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Cheung Chau Bun Festival. 包山節/長洲太平清醮. 5 (五月) 5th. June 25, 2020. Duanwu Festival (Dragon Boat Festival) 端午節 / 端午节. Dragon boat race, eat sticky rice wrapped in lotus leaves Zongzi (粽子). This festival commemorates the ancient poet Qu Yuan; drink yellow rice wine, related to the White Snake Lady legend.
The traditional Chinese calendar (traditional Chinese : 農曆; simplified Chinese : 农历; lit. 'agricultural calendar'; informally traditional Chinese : 陰曆; simplified Chinese : 阴历; lit. ' lunar calendar '; see also § Etymology) is a lunisolar calendar combining the solar, lunar, and other cycles for various social and agricultural ...
This Chinese calendar correspondence table shows the stem/branch year names, correspondences to the Western (Gregorian) calendar, and other related information for the current, 79th Sexagenary cycle of the Chinese calendar based on the 2697 BC epoch or the 78th cycle if using the 2637 BC epoch. Year in cycle. s,b. Gānzhī (干支) Year of the ...
2015 (Wednesday) 2014 (Tuesday) December 2 is the 336th day of the year (337th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 29 days remain until the end of the year.
The Dongzhi Festival or Winter Solstice Festival (Chinese : 冬至; pinyin : Dōngzhì; lit. 'winter's extreme') is a traditional Chinese festival celebrated during the Dongzhi solar term (winter solstice), which falls between December 21 and December 23. [ 1 ][ 2 ] The origins of this festival can be traced back to the yin and yang philosophy ...
Issued to foreign journalists who intend to go to China for short-term news coverage. The intended duration of stay in China is no more than 180 days. L: Tourist Visa (旅游签证) Issued to those who intend to go to China as a tourist. M: Business Visa (商贸签证) Issued to those who intend to go to China for commercial and trade ...
285°. 5–6 January. Dahan. 300°. 20–21 January. Jīngzhé, 惊蛰, is the 3rd of the 24 solar terms (節氣) in the traditional Chinese calendars. It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 345° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 360°. More often, it refers to the day when the Sun is exactly at a celestial longitude ...
Measures taken in response included a suspension of school classroom teaching until the end of the year, and an order for restaurants to seat only two persons per table and close at 10:00 p.m. taking effect on 2 December; [9] a further tightening of restrictions saw, among other measures, a 6 pm closing time of restaurants starting from 10 ...