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

From dragon boat races to hanging mugwort for good health, this ancient Chinese festival is packed with vibrant customs. Dive into the legends of the Dragon Boat Festival, join Global Times reporter ...

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 ...

The museum has set up an Intangible Cultural Heritage Market and will host the Li Shizhen Traditional Chinese Medicine ...

Festival is typically a time of nostalgia as Chinese households think back with fondness of their time as children in summer in East Asia. With the weather now warm enough to enjoy time outside in the ...

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 ...