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		<title>Chinese Double Ninth Festival</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 9th day of the 9th lunar month is the traditional Chongyang Festival, or Double Ninth Festival. It usually falls in October in the Gregorian calendar. In an ancient and mysterious book Yi Jing, or The Book of Changes, number &#8220;6&#8243; was thought to be of Yin character, meaning feminine or negative, while number &#8220;9&#8243; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, usually in October in Gregorian calendar. The festival has a long history. In ancient China, emperors followed the rite of offering sacrifices to the sun in spring and to the moon in autumn. Historical books of the Zhou Dynasty had had the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese Double Seventh Festival</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Double Seventh Festival, on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month, is a traditional festival full of romance. It often goes into August in the Gregorian calendar.   This festival is in mid-summer when the weather is warm and the grass and trees reveal their luxurious greens. At night when the sky is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese Dragon Boat Festival</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Dragon Boat Festival, the 5th day of the 5th lunar month, has had a history of more than 2,000 years. It is usually in June in the Gregorian calendar. There are many legends about the evolution of the festival, the most popular of which is in commemoration of Qu Yuan (340-278 BC). Qu Yuan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese Qingming Festival</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Qingming (Pure Brightness) Festival is one of the 24 seasonal division points in China, falling on April 4-6 each year. After the festival, the temperature will rise up and rainfall increases. It is the high time for spring plowing and sowing. But the Qingming Festival is not only a seasonal point to guide farm [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese Lantern Festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month, usually in February or March in the Gregorian calendar. As early as the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 25), it had become a festival with great significance.   This day&#8217;s important activity is watching lanterns. Throughout the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese Spring Festival</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Spring Festival is the most important festival for the Chinese people and is when all family members get together, just like Christmas in the West. All people living away from home go back, becoming the busiest time for transportation systems of about half a month from the Spring Festival. Airports, railway stations and long-distance [...]]]></description>
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