Blog Tag - Spring Festival

Talking Travel: Book Your Spring Festival Holiday Now
And so the annual insanity known as the October 1 holiday draws to a close. Seeing this annual migration should remind everyone why there are very...
Less Bang for the Mustang: Beijing Fireworks Sales Down 38 Percent
Seem quiet this holiday season? Clearly the bang and boom of previous Spring Festival celebrations is a bit tamer this year, as almost 38 percent...
Spring Festival Hours: A Rough Guide to What's Open (and Closed)
Spring Festival: when the entire city seems to empty out and shut down. If you're not tanning on a tropical beach (or at home visiting family), this...
Events of Note: Your Guide to What's Happening in February
Every month our editors pick out the best events to save you the hassle of having to find them yourself. This upcoming February has everything from...
What should you say when something is broken?
You have probably heard enough of Spring Festival traditions and customs, but what about taboos? People do not usually tell you of such things until...
On Again, Off Again: Cui Jian Out for CCTV Spring Festival Gala
That's what we get for tempting fate. We go ahead and write the "Cui Jian will play on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala broadcast" piece, and of course...
Spring Festival Travel Season on Record Pace: 148 Million Tickets Already Sold
The largest annual human migration is on track to be even larger this year as almost 150 million train tickets have been sold for the Spring...
Rocker Cui Jian to Perform on CCTV Spring Festival Gala
UPDATE: Cui Jian's manager is now saying Cui will not likely be appearing on the Spring Festival Gala. China's Godfather of Rock, Cui Jian, has been...
Talking Travel: Holiday Time Again
Happy New Year! It's either the blessing or curse of Westerners living in China: one holiday period ends, and then another begins, as the Christmas/...
Feng Xiaogang to Direct 2014 Spring Festival Gala
Feng Xiaogang, director of war drama Remembering 1942 and If You Are The One parts one and two, will direct the 2014 China Central Television (CCTV...
Community Matters: Irish Carnival in Chaoyang and DIY Chocolate Hearts
Happy Chinese New Year! With Spring Festival celebrations in full swing and Valentine’s Day just 24 hours away, there is more than enough going on...
Would You Take this Dude Home for Spring Festival?
The Western press is having a field day reporting on all the "rent-a-boyfriends" that have popped up on Taobao in the run-up to Spring Festival....
Cheeky Pixar Monsters Bring New Year  Blessings
Even Pixar is feeling auspicious this Spring Festival. The 3D animation studio released Chinese New Year-themed posters for Monsters University, the...
Spring on the Snakes
The Year of the Snake is swiftly slithering towards us. The city will slow down and empty out, the fireworks will be going off nonstop and dumplings...
Chinese New Year By the Numbers!
What do fireworks, great action movies, fruit wrapped in baskets, fancy envelopes, new clothing and people getting fat have in common? You guessed...