Also known as the Spring Festival (春節), or simply Chinese New Year ... In mainland China, official celebrations last for seven days as a public holiday. As a scholar of Chinese religious history and ...

Metal hooks weighed down with milk pots skewered the flesh of men’s backs as tridents pierced their cheeks and tongues.

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Last year, I took part in a service project in Taiwan where my classmates and I had to clean up abandoned traditional Chinese-style houses. One day, we went and explored a nearby abandoned dwelling.

There’s something special about Chinese New Year. Unlike most other major festivals in the country, it is one that transcends religion, which is something the country needs. THE beginning of the ...

As Spring Festival signifies the new beginning and progress in China, Pakistan's traditional festivals, like Basant in Punjab ...

Discover the traditions, customs, and celebrations of Lunar New Year, a global festival marked by family gatherings, feasting, parades, and vibrant cultural rituals.

Quite a few Miao, Yao and Yi are Catholics and Christians. Religious Han Chinese tend to practice Buddhism, Christianity, Catholicism or Taoism. Buddhism was introduced to China from India ...

extends festive greetings at a symposium with leaders of national religious groups ahead of Chinese New Year. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING -- A senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on ...