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Chinese Festivals

From Chinese New Year celebrations to the Qingdao International Beer Festival and from Great Wall of China Marathon to the World Dragon Boat Racing Championships, welcome to 2camels' special take on the fiestas, fairs, celebrations, holidays, carnivals and festivals of China.

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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.


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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