Other protective rituals include placing bundles of mugwort and calamus above doorways. Mugwort and calamus serve both ...

Lunar New Year, often called the Spring Festival or Chinese New Year ... The Year of the Dragon, which began on Feb. 10, 2024, ends on Tuesday. Wednesday begins the Year of the Snake.

The 12 animals in the Chinese Zodiac are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake ... “This story explains two important traditions — hanging red decorations and lighting firecrackers ...

Incredibly complex, the Chinese zodiac calendar is best described as a 12-year cycle represented by 12 animals, in this order: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon ... Nian away by hanging red banners ...

Not only did scores of people from Cape Town’s Chinese community show up for this year’s "Cultures of China - Cape Town Dragon Boat Festival" celebrations at Battery Park on the V&A Waterfront ...

In 2009, UNESCO officially inscribed the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival on the Representative ... but also a variety of folk activities like hanging mugwort and wearing scented sachets.

“The dragon means, it means a lot of good things in Chinese culture,” Lee said ... “We have dolphins, giant crab, all type of things hanging above you as well,” Director of Guest ...

Sitting on a small stool with a piece of string hanging from a hook ... on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, the Dragon Boat Festival (known in Chinese as duanwu ...

Chinese dragon boat racers battled against the wind in Salford Quays as crowds watched the largest event of its kind in Europe. Now in its 11th year, the UK Chinese Dragon Boat Festival took place ...