Chinese Holidays

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Articles in Chinese Holidays

Lantern (Yuanxiao) Festival Feb 21, 2008
Today is the Lantern Festival. I bought fireworks and fire it tonight. For my readers who didn't see the fireworks box - where the splendid fireworks come from, here is the photo: There is a green thread at the...
5 Billion SMS Sent Yesterday Feb 7, 2008
The number I got from CCTV today is, 5 billion SMS (Short Message) were sent yesterday. With the adoption of SMS, this is not surprising any more. The Spring Festival of last two years were already full of SMS: 65...
The Last Day of Year of Pig Feb 6, 2008
Today is the last day of the year of the Pig! Tomorrow is the first day of the Chinese New Year, the year of Rat... P.S. Why there are Disney Mickey everywhere these days?...
Many Events in Shanghai Sep 30, 2007
Today, the Torch for Special Olympics arrives in Shanghai. I saw the real time broadcast on TV. The Women's World Cup is final today in Shanghai. German wins. The National Holiday celebration started from tonight, and traffic control was put...
Happy Moon Cake Festival Sep 25, 2007
I am naughty. I do mean the Mid-August Festival. It is funny to hear more and more people refer it as Moon Cake Festival since we eat Moon Cake, and I found good taste food is always an enjoyable thing...
The Year of Pig Comes Feb 18, 2007
The year of 2007 is the year of pig according to the lunar calendar. Let me use Keso's Google style Piggie Year Greeting Card to send my new year wishes to you. Image created by Keso May you have a...
Happy New Year via SMS Feb 17, 2007
With technology, people can send more greeting faster, and easier. However, I do doubt about the message it get crossed. If I can send 1000 new year greeting using the time I do it for sending just one card, the...
Two Year Ends Feb 17, 2007
There are two year ends in China. One is Dec 31, the last day of the western calendar. The other is today, the last day of the 12th month in lunar calendar. (I don't think I should also call it...
It is Approaching to the Year End Feb 16, 2007
Tomorrow is the last day of the Chinese lunar year. After that, is 7 days of Spring Festival Vacation, from Feb 18 to Feb 24. P.S. Yesterday, I got an email asking me about my suggestions of how to get...
Long Vacation of Spring Festival Comes Jan 27, 2006
The Chinese New Year is coming. There will be 7 day holiday in China, from Jan 29 to Feb 4. Offices will be closed and reopened on Feb 5. Strange Calendar Just now, when I want to check my calenar,...
65 SMS in One Day on Jan 2 Jan 3, 2006
Yesterday, Jan 2, 2006, I left my mobile phone at home. This morning, I was on the road. I brought out my Nokia 6670. I wanted to know how many phone call or SMS I missed in the second day...
Happy Autumn Festival Sep 18, 2005
Happy Autumn Festival (Mid-moon Festival) everyone! I just had wonderful moon cake with Wendy at home. There are clouds in the sky in Shanghai but the moon is clearly seen behind the cloud....
Welcome to the God of Fortune Feb 13, 2005
As the clock just gets near to 24:00 today, the fireworks start everywhere outside my window. It seems the fireworks at the begining of the 5th day of Chinese New Year is more important to people in Shanghai than the...
Chun Lian Started to Appear Jan 24, 2005
The Spring Festival of 2005 is coming! I started to see Chun Lian in my client's office and in the restaurant I visited today. Chun Lian can be translated into New Year's Couplet. It is one of the most obvious...
Spring Festival in 2005 Jan 20, 2005
The Chinese New Year, Spring Festival, starts from Feb 9 to Feb 15, 2005. There will be a long vacation for people in China. Here is how this works: Feb 9, Feb 10, and Feb 11 are public holiday. Feb...
Happy Mid-Festival Sep 28, 2004
Happy Mid-Festival (Moon Festival) to all my friends and readers! © Jian Shuo Wang. Image created by Jian Shuo Wang with Microsoft Paint. I especally want to send the card to my family in Luoyang, Nanyang, Tongchuan, Fuzhou, Toronto, Portland......
Many Activities in the Spring Festival Jan 27, 2004
Hello World! I just want to update the blog so the world knows I am still alive. :-D I didn't update my blog in the last two days since there are too many activities in the great Spring Festival. Anyway,...