{"id":5689,"date":"2018-12-21T09:51:01","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T14:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/?p=5689"},"modified":"2025-08-16T17:38:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T21:38:13","slug":"christmas-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/2018\/12\/21\/christmas-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5690\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2018\/12\/Christmas-Scenery-in-China.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5690\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5690\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2018\/12\/Christmas-Scenery-in-China-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/12\/Christmas-Scenery-in-China-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/12\/Christmas-Scenery-in-China-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/12\/Christmas-Scenery-in-China-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/12\/Christmas-Scenery-in-China.jpeg 1141w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5690\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christmas Scenery in China<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Official statistics show that the percentage of China\u2019s population who are Christians is only 1 percent, but an increasing number of Chinese people join the Christmas celebration family now because Christmas always brings with it enjoyment, fun, \u00a0harmony, peace and color to surround people in the drab winter season. \u00a0China also celebrates Christmas to meet together with friends, relatives and couples.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Many Chinese celebrate Christmas by saying, \u201cShen Dan Kuai Le or \u5723\u8bde\u5feb\u4e50.\u201d Also, Santa Claus is called \u201cShen Dan Lao Ren\u201d in Mandarin.<\/p>\n<p>The most interesting Christmas thing in China is giving apples to people, which is a tradition and becoming popular for Christmas Eve. All apples are made like ornaments or handcrafted, then wrapped up in colorful, decorative paper with all kinds of stickers, etc. It is like a decorated Christmas tree in the U.S. Apple in Mandarin as \u201cPing Guo or \u82f9\u679c,\u201d\u00a0 which means perfect peace and contentment. Therefore, when Chinese deliver and give apples, it translates into best wishes and peace to others.<\/p>\n<p>Zufeng Ning, a Chinese student at UMPI, said, \u201cMandarin is \u2018p\u00ednggu\u01d2\u2019 (\u82f9\u679c), which sounds like the word for peace. \u00a0So I think people giving apples in China are a psychological comfort to their friends or family. They want more happiness and\u00a0 peace to come into life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the U.S, there only are a few people in China who have a Christmas Tree. But Christmas always is a major annual commercial event both in China and the U.S.\u00a0 In China, there are normally big plastic Christmas trees, lights and decorations on the streets, the shopping malls and stores. The Christmas season promotion often starts from the end of November. The shopping crowds take pictures on every corner because of the colorful lights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow I am in America, but I always can find the homestyle flavor because we eat apples, we go to the shopping mall and enjoy the Christmas scenery,\u201d Tong Liu, an UMPI alum and Husson graduate student, said with a smile. \u00a0\u201c I hope everyone can enjoy the beauty and joy of Christmas and that that spirit remains with you throughout the new year!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Official statistics show that the percentage of China\u2019s population who are Christians is only 1 percent, but an increasing number of Chinese people join the Christmas celebration family now because Christmas always brings with it enjoyment, fun, \u00a0harmony, peace and color to surround people in the drab winter season. \u00a0China also celebrates Christmas to meet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":156,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7381],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/156"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5689"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8546,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5689\/revisions\/8546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}