Monthly Archives: September 2010
Celebrating the China National Day with Chinese Wish Lanterns
- Posted on: September 27th, 2010
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Chinese wish lanterns are a signature for Chinese celebrations and with China National Day quickly approaching on October 1st it’s obvious that everyone is getting prepared. The China National Day marks the beginning of the Two Golden Weeks in China, the other Golden Week in China is celebrated for the Chinese New Year. It represents [...]
Chinese Lanterns at Moon Festival
- Posted on: September 23rd, 2010
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The town of Redditch in Worcestershire will be playing host to a festival celebrating everything that surrounds the Chinese Moon Festival, this Saturday, the 25th September. Redditch Council market services, along with Redditch Chinese Association, have been working tirelessly to organise the outdoor market, where punters will be able to sample such delights as traditional [...]
Paper Lanterns on show in Hanoi
- Posted on: September 19th, 2010
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Having recently announced that Vietnam was banning the sale of chinese lanterns in the country, the capital city is now to play host for one of the grandest and most spectacular festivals of the year- the ‘Moon Festival’ is a chance for locals and tourists alike to marvel at thousands of paper lanterns of numerous [...]
Chinese Lanterns banned in Vietnam
- Posted on: September 12th, 2010
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A new bout of restrictions on products that Vietnam will be trading, including Chinese lanterns- or sky lanterns as they are known in the country- has recently been put in place, increasing the number of products on the list from 92 to 101. Recently added to the ‘banned’ group along with the Chinese lanterns are [...]
ITV is asked to stop promoting Chinese Lanterns
- Posted on: September 5th, 2010
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The National Farmers Union, or the NFU, has made an official plea to ITV to ask them to remove their promotional material that includes videos of Chinese lanterns being released, shown in between broadcasts on the channel. The Union has stated that showing the footage means that people across Britain are being encouraged to use [...]
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