China Celebrates several festivals during all year.
There are several and different kind festivals.
A-Religious o Tibetan Festivals.
B-Traditional Festivals.
C-Music Festivals .
A-Religious Festivals.
- Chinese Festivals derive essentially from China's agricultural heritage.
-Besides the ethnic, geographic ,historic ,and linguistic ties that unite them ,traditional festivals are among the strongest bonds reinforcing the cultural identity from the Chinese nation.
-The religious festivals are an essential part of Chinese culture . Many holidays are associated with Chinese mitology and folklore tales, but more realistically, they probably originated from ancient farmer rituals for celebrating harvests or prayer offerings.
-The most important Chinese holiday is the Chinese New Year .
B- Traditional Festivals:
-Traditional holidays are generally celebrated in Chinese speaking regions.
- -There are majors festivals ,a number of other traditional festivals are seen in modern China.
C-Music Chinese Festivals :
There are many music festivals in China for example ; Jazz E .Festival ,Music Festival in Hong Kong ,Rock Festival ,Beijing Jazz ,Live Earth Concert Shanghai and Show of Peace Concert ,etc.
Show of Peace Concert :
-It was a planned global peace concert that gained support from celebrities ,musicians and world leaders.
-The concert was to be held at the Bird's Nest Stadium in Beijing ,China on October 10 ,2010 .
-It was televised with support from the United Nations and Chinese Government.
-It was scheduled to be held during the week of the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day to focus on peace through music.
-Majors Acts were Jimmy Page ,Aerosmith and Prince.Other notable acts expected to play the main stages include Beyonce, Christina Aguilera ,Bacstreet boys ,Jennifer Lopez ,Katy Perry ,Usher ,Marian Carey ,Justin Timberlake ,etc.
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