Thanks to fast developing technologies, firecrackers, The Rabbit God, the character for Fu, and other traditions that stood test of time in China are now evolving and flourishing to celebrate the traditional Chinese New Year. Happy Virtual Chinese New Year, a popular new documentary on the Discovery Channel, introduces people in the United States to up-to-date customs in Beijing, Harbin, Hangzhou, and Taipei in four parts.
TOKYO, Feb. 9 -- Robots are playing server in a cafe in the Japanese capital's Asakusa district to attract more Chinese tourists during the Spring Festival.
It is time for a countdown to the Spring Festival. Starting Friday, most Chinese families will kick off a series of rituals to welcome the Lunar New Year. The traditions that have been inherited and maintained for thousands of years, bear in them the culture of the nation.
In celebration of the upcoming Spring Festival, China Central Television (CCTV) has teamed up with Chinese Internet giant Baidu to launch an online system that can automatically compose couplets. Spring Festival couplets are handpicked by Chinese families during the New Year period to protect the household from evil spirits, or just to decorate their homes to liven the atmosphere in preparation for the holiday.
