Tag: chinese new year
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Chinese New Year 2020: The Year of Rat
With the end of the CCTV Chunwan gala (and the striking of midnight), it is now officially the Year of the Rat and the start of a new lunar year. Though this year has been dampened a bit by the outbreak of the coronavirus in Wuhan, it still is an important time to get together…
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Winter Vacation Has Begun
Despite having more “free time” since exams finished two weeks ago, I’ve actually been quite busy. Last week I ventured off to the North of China to Haerbin to see the snow and ice festival and a couple other cities for about a week all in. And wow, was it cold. And I say that as a…
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CNY 2015 Fireworks at Qianhai Lake
Chinese New Year’s Eve / The Year of the Goat. Since I skipped out on solar New Year’s, I decided to head out for Lunar New Year’s celebrations here in Beijing. I looked up where to go on TimeOut Beijing’s website and it suggested to head to a few clubs which I wasn’t sure I was going to enjoy.…
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Chinese New Year 2015 – The Year of the Goat
Chinese New Year is in full swing. It’s the Year of the Goat/Sheep/Ram depending on where you are (it’s all the same, really). So HAPPY NEW YEAR to all those celebrating the Lunar calendar years. The holiday is also known as the Spring Festival here in China and has a sort-of quasi-religious feeling to it…
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The Chinese New Year Lion Dance
You may recall that I spent considerable time in Malaysia over the last few months. One of the events I was fortunate enough to see was the Chinese New Year. This year, 2013, is the Year of the Snake. While in Georgetown, Malaysia, before the PSY concert, a lion dance troupe visited the guesthouse I…