The Year of the Snake is here - and millions across Asia and the world are welcoming it, with family, friends, prayers and plenty of food. The Lunar New Year, which coincides with ...

“The Spring Festival goes global, but we’ve lost touch with our own roots,” one comment read. “The Gala is made for the world, not for us.” In recent times China’s internet censors ...

A young girl watches a puppet during a temple fair at the China Cultural Center in Valletta, Malta, on Feb. 8, 2025. The temple fair celebrating the traditional Chinese Spring Festival was held ...

VALLETTA, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- A festive temple fair celebrating the traditional Chinese Spring Festival was held at the China Cultural Center in Malta on Saturday, drawing around 300 attendees ...

The Consul General of the People’s Republic of China in Lagos ... traditional activities such as pasting Spring Festival couplets, going to temple fairs, setting off fireworks, having reunion ...

Beijing hosts multiple temple fairs, lantern festivals and garden events, featuring intangible cultural heritage crafts and traditional folk customs during this year's Spring Festival. These events ...

The Temple of the Reclining Buddha, known as Wat Pho in Thai, is a Buddhist temple complex which is most known for its gold-plated "Reclining Buddha" sculpture. The Buddha measures 151 feet long ...

Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) official Yuan Liaofan was celebrated at a recent temple fair at Liaofan Park in Tianjin's Baodi district, attracting numerous cosplayers to pay homage to the man renowned for ...

Ancient texts such as Matteo Ricci's Notes on China vividly describe the Spring Festival's early practices. These included rituals to honor ancestors, ward off the mythical Nian beast and welcome ...

BEIJING - Zhang Xin, a white-collar worker from Shanghai, made advance reservations to spend the Spring Festival holiday on snow in Northeast China's Jilin province. Zhang, together with his 7 ...