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The Moon Festival
The second most popular festival after the Chinese New Year, the Mid-Autumn festival (Chung Chou Chi) is one the major festivals of the Chinese calendar. It falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar moon. It is an occasion for family members to sit toge...
230 years of the Chinese in India
The Chinese in India are a small group of people – very small when compared to the population of India – but this tiny population has touched India in two important places – in their stomachs and in the faces of their women. “Chinese chow...
Hakka Chinese living in Kolkata
Tangra China Town
Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year or the Lunar New Year, “chun chi” or the Spring Festival is the most important festival in the Chinese calendar. Chun Chi symbolizes the beginning of the year, a signal to a fresh start in one’s life. It also herald...
Chinese School in Kolkata
The bachelor society of the Chinese community had to wake up to the needs of women and children when they started appearing in the scene at the beginning of the 20th century. Earlier, when the numbers were small, women and even children learnt the ba...

