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The general’s temple fair in Wucheng, a town in Xiuning County, Anhui, opened on September 4 for an eight-day run through September 11, filling a stretch of the old settlement with food stalls, folk processions and stage shows from morning until late. The venue is the phase-two site of the Wucheng specialty block, and the […]
Fengjing, the canal town in Shanghai’s Jinshan District, is recruiting twenty couples for the twentieth edition of its Wu-Yue Corner water town wedding, set for September 26 and 27, with the main ceremony on the evening of the twenty-sixth. Couples marry in old-style dress and follow a traditional ceremony, and the organizers bill the event […]
Coarse rice flour, toasted until it yellows, is the line between a Mianyang steamed dish and any other steamed dish in Hubei. On September 7, students in the culinary and nutrition education program at Hubei University of Economics spent their first class of the semester learning where that line runs, taught by Wu Feng, chairman […]
Giving gifts is a great way to show appreciation, gratitude, or love, but there are a few things that shouldn’t be given as gifts in chinese culture. Some are due to double meanings, others due to symbolism, but just to make sure you don’t slip up and accidentally give your friend a taboo gift, pay attention to these key gift taboos!
The Qingming Festival is coming up soon! Learn more about where this holiday came from and some things that you can do to participate in celebrating it, both in the way of the ancients and the way that people do now.
Different flowers have different but very important meanings in Chinese culture. Here are the basics on what some of the most important and commonly seen flowers mean.
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