During China’s Mid-Autumn Festival people pour out of their houses to admire the moon.
Celebrations
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Learning Bobing, Mooncake Gambling in Xiamen
I learn how to mooncake gamble, and win a giant package of toilet paper.
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Chinese New Year in China is Probably Not Like You Think
What lunar new year in China is really like.
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How to Travel in China During Spring Festival
A short guide of when and in what directions to travel during Chinese New Year.
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Getting Lost At San Yue Jie, One Of The Biggest Temple Fairs In China
Navigating the labyrinthine of commerce at an old Chinese religious festival.
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Christmas in China
China absorbs other cultures and makes them its own, and Christmas is no way immune to this appropriation.
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China Absorbs Other Traditions and Makes Them Chinese
China absorbs foreign influences and traditions and makes them their own.
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Dragon Boat Festival
The Duanwu Jie, or the Dragon Boat Festival as it is better known in the West, is a Chinese holiday that happens on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month and consists of throwing zongzi into rivers and racing dragon boats.
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Olafsvik, Iceland Partying and Culture
OLAFSVIK, Iceland- “There is nothing to do here. Look around, there is nothing,” an 18 year old kid in a bar in Olafsvik explained. His statements were by now seeming to me like a mantra of youth in rural Iceland. This time, finding his town beautiful and full of life, I countered his statement. “Look around, this [...]
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