Beijing Festivals & Events
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Colorful and interesting, Beijing festivals and events are something to look forward to on your Beijing tour. The main element of all Beijing festivals and events is the desire and craving for happiness and well being and the warding off of misfortune and miseries in one's life.
These festivals are also a means to experience a connection between man and heaven. The festivals and events in Beijing are celebrated all the year round and there is a festival or an event for every occasion.
Festivals and events are also taken as a welcome change in the lives of hard working Chinese and are a great source and means of entertainment, rest and relaxation.
Spring festival, Lantern festival, mid-autumn festival, international kite festival, dragon boat festival, Beijing festival are some of the important Beijing festivals and events that you must attend on your Beijing travel.
Festivals like the Lantern Festival ends the Chinese New Year season. Tomb-Sweeping Day is a day to pay respect to the decease and comes between spring plowing and summer weeding.
The Dragon Boat Festival is also one of the important festivals of Beijing and is held after one of the harvests of the year is completed. The Chung Yuan Festival which is celebrated to remove the guilt incurred by the sins of the dead occurs in the middle of summer when not much work in the fields.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is another important Beijing festival and is held around
the final harvest of the year.