男女羞羞视频在线观看,国产精品黄色免费,麻豆91在线视频,美女被羞羞免费软件下载,国产的一级片,亚洲熟色妇,天天操夜夜摸,一区二区三区在线电影
  Home>News Center>China
       
 

Bells ring for Santa in China
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-12-25 09:31

Christmas is catching on across China, despite the fact that only 1 percent of the country's citizens say they are Christians.

A recent poll among Chinese residents found that 70 percent enjoy the holiday.
While Christmas is largely a religious festival in the West, Chinese people say they enjoy it as a time to get together with family and friends.

Meanwhile, merchants are tuning in to the holiday's marketing potential.

Most of the world's Santa Clauses are now made in China, according to a study by the German Chamber of Commerce. And China is becoming the biggest production base for the world's Christmas gifts.

Rui Wa, who sells Christmas gifts and ornaments in Beijing, said she purchased 1,000 artificial Christmas trees from Hong Kong in early November and is almost sold out.
Newsweek magazine correspondent Paul Mooney remembers the first Christmas he spent in China in 1994.

"I felt sad and homesick at that moment, because very few people celebrated the day," he said. "Things have changed a lot now. We can see Christmas decorations everywhere in downtown Beijing."

Smiling Santa Clauses, colorful Christmas stockings, trees and "Merry Christmas" greetings are everywhere. "Jingle Bells" echoes in many of the capital's shopping malls.

"Although we are far from our country we feel at home here, because Beijing is filled with a festive atmosphere," said William Lindesay, an American involved in Great Wall protection work.

"Christmas has exceeded its original religious connotation and has spread to every country," he said. "It is a world festival, and a season for spreading love and warmth."

Wang Xinnong, a sociologist at Tianjin University, is not surprised at the increasing popularity of Christmas.

"It is inevitable that some Western holidays such as Christmas and Valentine's Day have become popular in China," he said.

"As a result of exchanges between various cultures, it is common that some Western customs are becoming accepted by more and more Chinese people.

"Christmas brings us joy and happiness."



 
  Today's Top News     Top China News
 

A time for giving, a time for sharing

 

   
 

Cities raise water price

 

   
 

Explosion rips Baghdad as Rumsfeld leaves

 

   
 

Nation joins groups against money laundering

 

   
 

Premier calls for greater UN role in Iraq

 

   
 

Home-made films play a bigger role

 

   
  Non-stop train makes urgent halt for pregnant woman
   
  Bells ring for Santa in China
   
  Cities raise water price
   
  Minister: Exports mix to be adjusted
   
  Christmas in China brings foreigners at home
   
  Chinese Nobel laureate gets married again
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
  News Talk  
  It is time to prepare for Beijing - 2008  
Advertisement
         
主站蜘蛛池模板: 汾西县| 上杭县| 五大连池市| 周口市| 宜川县| 民丰县| 六盘水市| 双鸭山市| 日土县| 永寿县| 邵东县| 九江市| 永年县| 浏阳市| 宁阳县| 柏乡县| 沅江市| 明水县| 中山市| 丘北县| 阿勒泰市| 巫山县| 逊克县| 和林格尔县| 会昌县| 确山县| 香港 | 视频| 金塔县| 临高县| 金沙县| 峡江县| 奇台县| 班戈县| 寿阳县| 扶风县| 新田县| 江达县| 美姑县| 嵊泗县| 金山区| 义马市| 东至县| 湟源县| 遂平县| 寿光市| 大田县| 广宗县| 铜陵市| 长白| 横峰县| 成武县| 子洲县| 县级市| 苍山县| 泰宁县| 衡水市| 温泉县| 措美县| 彭阳县| 道真| 肇源县| 灵山县| 贡觉县| 文登市| 宜宾市| 保德县| 盐山县| 兰溪市| 滁州市| 顺平县| 丘北县| 得荣县| 宁南县| 沾化县| 忻城县| 沙河市| 蒲城县| 吉林省| 龙口市| 保康县| 华安县|