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  • Double Ninth Festival in autumn

    2014-11-13

    The activities of the Double Ninth Festival generally include sightseeing trips, climbing hills, admiring chrysanthemums, wearing dogwood, eating Double Ninth cake and drinking chrysanthemum wine.

  • Dietary customs of Nanyang

    2014-11-13

    In villages, people seldom have meals at tables in their homes. There are a few fixed places for meals in each village.

  • Taboos in business

    2014-11-13

    Nanyang's business has been well developed since the Han Dynasty (206 BC–AD 220). Meanwhile, various business taboos have appeared with the prosperous commerce.

  • Taboos in life

    2014-11-13

    When having meals at home or at restaurants, one should not knock on bowls with chopsticks, nor grasp bowls firmly, as beggars usually do so.

  • Zhang Zhongjing Medicine Culture Festival

    2014-11-13

    From Sept 20 to Oct 10 every year, the Zhang Zhongjing Medicine Culture Festival is celebrated in Nanyang.

  • Nanyang Jade Carving Festival

    2014-11-13

    The China Nanyang (Zhenping) International Jade Carving Festival, a typical national cultural festival lasting six days, has been celebrated once a year since 1993.

  • Eating dumplings during winter solstice

    2014-11-13

    Dumplings are indispensable during the winter solstice of the lunar calendar in each family, whether rich or poor.