CHINESE RELIGIOUS YEAR. The religious year of traditional China may be visualized as a circular base that is the calendar, upon which three overlays are superimposed. The first overlay shows the annual pan-Chinese observances; the second shows the...

In China, the traditional calendar is known as the "agricultural calendar" (Simplified Chinese: 农历, pinyin: nónglì) while the Gregorian calendar is known as the "common calendar" (公历, gōnglì) or "Common calendar" . Another name for the...

Since weather pops up everywhere, I was hardly surprised while looking up Chinese wedding customs to stumble over information devoted to the old Chinese solar calendar, many of whose 24 divisions bear meteorological names. A chapter in Mrs. J. G. Cormack's Everyday Customs...

READING -- Tomorrow is New Year's Day on the Chinese calendar, and according to the Reading-based Chinese Culture Connection Inc., its observance in ancient China lasted for six weeks to celebrate the end of winter and beginning of spring. This year's new year...

When freelance writer Wang Jian shops for toys for her 5-year-old son, she's happy to pay extra for Legos blocks and Japanese-brand train sets.The reason, she and other parents say: Foreign brands enjoy a reputation for higher quality — a perception reinforced by the product...