Xi’an - April 13, 2017
Today we learned about the important festivals with Kelly during our Chinese Culture class today. There are five major Festivals beginning with the Spring Festival, which is celebrated December 31st to welcome the New Year. During this time there is a month long break from school and many people return to their villages to be with family. Fifteen days later the Lantern Festival is celebrated with red lanterns lining the streets and dragons parading through neighborhoods. This year we arrived in time to witness the Tomb Sweeping Day, which is also known as Qing Ming Festival (information about this special festival was posted on one of our earlier blog dates). Next is the Dagon Boat Festival, which occurs in May around the time of their Labor Day, and everyone enjoys a short break from school and work – three days. The last festival is the Mid-Autumn Day Festival, which we will learn about next class. All of these holiday celebrations follow the lunar calendar with a long proud agricultural history.
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