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🇨🇳 The Dragon Boat Festival 🇨🇳 🐉 The Dragon Boat Festival is an important holiday celebrated in China and 50 other countries 🎉 According to the lunar calendar, the festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month, and today is the day! ⛩ It has its roots in a famous ancient legend based on the great figure of Qu Yuan, poet and prime minister of the Chinese southern state of Chu during the period of the Warring States 🚣 There are different symbols and activities related to the festival, like watching or participating in the Dragon Boat Race or eating Zongzi 🍙 📈 Brands should understand the importance of traditions in China to be sure to gain influence and success in the Chinese market and industry 💭 What do you think of the Dragon Boat Festival? Let us know with a comment down below ❗️ #longadvisory #marketingchina #ChineseDigitalStrategy #luxurymarket #socialmedia #socialmediamarketing #DragonBoatFestival #traditions #China #Chinesefestival #Chinesetraditions #duanwujie

Upon learning of the opportunity for my family's business to collaborate with the local government in 泉州 to rekindle and foster bonds through our business offerings, I realised that it must transcend mere economic benefits. When I proposed the idea of showcasing our offerings in China to my in-laws (Dance Ensemble Singapore, 新加坡聚舞坊), I anticipated that it would serve as a gateway to numerous future opportunities for us to not only strengthen bilateral relations, but also to establish long-term partnerships. What I hadn't anticipated was the rapid expansion of this venture, extending beyond 泉州 to garner interest from across China in our cultural and artistic scene. The potential is truly remarkable. Given the constraints of limited resources and team capacity, it took slightly over a year for us to negotiate terms and conditions and ultimately execute the initial phase of our venture. This marks the beginning of our journey towards fostering a sustainable future of growth, extending beyond our individual capabilities. I extend my heartfelt gratitude to all who have supported us on this journey thus far. Hopefully, in the near future, we will be able to unveil more about what lies ahead. I eagerly await the opportunity to witness how our Little-Red-Dot can serve as a conduit to fortify our ASEAN identity, and to collaborate and grow with like-minded individuals who share our vision of advancing capabilities beyond mere economic prosperity. #ComeJoinUs #WhenWeAreTogether 晋江市融媒体中心, 2024-03

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Restaurant 顺兴 (or Good Luck) in Sint-Anna Parochie, Friesland. East as a Metaphor Cycling to China across the Euro-Asian landmass. Ten days before departure, life centers around preparations. The significant shift from words to action has already begun. Yet, people question, why head East? Having lived in China for a decade, the East surrounds me. Some may wonder why embark on a journey at a such a slow pace to a place already familiar. The aim is to comprehend the East from within, and share that understanding. It’s also about experiencing the East as an unfolding process, something a mere plane ticket to Shanghai would never reveal. Rather than viewing the East as a destination, it's an attempt to embrace it as a journey, a reality evolving pedal stroke by pedal stroke. Yet, the paramount importance lies in showing respect for the East through actions and the tangible effort of physically moving oneself. This journey will no doubt construct its own reality. A reality that will assert itself so profoundly that no expectation, assumption, projection, or judgment will endure. Being embedded in Chinese projects and navigating Chinese aspirations, have made awkwardly clear how easily Westerners, even those professionally versed in writing about China, get entrenched in assumptions, alas often articulated as accusations. There’s a profound laziness in contemplating the East, amplified by the quest for an enemy, a competitor, or at least an opposition. Riding towards the East is, at its core, a response to this laziness—an openness to the transformation occurring when crossing numerous cultural boundaries. It’s witnessing the shift in worldviews, observing how people forge unique ways of living, building, and imagining, and inevitably living up to that. I hope to find East as a fabric of life, I hope to cultivate East as a living thing. In essence, this kind of East is the direction that will also discover me, rather than one I rationally choose. Thank you for anticipating regular updates on this adventure. #journeytotheeast #journeyofalifetime #journeyofpeace #Eurasia #East #oriental #tochina #longdistancecycling #transcontinental #transcontinentalcycling #towardschina #bicyclechallenge

  Qingming Festival holiday from April 4th to 6th. Qingming Festival or Ching Ming Festival, also known as Tomb-Sweeping Day in English (sometimes also called Chinese Memorial Day, Ancestors' Day, the Clear Brightness Festival, or the Pure Brightness Festival), is a traditional Chinese festival observed by ethnic Chinese in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. During Qingming, Chinese families visit the tombs of their ancestors to clean the gravesites and make ritual offerings to their ancestors.Offerings would typically include traditional food dishes and the burning of joss sticks and joss paper.The holiday recognizes the traditional reverence of one's ancestors in Chinese culture. The origins of the Qingming Festival go back more than 2500 years, although the observance has changed significantly. It became a public holiday in mainland China in 2008, where it is associated with the consumption of qingtuan, green dumplings made of glutinous rice and Chinese mugwort or barley grass. #Qingming #Festival

That's a wonderful message for ISS Hong Kong to share during the Chinese New Year! It effectively conveys your warm wishes and enthusiasm for the festive season while also highlighting the significance of the Year of the Dragon. Here are some additional thoughts: **Strengths:** * Warm and welcoming tone. * Mentions key themes of the season: renewal, reflection, and unity. * Connects with the spirit of the Dragon and its symbolism. * Ends with classic Chinese New Year greetings. **Possible enhancements:** * Consider mentioning specific initiatives or events ISS Hong Kong is organizing to celebrate the Year of the Dragon. * You could personalize the message further by mentioning any achievements or milestones ISS Hong Kong achieved in the previous year. * If you have any specific goals or aspirations for the coming year, you could briefly mention them to inspire your audience. Overall, it's a great message that captures the spirit of the season and conveys your best wishes to your Placemakers, partners, and friends.

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𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗼𝗻🐉 From 10 to 25 February (more precisely from the evening of 9, until 24 February), fireworks, strictly red lanterns, rites of well-being and prosperity will rule in China and many other Asian countries, - Korea, Mongolia, Singapore, Malaysia, Nepal, Bhutan, Vietnam and Japan. In China, dragons are associated with #strength, #health, #harmony and #luck, which is why they are placed above doors or on roofs to banish demons and evil spirits. The last day of the festival will be the so-called Lantern Festival: also called Yuanxiao, named after the typical rice cake eaten, during the evening thousands of red lanterns are flying in the air, a symbol of good luck. Logistics and transport are greatly influenced by this Chinese festival that provides for the closure, for some time, of many commercial and industrial activities, generating possible criticalities on the total supply chain in terms of cargo ability and possible delays in terms of transit time. That’s why we always advise our customers to rely on Setoa staff to minimize these inconveniences and continue to develop their business around the world. "May this year be prosperous!" 恭 喜 發 財   #greenwoodendragon #newyear #lanternfestival #supplychains #internationalfreightforwarders #shipping #logistics #transport

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