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		<title>Sweeping the Dust</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sweeping the dust has been a traditional custom in China for a long time. Around the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, every household will sweep the dust in their house. Literally, weeping the dust means have a thorough cleaning of a house. In Chinese, dust shares the same pronunciation with the word of past [...]
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		<title>the March 3rd Festival</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The March 3rd Festival, also called Shangsi Festival in ancient times, falls on the 3rd day of the 3rd lunar month of each year. It is a traditional Chinese festival celebrated by a large number of nationalities in China. The Shangsi Festival has a history of thousand years. After Wei and Jin Dynasties, it was [...]
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		<title>Paying A New Year Call</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Mid-Autumn Festival</title>
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		<title>Qixi Festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
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