This book introduces ten most important traditional Chinese festivals, including the Spring Festival, Yuanxiao Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival, the Night of Sevens, Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth Festival, Winter Solstice, Laba Festival and Little New Year. Besides these, there are also cultural notes such as staying up all night on Spring Festival Eve, pasting the Spring Festival couplets, watching Spring Festival Gala, guessing the lantern riddles, 24 solar terms, Chinese people's sense of reunion, the special meanings of the number "9" and the ancestral worship ceremonies, etc.
Meiru LIU, the master and doctor of China study, the professor of Chinese Language and Culture in Portland State University in the United States, and the foreign director of Confucius Institute (2007-2015). She has more than 30 years of experience in Chinese-teaching, cultural communication and transmission and has compiled many TCFL textbooks.
Lina LU, the master of culture communication, the doctor of pedagogy in Portland State University in the United States and the president of ATCO. Since 1986, she has been teaching Chinese and the cultural comparison between China and the U.S in many universities of America and Canada.