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Summer is here in the capital! This month there are four noteworthy dates for your diary: Children’s Day on the 1st, ‘Grain in Ear’ on the 6th, Dragon Boat Festival on the 14th and Summer Solstice on the 21st.
Read on to find out more about these special days!
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May is packed with notable dates and is a joyful time as warm weather hits the capital and we get a five-day holiday for Labour Day!
Read on to find out more about special days this month!
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April 5th marks Tomb Sweeping Day in China, a day to both honour ancestors and celebrate the arrival of spring. But this is only one of the festivals that happen in China in April. What other festivals are coming up this month?
Read on to find out!
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March is the month when Beijing starts to warm up and spring arrives! What else is happening? Of course it’s Women’s Day on March 8th, but there are two more traditional events of note this month too – ‘Insects Awakening’ and Guanyin’s birthday.
Read on to find out more about these two noteworthy dates in March!
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