St. Valentine's Day February 14 St. Valentine's Day has roots in several different legends that have found their way to us through the ages. One of the earliest popular symbols of the day is Cupid(爱神丘比特), the Roman god of love...
13th Annual ATT San Jose Jazz Festival August 7-11, 2002 The Annual ATT San Jose Jazz Festival is Silicon Valley's favorite annual event. It is the largest free jazz festival in the country! The Festival, held in August in downtown San Jose...
Easter Day A Sunday between March 22 and April 25 The meaning of many different customs observed during Easter Sunday have been buried with time. Their origins lie in pre-Christian religions and Christianity. All in some way or another are...
Lantern Festival The 15th day of the 1st lunar month 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 t...
Chinese Valentine's Day The seventh day of the seventh lunar month Raise your head on August 4 and gaze at the stars, you will find something romantic going on in the sky. VALENTINE'S Day in China, the seventh day of the seventh lunar month...
April Fool's Day April 1st April Fool's Day is traditionally a day to play practical jokes on others, send people on fool's errands, and fool the unsuspecting. No one knows how this holiday began but it was thought to have originated in Fra...
George Washington's Birthday February 22 George Washington, born February 22, 1732 in Virginia, was a natural leader, instrumental in creating a united nation out of a conglomeration of struggling colonies and territories. The first preside...
The Newport Folk Festival August 3 to August 5 (Newport, Rhode Island, the US) 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-comin...
St. Patrick Day March 17th The person who was to become St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, was born in Wales about AD 385. His given name was Maewyn, and he almost didn't get the job of bishop of Ireland because he lacked the require...
Labor Day (U.S.A) First Monday in September Many immigrants settled in New York City in the nineteenth century. They found that living conditions were not as wonderful as they had dreamed. Often there were six families crowded into a house...
Oregon Brewers Festival July 28 - 30 Hailed by many as the finest craft beer festival of America, the Oregon Brewers Festival celebrates the growth of North American microbrewing while showcasing(展示) some of the finest beers in the...
Pamplola Bull-running Fiesta July 6 to July 14 (Pamplona, Spain) Every year from July 6 through 14, hundreds of thousands of revelers, dancing to traditional pipe bands, pack into the center of Pamplona to kick off Spain's most famous bull-...
Notting Hill Carnival August 26 (London, British) A dancer makes her way along the route of the annual Children's Day Parade of the Notting Hill Carnival in London August 26, 2001. An estimated 2 million revellers are expected to descend on...
Kyoto Gion Festival July 1-31 (Japan) 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 on...
US Independence Day July 4th (US) Independence Day is the national holiday of the United States of America commemorating the signing of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvan...
Hungry Ghost Festival The 14th and 15th of the seventh lunar month 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 wande...
Bastille Day July 14th Bastille Day is a National holiday in France. It is very much like Independence Day in the United States because it is a celebration of the beginning of a new form of government. At one time in France, kings and queen...
Phi Ta Khon Festival the sixth or seventh lunar month (Thailand) Thais wear masks representing the laughing spirits of the dead springing back to life at the annual Phi Ta Khon festival in Dan Sai, 520 kilometres northeast of Bangkok near t...
The Feast of the Assumption August 15th (Catholic) The Feast of the Assumption is an important day in the Catholic religion. It is the principal feast of the Blessed Virgin, the mother of Jesus Christ. This feast commemorates two events: th...
World Population Day July 11, 2004 2004 marks the 10th anniversary of the groundbreaking International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo, Egypt, in 1994. Ten years ago, on the eve of World Population Day, a new campai...