Beijing Your Way

The artists among farmers in Beijing should be very busy and excited these days. As there is a big annual event of theirs are being held in Mentougou District-the 22nd Farmers’ Art Festival, which will last three month.   Taiping Drum Dance must be the most attractive and most eye-catching show of this festival. It [...]

Location: South Xicheng District of Beijing, next Tian’anmen Square and Qiamen Feature: Owning a unique history, the original financial street of Beijing How to get there: Bus 9, 44, 67, 301, 608, 673, 901 and get off at Qianmenxi Station Or by subway Line 2 to get off at Hepingmen Station.   Xijiaominxiang winds around [...]

Qingming Festival is also called Tomb-sweeping Festival.   Last Saturday, some of the 17 temporary shuttle buses in Beijing started to run to the three cemeteries.   Next Saturday, eight more shuttle buses will be launched to meet the tourist peak, with the tickets of 10 to 30 Yuan.   The Qingming Festival (simplified Chinese: [...]

It falls on the 15th day of the 1st Chinese lunar month.   Lantern Festival is also called “Yuan Xiao” (Pinyin: Yuánxiāo,Chinese: 元宵) Festival. The first lunar month is called yuan-month and in the ancient times people called night Xiao.   The 15th day is the first night to see a full moon in a [...]

A carnival for this year’s Latern Festival has begun on Tuesday at Qianmen Avenue in Beijing.   It is a traditional festival of China, marking the end of the Spring Festival celebrations.   The carnival include lantern show, dragon dances, Peking Opera performances,and performaces of Qing Dynasty emperor parading to celebrate the  Lantern Festival which [...]

 Local historians, with average of 60, chronicled this 10-book set based on historic materials and expert investigation. It is published in the late January.   According to the local chronicles compiling commission, this is the first time for historians to have attempted to systematically chronicle ancient towns in the capital, in a bid to protect [...]

The temple fairs in Beijing during the Spring Festival will definitely give the visitors an authentic cultural experience by showing the Chinese culture in very detailed aspects.   Spring Festival is around the corner, and as Chinese most important holiday, kinds of various celebrations will be held during this period. Temple Fair is a traditional [...]

Event: 2011 cross-Straits temple fair Venus: Taiwan Theme: traditional Beijing snacks making skills, cultural performances, and 80 photos presenting the history and development of Beijing. Date: From Feb 5 to 14, 2011   The 2011 cross-Straits temple fair is to run between Feb 5 and Feb 14 in Taiwan, which is organized by the China [...]

Laba, Chinese is 腊八,Pinyin is Làbā.”La”, in Chinese means the 12th lunar month and “ba” means eight. It is celebrated on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, referring to the traditional start of celebrations for the Chinese New Year. The festival usually falls in mid January.   And today is Laba Festival, or [...]

In a small quadrangle at 13 Rear Yuanensi Lane in Dongcheng District, Beijing is the former residence of Mao Dun, who was a well reputed Chinese writer.   It is reported that the quadrangle will be closed for three months to be repaired.   The 878-square-meter house was opened to the public in March 1985. [...]