Find new ways to make festivals fun

Traditional festivals have made a comeback. The Spring Festival celebrations have just ended, Qingming (Tomb Sweeping) Festival is on the way (April 5), followed by Duanwu (Dragon Boat) Festival (June 14). Later, there will be the Mid-Autumn (Moon) Festival (Sept 22) and Chongyang Festival (Senior's Festival) (Oct 16).

It's been a stunning turnaround since it was not until January 2008 that these festivals were turned into statutory holidays.

Back in 1949 when New China was founded, most of the traditional festivals, viewed as "remnants of old, decayed or superstitious stuff from old society", were discarded.