http://www.chinaguide2008.com Travel Info for China 2008 Olympics Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:38:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "Mid-Autumn Festival" which is also known as the "Zhong Qiu Jie" in Chinese, is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month. This year it falls on September 25th.  Mid-Autumn is a time for family members and loved ones to congregate and enjoy the full moon – an ... http://www.chinaguide2008.com/09/mid-autumn-festival/ Most Chinese remember being told this romantic tragedy when they were children on Qixi, or the Seventh Night Festival, which falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, which is usually in early August. This year it falls on Sunday, August 19. If it rains heavily on ... http://www.chinaguide2008.com/08/qixi-the-chinese-valentines-day/ According to Chinese lunar calendar, June 19th is the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, which is a famous traditional festival – Duanwu festival.For thousands of years, Duanwu has been marked by eating Zongzi and racing dragon boats. The taste of Zongzi, a pyramid-shaped dumpling made of glutinous rice and ... http://www.chinaguide2008.com/06/duanwu-festival/ History of Nuo In the West, people dress up at the end of October in masks and costumes to exorcise evil spirits haunting the towns. It's called Halloween. It was originally a Celtic ritual to drive away the devil. Later, these activities developed into masquerades and festivals. China has its own ... http://www.chinaguide2008.com/06/nuo-mask-and-drama/ Tie-dye is a dyeing technique similar with the arts of batik, also adopts dye-resistant technique.  The difference is that batik parts of the fabric not intended to be dyed are covered with removable wax; but tie-dye parts of fabric are enlaced and bundled in order to resist to be dyed.  ... http://www.chinaguide2008.com/06/tie-dye/ The craft of making painted clay-figurines of Fengxiang has a recorded history of more than 3,000 years. The images of clay figurines typically included flowers, birds, fish, insects, as well as auspicious birds and beasts, reflecting cultural characteristics of ancient China.  The figurines are painted with such bright colors and traditionally ... http://www.chinaguide2008.com/05/fengxiang-painted-clay-figurines/ Batik is a method of producing colored designs on textiles by dyeing them, having first applied wax to the parts to be left undyed. China has been using this method since Qin dynasty, some 2000 years ago. Batiks were especially appreciated by ethnic groups in Southwest China. And ... http://www.chinaguide2008.com/05/batik/ Paper-cut is a traditional art in China which has been making its way along the route of the long history of paper. The kind of art went after the invention of paper in Han Dynasty (25-220), once became one of the main form of the arts, and was popular to ... http://www.chinaguide2008.com/05/paper-cuts/ The 29th Beijing Olympic Game Torch design unveiled at Beijing time March 26. The Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Relay will traverse the longest distance. Starting from Beijing on March 31, 2008, and will go along the following route: Almaty; Istanbul; St.Petersburg; London; Paris; San Francisco; Buenos Aires; Dar Es Salaam; Muscat; Islamabad; Mumbai; ... http://www.chinaguide2008.com/04/beijing-2008-olympic-torch-relay-planned-route-and-torch-design-unveiled/ China's cuisine has evolved into one of the great cuisines of the world. For more than 5,000 years, food has played an auspicious role in nearly all aspects of Chinese society from health and medicine to business and celebration and it is no less important today. The overall importance of ... http://www.chinaguide2008.com/04/food-in-china/