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Two dancers dressed up as a dragon (left) and a phoenix perform a dance Long Feng Cheng Xiang (prosperity brought by the dragon and the phoenix) during the China Central Television's Spring Festival gala on Jan 22. Xinhua
For hundreds of millions of families, watching China Central Television's (CCTV) Spring Festival gala, or Chun Wan, has long been a Lunar New Year ritual, along with eating dumplings and setting off fireworks.
Holiday Nation
SHANGHAI - Generation after generation of Chinese children have fallen under the spell of the hand-drawn animation of The Monkey King: Uproar in Heaven, which was painstakingly created in the 1960s. Now, a 3-D remake of this much-loved classic is looking to win the hearts of moviegoers more used to computer-generated images.
Holiday International and Opinion
LONDON - Despite the current global economic downturn, Chinese tourists spent a record-breaking amount on luxury products abroad during Christmas, according to data from Global Blue, one of the world's largest tax-refund and shopping services providers.
Holiday People
About 20 years ago, most young girls of the Miao ethnic group had difficulty reading and writing.
Holiday Special
On Jan 7, 20 swimsuit-clad ladies from Beijing and Guangzhou descended on the tropical beaches of Sanya, Hainan for grueling physical training and a chance at earning a high salary guarding celebrities and executives.
Holiday Read
YUYAO, Zhejiang - If music be the love of food, lay on. Apologies to William Shakespeare but the revised sentiments of the opening lines of his play Twelfth Night apply to Yang Sizhong's chickens run perched on the bamboo-covered mountain on the outskirt of Yuyao, East China's Zhejiang province.
Holiday Trend
Greeting cards had their heyday in the late 1990s, when kids exchanged cards decorated with images of cartoon figures or pop stars.
Holiday Business
SHANGHAI - Many luxury brands have made their annual price adjustments for certain products, with increases of more than 10 percent since November, but that hasn't dented Chinese customers' taste for upmarket items.
Holiday Travel
As a traveler, I am not a particularly choosy person. I will go pretty much anywhere, anytime. Wander on horseback into the mountains of Kyrgyzstan? Why not? Spend the night in a sketchy Myanmar border town? Sure!
Holiday Sports
The images from that memorable Super Bowl in 2008 remain vivid. The scenes are of the New York Giants' defense relentlessly pursuing New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, of Giants quarterback Eli Manning somehow eluding a sack to enable David Tyree to make his miraculous catch with his helmet, of receiver Plaxico Burress hauling in Manning's pass for the game-winning touchdown in the final minute.
