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China

Détail de la peinture « Le Long de la rivière lors de la fête de Qingming », scène de vie urbaine de la Chine des Song par Zhang Zeduan.

Traditions13 min

Qingming: China's Tomb-Sweeping Festival of the Dead

Every spring, the Qingming festival gathers Chinese families around ancestral graves. Discover its origins, rites, foods, and living meaning today.

July 7, 2026Read

China

Le musée du cerf-volant de Weifang, ville chinoise capitale du cerf-volant.

Traditions5 min

The Chinese kite: two thousand years in the wind

History of the Chinese kite (fengzheng): ancient invention, military uses, popular art, the capital Weifang and the symbolism of cutting the string in spring.

May 29, 2026Read