The holiday Qing Ming is marked as the celebration of purity and clearness. It is connected with the beginning of bright days. It is considered that this day yin and yang come to balance. The heaven (yang) fructifies the Earth (yin) to give the birth to a new life.
In the day of Qing Ming dolled up people walk along the streets with the branches of willow in the arms and take kites. On this day since olden times Chinese follow an tradition to undertake walks on the first flush of grass.
Qing Ming is the holiday in honor of all the dead; it is also called as Holiday of cold food and Pure light. Chinese connect the attendance of graves with promenades, entertainments, and games.
Currently the holiday Qing Ming includes events to commemorate dead revolutionists and fallen heroes. The holiday happens many a day, and national holiday has been lasting for three days. The graves are cleared up, and commemorative dinners are held.
The day of Chinese language was founded at the same time as the days of other official languages of the UN, in 2010. This proposal was made by the department responsible for public relations.
Every year the winter solstice is at the period between the 21-st and 22-nd of December. The day of winter solstice is famous for the shortest day and the longest night. After the winter solstice the days become longer whereas nights are shorter.
At the annual exhibition of sculptures from the snow which is arranged in Chinese city Harbin for the 34-th time, the snowman in the height of 34 meters has been constructed. It is reported by the agency UPI.
In Chinese city Changchun (province Kirin) nearly 700 sculptures from chocolate were represented as they had been produced by French artist Nickolay Popov. The agency UPI reports about that.
National commission on the development and reforms of the People’s Republic of China released to public a plan of accommodation building in small and middle-sized towns of the country which is enough for location of 3.4 billion humans what is almost a half of current population of this globe.
Several villages in China are inhabited by twins; particularly, such children are born in twelve times more than worldwide. The scientists cannot provide simple explanations for that.
The author of the project of air harbor is British architect and designer Zaha Hadid. As REGNUM reports making reference to Chinese mass media, the new air harbor will be situated in the district of Dasin.
Harbin city is the capital of Heilongjiang province located in Northeast China. During the long winter months, the temperature here may reach -20 degree. These days International Ice Festival is held.
Chinese park of glowworms made a mash on local citizens and many travelers. In Chinese East Lake Peony Garden the first in the world theme park of glowworms is opened, as Daily Mail reports. It is a magnificent space which is situated in Hankow city in the central province Hubei.
On Sunday, the 18-th of October, in the morning, in fifteen cities of Chinese province Henan fifty thousand people started national gymnastics Taiji simultaneously which is also considered as the martial art. As The Daily Mail reports, this achievement might be included in the Guinness Book of Records.
Forbidden City in Beijing made a blacklist of visitors who behaved in a bad manner within a territory of castle complex. As Yahoo Finance reports, the stop-list includes 2.5 thousand people.
The famous architect Zaha Hadid together with French company ADPI has demonstrated the project of the biggest airport in the world, which is to be situated in Beijing.
