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China Festival Articles

2 festival article(s) returned for China

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Article Title: Happy (Chinese) New Year!

Festival Name: Chinese New Year

Festival Country: China

Festival Type(s): New Year, Traditional

The Chinese calendar is based on lunar-solar cycles. Five cycles of twelve years each make up the entire lunar cycle of 60 years.

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Article Title: Mid Autumn Festival - Moon Viewing and Moon Cakes

Festival Name: Mid Autumn Festival - Moon Festival

Festival Country: China

Festival Type(s): Lunar, Harvest, Natural Phenomenon

Some countries call it Harvest Festival; there is a Harvest moon. Others note the autumnal equinox as a sign of the changing seasons. Here in China, they call it the Mid-Autumn festival, celebrated during the full moon that falls between the mid-September and mid-October. On this night of the full moon, tradition says that you sit outdoors with your family throughout the night, admiring the moon, talking, and eating special sweet cakes called Moon Cakes.

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