Blog Tag - Chinese New Year
Warm weather is on its way, and just in time for the holiday, with temperatures expected to rise in Beijing through the week, giving us a (much) ...
The saying "if you can’t beat your enemy, join them" rings particularly true during Spring Festival, a time when our sight is inundated by a sea of...
With all the excitement surrounding Spring Festival, it can be easy to lose sight of some of the traditions surrounding this ancient holiday. For...
Restrictions on fireworks are becoming tighter year by year, making it ever more difficult to enjoy the thrill of setting off fireworks in...
Fireworks aside, the next best thing (or maybe the best thing actually) about Spring Festival is all the scrumptious traditional foods that go along...
It’s that time of year again: when red is the color lighting up every shop on every street in Beijing. The heaps and heaps of fu (福) characters and...
Train ticket alternation goes online
Many of our readers have chosen to call off travel plans for this year’s New Year holiday, but that doesn’t keep...
Despite rumors to the contrary, setting off fireworks within the Fifth Ring this Chinese New Year will remain banned, as it has been for many years...
The chefs in McDonald's in China are certainly willing to give new things a try. Their results are mixed, as we saw the unholy, one-day-only Oreo-...
[Last updated: Wednesday, Jul 29] In the wake of the ongoing outbreak of coronavirus, some bars and restaurants are temporarily closed or on limited...
Throwback Thursday takes a look back into Beijing's past, using our ten-year-strong blog archives as the source for a glance at the weird and...
We quiz some long-term Beijingers on how they intend to spend this year's Chinese New Year and hopefully uncover some horror stories along the way. ...
We quiz some long-term Beijingers on how they intend to spend this year's Chinese New Year and hopefully uncover some horror stories along the way. ...
We quiz some long-term Beijingers on how they intend to spend this year's Chinese New Year and hopefully uncover some horror stories along the way. ...
[Updated: Jan 23, 2pm] The companies behind the films below announced one by one on Weibo that the releases will be delayed until further notice due...