A Ming scholar who never returned home left the clearest written description of the Pifeng (披风). Zhu Shunshui (朱舜水), who fled to Japan after the fall of the Ming, appears in a compilation of his sayings, the Zhushi Shunshui Tanqi (朱氏舜水谈绮), describing how the coat was cut: “The fabric and color match those of the […]
Laomeihua (老美华), the Tianjin clothing house founded in 1911, marked its 115th anniversary on August 9 with an ancestor ceremony in the morning and a three-way product launch at the Tianjin Museum in the afternoon. The event paired the museum’s collection with the brand’s own crafts, releasing a collaboration series that spans men’s connected-sleeve jackets, […]
Oil sizzles across a round Luoguo griddle as slices of potato and cubes of tofu turn crisp at the edges, and at the stall run by Zhu Yaoping (朱幺萍) every seat is full by nine. The 2026 “Fortune Golden Fire” Wumeng Songs Torch Carnival (乌蒙欢歌) opened on August 14 in Pingyuan Ancient Town in Zhijin […]
“Every stitch of this peach-blossom sachet follows a rule — the blessing of Qixi and the life of the old town are sewn right into it,” a visitor named Ms. Li said on the evening of August 16, threading a needle under the guidance of a heritage craft teacher at a pop-up stall in Xinchang […]
On the night of August 18, a hundred young people in Hanfu walked from the Great East Gate of Xindeng Ancient Town (新登) to the Lisui Gate (利遂门) at its west end, their sleeves catching the light of the old city walls. When the parade ended at 6:30 p.m., the group carried lotus lanterns down […]
Shanghai’s Haipai qipao tradition takes center stage at the 9th Qibao (七宝) Ancient Town Culture Week, which opened on the evening of August 17 at Bell Tower Square in the town’s Minhang District (闵行区) location and runs through August 23. The week is folded into Minhang’s “Our Festival: Qixi” program, and its anchor show is […]
At Liantang Port (莲塘) in Shenzhen, the border crossing that links the city to Hong Kong, the arrival hall turned into a stage on the morning of August 16, two days before the Qixi (七夕) holiday. At 11 a.m., a flash performance called “Elegant Melodies at Liantang” opened with guzheng strings and dancers in flowing […]
On the evening of August 19, the Qixi (七夕) holiday, lanterns went out on the water in Changning County (长宁县) for the 2026 Wen’an Culture River Lantern Festival. From 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., the grounds around Jin’ao Bridge (金鳌桥) in Jiehu Village (介湖村), Shuanghe Town (双河镇), became a Hanfu garden party with river-lantern prayers, […]
The first whiff of a Qixi (七夕) food festival in Minqing County (闽清) is fried dough and honeysuckle: a row of stalls in Shenghuang Town (省璜) was already drawing a queue before sundown on August 18. The 2026 Minqing Qixi Culture Experience Week and the Bamin (八闽) Food Carnival opened that evening at the Hedingyan […]
The Qixi (七夕) river lantern tradition of Rongchang (荣昌) began in 2014, and the eleventh edition of the festival opened on August 15 in Wanling Ancient Town (万灵古镇), a national AAAA scenic area in Chongqing. The five-day event runs through August 19 under the banner “Millennium Rongchang,” pairing intangible-heritage performances, concerts, market stalls and night-light […]
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