Friday, September 16, 2011

Chinese Culture

Chinese had many holidays are at base on lunar dates. The holidays had Chinese New Year, Dragon Boat Festival, Lantern Festival and etc. This holiday was very important for us.

The practice of drinking tea has had a long history in China, having originated there. The Chinese drink tea during many parts of the day such as during meals for good health or for simple pleasure.

Dragon Boat Festival is called Duan Wu Jie in Chinese. Jie means festival. The festival is celebrated on the 5th of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar (June 4).

Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month, fourteen days after Chinese New Year's Day (around the end of January and the beginning of February). In the countries and town, people celebrate it heartily. For some reason, there is often a bigger celebration in the rural areas.

The night of the wedding, the bridal room will lit dragon and phoenix candle to drive away the evil spirit, the newlyweds will drink wine from two cups tied together with a red string, arms crossed from each other. And the next morning of the wedding, the bride should get up early and make a meal for the groom's family to demonstrate that she is well-nurtured.

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