-Much like Western culture's Halloween, some Eastern cultures celebrate a Fall festival where they believe the gates of hell are thrown open, releasing hungry ghosts to wander the earth in search of food and taking revenge upon those who wronged them...
-Since the inaugural(创立之初的, 首次的) 1958 festival, the Newport Folk Festival is renowned for presenting the very best in traditional and up-and-coming (日渐重要的) folk artists. And, of course, the stunning (出色的, 漂亮的) se...
-The ancient capital of Japan, Kyoto （京都） is taken back in time during the Gion festival （祗园祭） by Yasaka shrine (八阪神社, gion was the old name of this shrine.) Gion festival is one of the biggest festivals in Japan. This Japan...
-Everyone loves a good ghost story. The gruesome, the spiritual and the supernatural arouse an instinctive curiosity in all of us. In the west, ghostly fervor reaches a peak with Halloween on October 31. In Thailand, the spirit-world comes closest to...
The Dragon Boat Festival, also called the Duanwu Festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. For thousands of years, the festival has been marked by eating zong zi (glutinous rice（糯米）wrapped...
-The 15th day of the 1st lunar month is the Chinese Lantern Festival because the first lunar month is called yuan-month and in the ancient times people called night Xiao. The 15th day is the first night to see a full moon. So the day is also called Y...
Chinese New Year starts with the New Moon（新月）on the first day of the new year and ends on the full moon（满月）15 days later. The 15th day of the new year is called the Lantern Festival（元宵节）, which is celebrated at night with la...
Anchor: When the Christmas carol is sounding everywhere in the United States to highlight the holiday season, some economists in the country are giving dismal predictions that this could be the worst holiday shopping season since 1991. The shopping s...
BBC Learning English On The Town 都市掠影 About this script The Royal Festival Hall 皇家节日音乐厅 John: Hello, this is On the Town from BBC Learning English where we take you out on the streets of London to explore some of the big landmar...
Todd: OK, Yoko we were just at a festival. Yoko: Yeah! Todd: Do you want to talk about festivals in Japan? Yoko: Yes, OK. So, I think in Fall we have lots of kind of festivals, but it depends on the places so... Todd: What are some things that most f...
