festival - One year in Shanghai

17 août 2012

Lei Feng (cont'd)/Lei Feng (suite)

(see 5 March message/ voir message du 5 mars) http://sophiepaine.canalblog.com/archives/2012/03/05/23678656.html Here is the famous hero Uncle Leifeng on a wall in Shanghai / voici le célèbre héro oncle Leifeng sur un mur de Shanghai "Learn from Leifeng,...

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16 juin 2012

Zongzi

Zongzi: Dragon Boat festival delicacy zongzi pour la fête de Dragon Boat

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1 mai 2012

May 1st in Shanghai/ 1er mai à Shanghai

Chinese don't have the same way of enjoying bank holidays. Shops were open today- so it was not holiday for everyone. And Saturday offices were open to make up for the bank holiday- a usual practice here. Yesterday evening at 9 pm when we came back home,...

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29 mars 2012

Ching Ming Holiday/ Vacances de Ching Ming

For the Pure Brightness Festival, we are off 9 days travelling to Beijing, then South West crossing Shanxi and Henan Provinces: Datong, Taiyuan, Pingyao, Luoyang, Zhengzhou and Kaifeng. Stay tune! Photos are on http://sophiepaine.blogspot.com/2012_04_01_archive.html...

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24 mars 2012

Longhua Temple/Temple Longhua

Denzil's school friend, Clive, is visiting us this weekend so we are doing a bit of sightseeing. Lion dance and offerings for the dead at Longhua Temple (Southern part of Shanghai) a few days before Ching Ming Festival (festival to honour dead where Chinese...

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5 mars 2012

March 5 / 5 mars

30th consecutive rainy day in Shanghai- this hadn't happened since 1980. Today is also Lei Feng Day: Lei Feng was a soldier who helped many others and died at the age of 22 while being on duty. He became a legendary icon after Chairman Mao wrote "learn...

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6 février 2012

Festival cont'd/fête suite

credits - Denzil -note: it's still on; 2 hours of bangers and fireworks non stop now (9 PM). On est toujours en plein dans la fête (j'ai retrouvé l'accent circonflexe; il avait dû partir dîner). pétards et feux d'artifice sans discontinuer (non-stop,...

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6 février 2012

Bangers festival! Fte des pétards

Shanghai live... never seen (and heard) that! There are fireworks and bangers everywhere. On top of the noise they make, they trigger the cars' alarms. But life goes on, bikes and cars go through the fireworks as if it was normal. Shanghai en direct......

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4 février 2012

Lantern Festival/Fête des Lanternes

On the 15th day of the first lunar month (e.g. Monday 6th this year), it is the Lantern Festival. Chinese celebrate the first full moon of the New Year- and whatever is round conveys harmony, completeness and happiness. The lanterns are already in display...

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17 janvier 2012

Gongxi facai!

恭喜发财！ (litt:félicitations / congratulations et / and fortune) Bonne Année du Dragon ! Happy New Year of the Dragon! (we're off to Bhutan - nous partons pour le Bhoutan www.sophiepaine.blogspot.com )

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