How to celebrate a family reunion festival after one's loved ones died in a disaster? On the first Mid-Autumn Festival after the deadly mudslide in Northwest China's Gansu province, many struggle to get by.
For centuries, it was the quintessential symbol of China's Mid-Autumn festival, but in recent years it has become a calling card of waste, extravagance, and obsequiousness.
Destinations for Mid-Autumn Festival
Students from Guhuai Street Primary School in Xuchang city, Henan province, make 10,815 paper "best wishes stars," to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival (the 15th day of the eighth month on the lunar calendar) and send to two sister schools in Taiwan, along with good will for improving cross-Strait relationships, on Sept 14, 2010.
A record number of tourists from the Chinese mainland are expected to travel during the holiday peak season that starts on Sept 22, with outbound trips being the top choice for many.
People gather to see a one-meter diameter sesame cake exhibited at the 10th Chinese Moon Cake Festival in Chengdu, Southwest China’s Sichuan province on Wednesday. The festival from Sept 8 to 21 will show moon cakes from different areas in China such as Shanghai and Guangdong. A huge moon cake weighing one ton will be exhibited during the festival. Mid-autumn Festival folk culture will also be on display. It’s a festival to enjoy the full moon and a get-together for family members, coming on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month in China.
Some people with a hankering to get out of the capital during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day Holiday are finding they have already left it too late to book the trip they want.
The 2010 CCTV Mid-Autumn Festival Gala will be held in Wuhu, Anhui province.
The video posted on the Internet of a Hong Kong tour guide berating her mainland tour group for being "tight-fisted" about making purchases at a jewelry shop in March is sending shock waves in and outside the city.
A closer examination of Fuzhou training classes indicates that most of the parents would like to send their children for physical activities.
URUMQI - A steady flow of tourists is expected in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in the second half of this year owing to discounted prices and new attractions, as worries over safety continue to recede a year after the bloody riot, industry insiders said.