Chinese New Year began as a horror story, watch it here
There’s a special legend about the lunar new year – here’s our animation of the story about a horrific monster known as the Nian. See it in the horizontal format:
Read More...There’s a special legend about the lunar new year – here’s our animation of the story about a horrific monster known as the Nian. See it in the horizontal format:
Read More...The Chinese Spring Festival is typically celebrated a few weeks after the Christmas holidays, but these major holidays in both countries share some similarities.
Read More...This year, the Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, falls on February 8, 2016. This is the most important traditional festival for the Chinese people, a time for family to come together.
Read More...Chinese tourists visit California more than any other state in the U.S. Many of them make a stop at Universal Studios Hollywood. It’s all the more reason for the theme park to celebrate Lunar New Year.
Read More...The start of the Lunar New Year is just a weekend away. And the world’s largest human migration, “Chunyun”, is happening in China.
Read More...Shared meals are a huge part of Chinese Spring Festival. But you don’t want to spend all your time in the kitchen when there is socializing to be done with family and friends. Victoria Li shows you five easy dishes that are delicious and quick […]
Read More...China’s cultural influence on the West becomes even more clear during this time of the Year. Take for example, the Washington Wizards latest basketball game. CCTV America’s Sean Callebs reports.
Read More...What these kids have to say about Chinese New Year will crack you up.
Read More...New Yorkers aren’t missing out on Chinese New year. The city now has its first Baijiu bar. Baiju is a strong Chinese distilled spirit made from grains, and it’s making quite an impression in New York City.
Read More...The Spring Festival is the year’s most important event in China, but people from the north and south celebrate with different traditions.
Read More...The Year of the Monkey requires some explanation. Here is our primate primer.
Read More...We asked three bartenders to craft us specialty cocktails based on the themes of Chinese New Year and Spring Festival. Trust us, these are good.
Read More...It is Spring Festival time in China. Also know as Chinese New Year or Lunar New Year. Click here to learn about the holiday and customs that are celebrated world-wide.
Read More...It is Spring Festival season, a hugely important holiday for China and the Chinese. Preparations for the celebration start early.
Read More...A couplet refers to two complementary poetic lines adhering to certain rules. They are often used to decorate doors and walls during Spring Festival to help express hope and happiness for the coming year.
Read More...It’s become as much a Chinese New Year tradition as the holiday itself. Every lunar new year, both the U.S. Postal Service and the China Post issue Chinese New Year stamps, to the joy of collectors and well-wishers around the world.
Read More...Chinese New Year is upon us, and on the even of February 7, local time in Beijing, parties for this massive celebration will begin. This is The Year of the Monkey according to the Chinese Zodiac calendar, and if this is your Zodiac year, you’d […]
Read More...The first dress rehearsal of 2016 CCTV Spring Festival Gala — “You and Me, Our Chinese Dream, Building a Moderately Prosperous Society” — was held on Tuesday.
Read More...The Chinese Year of the Monkey is approaching. So let’s take a moment to learn some Chinese idioms to impress your Chinese friends.
Read More...The Monkey King is a legendary character from the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West. Endowed with supernatural powers, the Monkey King helps his master Monk Xuanzang travel to India to obtain sutras.
Read More...The Spring Festival travel rush has officially begun in China. An estimated 2.9 billion trips will be made on public transport.
Read More...About 80 percent of Chinese people who have reached marriageable age are under pressure from their parents to get married, according to a report. As Spring Festival, an occasion for family reunions, approaches, young people returning home from their jobs in the city will face […]
Read More...China’s railways transported seven million passengers on Sunday, the first day of the country’s annual Spring Festival travel rush, also known as “Chunyun”.
Read More...The Spring Festival falls on the 1st day of the 1st lunar month, typically one month after the start of the Western Gregorian calendar. This year, that’s Feb. 8th.
Read More...Do you have a way with words when it comes to worldly wisdom? Write a Chinese couplet as part of the Spring Festival celebration.
Read More...The lunar new year is still one month away, but for many Chinese, the celebrations can never begin too early. A buying frenzy has descended ahead of the Year of the Monkey. CCTV’s Xu Geng reports from Beijing.
Read More...Canadians have been celebrating the Year of the Sheep.
Read More...For the first time ever in February, China came in ahead of the U.S. at the box office. While “50 Shades of Gray” helped the U.S. see $640 million in box-office revenue, the Chinese New Year festivities (a big movie-going season) delivered a record-breaking $650 […]
Read More...Chinese nationals make up over 70 percent of Singapore’s population, so understandably, Chinese New Year is very popular there. One staple of the celebration is bak kwa, a salty-sweet pork that people wait for hours to try.
Read More...As the Chinese New Year holiday nears its end, the number of travelers on the railways and roads is surging again. CCTV’s Nie Jia reported this story.
Read More...Even though coffee is a cultural obsession in the U.S., drinking Chinese tea in the States has risen in popularity as well. In this how-to video, we walk you through the steps to properly prepare and experience a traditional Kung Fu-style tea ceremony.
Read More...A large local Chinese population combined with a growing Chinese interest in basketball has prompted a new show of solidarity between cultures in Northern California
Read More...It has been called the biggest human migration in the world. Millions of people in China have now begun to head back to work from their Spring Festival holiday.
Read More...Lions, dragons, the God of Fortune. They were all out in full force in New York’s Chinatown Sunday, at the 16th Annual Lunar New Year parade. CCTV America’s Liling Tan reported this story from the center of festivities, in one of America’s largest ethnic Chinese […]
Read More...Chinese New Year celebrations have been staged around the world, and South Africa is no exception. South African residents and citizens welcomed the Year of the Sheep in the heart of downtown Johannesburg on Commissioner Street. The celebration included the Chung Wha Dragon Dance.
Read More...Online purchases in China have soared during the Lunar New Year holiday. Yet while buying only takes a click, delivering to your door still requires a human touch.
Read More...It’s the start of a new year on the lunar calendar in China, and across the country celebrations are taking place. CCTV’s Stanley Lee reported this story from China.
Read More...Hundreds of millions of Chinese people head out of their native country for Spring Festival and prepared to spend a lot of money along the way. CCTV America’s Sean Callebs filed this report from Washington, D.C.
Read More...Many retailers across the world are celebrating Chinese New Year, the most important holiday in the Chinese calendar. A number of New York City stores have also gotten into the Lunar New Year spirit. CCTV America’s Shraysi Tandon filed this report from New York City.
Read More...A host of Spring Festival celebrations will be happening around Beijing in the coming days, with one of the first being the annual Temple Fair at Ditan Park or as it’s also known, Temple of the Earth Park. CCTV’s Stanley Lee filed this reporter from […]
Read More...People across China celebrate the first day of the Lunar New Year by heading out to temples across China by the thousands to light incense and pray. CCTV’s Grace Brown visited one of the oldest Buddhist temples in Beijing to see it in person.
Read More...February 19th is the first day of Chinese New Year and people around the world are celebrating the famous holiday. CCTV’s Qi Wei gathered images from across the globe and filed this report.
Read More...The 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year began on Thursday, February 19, marking the beginning of Spring Festival celebrations around the world. See how people from Asia to Europe to the Americas rang in the Year of the Sheep.
Read More...People in east China’s Jiangsu Province whipped a fake farm bull and rang the temple bell on Thursday to celebrate the Chinese New Year, also known as Spring Festival in China.
Read More...Over 30 rams took part in a fighting match in central China’s Henan Province on Thursday for Chinese Lunar Spring Festival celebrations. The event is a tradition on the first day of the Chinese new year.
Read More...CCTV America created this personality test for you to see if you actually embody the characteristics of your Chinese zodiac animal. Take this poll — the results may surprise you.
Read More...Learn more about Spring Festival and the Chinese New Year, the Year of the Sheep and characteristics of sheep people in our explainer videos below.
Read More...A traditional Chinese custom is to write the “Fu” on red paper and hang it on the wall or the door at Spring Festival. The character means “blessing” or “good fortune”. This year, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has written one for the Chinese people. CCTV’s […]
Read More...It’s Chinese New Year! CCTV America staff celebrated this special occasion today!
Read More...In Chinese astrology, the calendar has a 12-year cycle, and each year is represented by an animal. People born in a given year are said to have personality traits associated with that year’s animal sign.
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