggest Festival – the Spring Festival, or Chinese New Year. If you want an overview about it, you can read this article as a refresher. This year, the Spring Festival officially kicks off on February 1st. However, there is another, lesser known festival in this period – Xiao Nian […]

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]]> https://journeysnjaunts.com/2022/01/24/little-new-year-or-kitchen-god-festival/feed/ 0 Gift-giving Etiquette and Traditions in China https://journeysnjaunts.com/2022/01/22/gift-giving-etiquette-and-traditions-in-china/ https://journeysnjaunts.com/2022/01/22/gift-giving-etiquette-and-traditions-in-china/#respond Sat, 22 Jan 2022 09:00:00 +0000 https://journeysnjaunts.com/?p=14936 The most important Chinese festival – Spring Festival or Chinese New Year is coming up. And, an important part of celebrating is gift-giving. While children receive mostly money from their parents and grandparents, you will definitely not be amiss in wanting to give those you are close to another gift for this special occasion. Choosing […]

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]]> https://journeysnjaunts.com/2022/01/22/gift-giving-etiquette-and-traditions-in-china/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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