Top 4 Chinese Music Festivals

Snow Mountain Music Festival is the earliest large-scale outdoor music festival in China. It was initially started in 2002, and then held in 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2012 in Lijiang, southwest China’s Yunnan Province. Set against the beautiful natural landscape of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, the festival has long been a favorite among folk music fans. It also organizes exhibitions showcasing art installations(装置), photography, visual arts and modern dance.

The Zebra Music Festival has been held many times since 2009, always taking place around the May holiday, in southwest China’s Chengdu City. The first edition attracted over 150,000 musical fans from across the world. The festival harbors a broad range of musical genres(类型), including pop, rock, rap and metal.

The Zhangbei Grassland Music Festival was first initiated in 2009, with over 100, 000 audiences attending over the course of three days, As it proved successful, festival sponsors decided to carry on with the event and have done so in northern China’s Hebei Province for many years running now. The festival takes “Go Wild” as its slogan(口号)and mixes natural grassland ecology with a low-carbon lifestyle.

Midi Modern Music Festival is China’s largest rock music festival. It was launched by the Beijing Midi School of Music and has become one of the best-received modern music festivals in China. The first one was held in May of 2000, and since then it has been held each year around the May or October holidays. As of May 2013, a total of 20 festival editions have taken place. The event regularly features environmental themes such as raising awareness for animals threatened by extinction or the nation’s air pollution.

“Happy New Year!” Everyone will greet each other with these words as they meet over the next couple of weeks. But it wasn’t always January l that marked the New Year.

At least 4,000 years ago the ancient Egyptians and Babylonians marked the changing of the year. In Egypt, the year started when the Nile River flooded, enriching farmers’ fields with silt. This happened at the end of September.

The Babylonians held a festival in spring, on March 23, to kick off the next farming cycle. The Babylonian celebration lasted for 11 days.

The date January l was picked by the Roman Emperor Julius Caesar as the change of the year when he established his own calendar in 46 BC. The month of January was named after the Roman god, Janus. He is pictured with two heads. One head looks forward and the other back. They represent a break between the old and new. That new calendar was in time with the sun and it has been used until the present day.

Around the world, different cultures have their own traditions for welcoming the New Year. The Japanese hang straw rope across the front of their houses to keep out evil spirits and bring happiness and good luck. They also have a good laugh as the year begins to get things started on a lucky note.

In India people like to wear pink, red ,purple and white flowers. Women favor yellow, the color of spring. Hindus also leave shrines next to their beds so they see beautiful objects when they wake up.

Canadians enjoy the traditional polar bear swim. People of all ages put on their swimsuits and jump into frozen lakes.