Blog Tag - Spring Festival

Art Attack: Two Kuai Movies for Chunjie!
Sticking around for chunjie can go two ways: You either relish the quiet (before the fireworks, anyway) and use the time to finish those projects...
Spring Festival Live Music Roundup: Who's Open And Closed, Albums of the Year
Maybe when tons of fireworks make the streets sound like a war zone, live music isn’t needed so much. Like it or not, there’s not much going on in...
Family Feud: Memories of an Explosive Spring Festival
Spring Festival is a time for family and blowing shit up, but since I grew up in Virginia without extended family or illegal fireworks, Chinese New...
Time For Temple: Chinese New Year's Fairs
One of the best parts about staying in Beijing over Chinese New Year is the chance to attend the temple fairs. Food stalls serve up goodies from...
Fireworks Banned from the CBD
The CBD may have a quiet Spring Festival now that fireworks have been banned from the area. After six years without any restrictions, during which...
Chun Yun Travails
The Spring Festival move has started. Chun Yun is the world’s largest yearly human migration and it is expected that half of China’s population will...
Weekend Live Music Roundup: White+, Metalheads and Holiday Schedules
Quietly, people are slipping out of the capital, and so are the musicians and bar owners. The quietest week in Beijing is coming soon, but it's not...
Chinese airport delays - Now worse than India!
Beijing Capital Airport has taken a bit of an international beating since Forbes magazine and the Beijinger last year released some damning...
China readies itself for travel mayhem
On January 19th, China will officially begin the Spring Festival travel season, kicking off the mass exodus to and from cities all over China. Cue...
Rent-a-boyfriend for Spring Festival
Spring Festival tales of woe are common from single Chinese friends and colleagues, with may parents stepping up the pressure at this time of year...
Pic of the Week: Niu Year
The ever amazing Big Picture photo blog over at Boston.com offers up some choice images of Chinese New Year celebrations around the world. Quite a...
New Year Turds
Anyone who ventured out to a Temple Fair over the past week may have noticed some rather interesting floats wafting along with the standard toys,...
Things to do over the Spring Festival: Changdian Temple Fair
One essential element of Spring Festival in Beijing is the traditional Temple Fair (miao hui, 庙会). These typically take place in parks and temples...
Things to do over the Spring Festival: Sacrifice to Heaven Ceremony at Tiantan
Starting from yesterday, Jan 26, those looking to experience a little of Beijing's imperial history, can head over to Tiantan and catch a...
Things to do over the Spring Festival: Baiyunguan Temple Fair
Those staying in Beijing over the break and wanting to get a taste of Beijing's Spring Festival traditions should visit at least one of the many...