Festivals in China

There are a lot of festivals that take place throughout the year in China.

A very popular festival is Harbin since January 4, when performing the opening ceremony of the Harbin ice Festival. The temperature drops far below 26 C, and no matter how many layers of clothing that you are, you will feel the cold! If you decide to visit Harbin, not all their visits between 12 and 3 in the afternoon and protect your camera from the cold too. And of course to test local dumplings - are very warming and known as the best in all of China!

The country's largest festival is the Chinese new year or Spring Festival.

The festival traditionally begins on the first day of the first month in the Chinese lunar calendar and ends the 15th day; This day is called the Lantern Festival. Last year (2009) the Chinese new year of the ox was on 26 January and this year the year of the Tiger began February 14, 2011 will be the year of the rabbit on February 3. More information that can be found here.

A very interesting Festival is the Festival of boats dragon celebrated the 5th day of the 5th Moon in June. Intricately designed and colorfully painted dragon boats are the highlights of the event.

Qing Ming Festival, ancestors day or tomb sweeping day is a traditional Chinese festival 104 days after the winter solstice - fall in 4-6 of April of each year. After honoring the spirits of their ancestors, the Chinese believe that the temperature rises and rainfall increases, thus bringing a good harvest - honoring the dead, therefore, is an important part of the order of the universe.

The seventh Festival double, the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, is what we celebrate as Valentine's day in the West. The double seventh day is not a public holiday in China, but is widely celebrated and enjoyed.

The Lespedeza Festival falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month. Culture in China, the full moon is a symbol of peace and prosperity for the whole family, and the number eight symbolizes wealth and prosperity. In the middle of the lucky eighth month the Moon is full - to an auspicious time for celebrations.

All these previous festivals are held mainly by the Chinese Han, the most largest ethnic groups that there are more than 50, each with their own festivals - these are some of the best known.

Splashing water Festival of Dai - considered as the new year of the Dai minority, who live in the province of Yunnan. It takes place from 14 to 16 April (24 to 26 day of the sixth month of the calendar Dai).

Bullfighting Festival of Miao - takes place the 25th day of the first lunar month in the provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou. The Miao ethnic minority people are mainly farmers who naturally consider won a vital friend - this festival is to celebrate them themselves.

Ceremony of Jino adults - this indicates that the transition from childhood to adulthood, when you change the clothing and hairstyles. This festival is held on the birthday of 15 for girls and 16 for boys in Yunnan province.

Bai fair - the biggest trade festival March. It takes place from 15 to the twenty-first day of the third lunar month in Yunnan province, at the foot of Mt. Cangshan in Dali.

Nadam fair of the Mongols - takes place on July 15 in Inner Mongolia.

Kaizhai Festival is held at the beginning of the tenth month of the Islamic calendar in the Hui from Ningxia, Xinjiang autonomous region and Gansu provinces. According to Islam, the ninth month of the Muslim calendar is the Ramadan fasting month. After 29 or 30 days of fasting comes the traditional Kaizhai Festival the first day of the tenth month and lasts 3 days.

Muslims in China also celebrate the Corban Festival the 10th day of the Islamic calendar 12 month.

In addition to these parties, China also celebrates women's day international (March 8), holiday (May 1), youth (May 4) national day, international day of the child (June 1), day of the army of liberation popular (August 1), teachers (10 September) day.

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China, Tibet and Culturism

China is to reassert its control over Tibet with his usual contempt for the right to assemble peacefully and the freedom of the press. China "liberated" Tibet from its traditional way of life and envoys of the Dalai Lama into exile in 1959. They pointed out that Tibet had the highest priestly class living of farmers never registered (25%). The Chinese have said then that it could escape a child per family rule if they moved to the Tibetan region of China.

Culturism argues that most cultures have the right to define, protect and promote themselves. Culturism not buy in the human rights regime. It would seem culturism given carte blanch approval to the actions of Chinese. The hard question culturists is "do the majority in China has right to do wants it to minorities within its population?"

Tibetans include even the culture of the majority in Tibet. Despite the discrimination of China to their own people and try to take Tibet demographically, environment of Tibet is so severe that even minor ethnic is 10% of the population. Since Tibet has had sovereignty and a different culture and has a chance to regain the State, culturist principles condemn the actions of China. Within the old borders of Tibet, the Tibetans must have sovereignty.

But from here in culturism assumed his usual position hard realism. Not all cultures believe in Western values. China is a nation based on race to not award democracy or freedom of expression. It is right of China. Culturism would never condemn China to follow its historical cultural principles internally. China, like the Islamic Nations, is free to look at our debt, crime, racial issues, rates of childbirth outside of marriage, as well as our school failure and concluded that our roads are not to be desired. Culturism wants to protect our way of life for us, but respects the fact that there is a diversity of international principles.

What can we do about Tibet? Not much. Our armed forces are already spread thin trying to do to the West of the Islamic East. To carry out a war against China over Tibet, we would have to borrow money from them. As it is, if officially complain or boycott the Olympics in China that could retaliate by damaging our economy. Our not knowing where the ends of the Western world, poor economics and moral behavior have weakened Western power. Before that we care about the other sovereignty we must ensure our own. If you want to help Tibet, work hard, buy American, be moral and get out of debt assets.

John press is the author of Culturism: a word value, our future. He is also an adjunct professor and Ph.d. from New York University student. http://www.culturism.us has more information on culturism.