Travel China guide – ancient cities, modern marvels & authentic hanfu photos to capture traditional style on your journey.
Jieyang (揭阳), a walled county seat in eastern Guangdong that local boosters describe as one of the province’s best-preserved ancient cities, has spent this summer playing host to a season-long costume shoot of its own. The Jieyang Daily reported on August 11 that tourists now walk the old streets in wide-sleeved Hanfu while hired photographers […]
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 […]
A Qiqiao (乞巧) offering display is not a painting you hang and walk past. It is a diorama built from grain, paper, bamboo and patience, and Wangniudun (望牛墩) put 21 of them, one from each village in the town, on show from the evening of August 18 at the Wangniudun Cultural Square in Dongguan. The […]
The 26th Hohhot Zhaojun Culture Festival opened on August 15 and runs through August 30. Built around the theme “Millennium of Zhaojun Harmony, a Shared Rendezvous in the Green City,” the festival links the Zhaojun Museum, the Chilechuan Grassland (敕勒川草原), Saishang Old Street (塞上老街) and several shopping districts into a single program of performances, night […]
If you are in Shenzhen this month and want a Qixi (七夕) evening that costs nothing, Honghuashan Park (红花山公园) in Guangming District is the place to go. The Honghuashan Qixi Romantic Night opened on the evening of August 15 with a Hanfu parade, a Chinese-style market and a lawn concert, and it stays free to […]
Books and the qipao now share a clubhouse in Shanghai. The Bookish Qipao Reading Club was inaugurated on the evening of August 17 at Xujiahui Academy (徐家汇书院), the library in Shanghai’s Xuhui District, under the banner “Bookish Light, Qipao Bloom.” It forms a centerpiece of the 2026 Xujiahui Academy “Seeking Light Night” Reading Carnival, co-organized […]
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