today is the mid-autumn festival, also called moon festival, or 中秋節 (zhongqiu jie) for you Chinese readers. it’s another big holiday in this part of the world. a couple things you should do today to celebrate: 1) eat mooncake for several weeks now, the supermarkets have been filled with tons of varying gift boxes containing...
Monthly Archives: October 2009
60
today is China’s National Day, marking the 60th anniversary of the PRC. there have been a lot more flags waving around and decorations leading up to this (we saw a big topiary “60″ carving). it’s been raining all day, so our view of any festivities or celebrations basically looked like this: watching the parade in...