China Project

1.http://www.asianinfo.org/asianinfo/china/society_celebrations.htm
-asianinfo.org
-Unknown
-It talks about the legal holidays in China.
-No.
-Because it doesn't say who wrote it, meaning I don't know the credentials of the writer.


2.http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/chinese_new_year.html
- Unknown
-Unknown
-The source tells us about what happens during the Chinese New Year. It tells us about food, decorations, and superstitions during the Chinese New Year.
-No.
-I don't know the credentials.


3.http://www.c-c-c.org/chineseculture/festival/newyear/newyear.html
-Unknown.
-Unknown.
-This site tells us about things done during the Chinese New Year. For example, turning over a new leaf, sweeping of grounds, family celebration, and the lantern festival. It also tells us about the difference between traditional and modern festivals and well as the kitchen god.
-Yes and No.
-This site is focused upon the Chinese New Year and nothing else but, the creator of this site is unknown and I have no way of contacting them.


4.http://chinesefood.about.com/od/foodandchineseculture/a/christmas.htm
-Rhonda Parkinson
-Rhonda is a freelance writer who has written extensively about food, politics, and nature for print and online publications.
-She talks about the celebration of the chinese christmas.
-Yes.
-She has written many other things, she has a background in writing.


5.http://www.edunetconnect.com/categories/originals/chinafest/chinesef.html
-Chi-Ping Dance Group.
-Unknown.
-This site tells us about the different festivals that go on throughout China during the year.
-No.
-Because the Chi-Ping dance group gives me no way of contacting them and I don't know what they do for a living, it's not a website, it's more of just a page.


6.http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/Festivals/78322.htm
-Unknown.
-Unknown.
-This website talks about the Spring Festival in China, "the most important festival to the Chinese".
-Yes and No.
-Yes because this website is only based upon the different Chinese festivals and it seems as if this person has a background on Chinese Culture. No because I don't know who wrote this.


7.http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/Festivals/78320.htm
-Unknown.
-Unknown.
-This part of the website talks about the lantern festival during the Chinese New Year.
-Yes and No.
-Same as #6.


8.http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/Festivals/78319.htm
-Unknown.
-Unknown.
-This part of the website talks about the Qingming festival in China which is also known as The Pure Brightness Festival. It says the Qingming festival is one of the 24 seasonal division points in China, falling on April 4-6 each year.
-Yes and No.
-Same as #6


9.http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/Festivals/78316.htm
-Unknown.
-Unknown.
-This part of the website talks about the Dragon Boat Festival, the 5th day of the 5th lunar month. It is usually in June in the Gregorian calendar.
-Yes and No.
-Same as #6.


10.http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/Festivals/78315.htm
-Unknown.
-Unknown.
-This part talks about the Double Seventh Festival, which takes place on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month. It is also known as a traditional festival full of romance.
-Yes and No.
-Same as #6.


11.http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/Festivals/78311.htm
-Unknown.
-Unknown.
-This part of the website talks about the Mid-Autumn Festival which falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month. It's usually in October in Gregorian calendar.
-Yes and No.
-Same as #6.


12.http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/Festivals/78310.htm
-Unknown.
-Unknown.
-This part of the website talks about the 9th day of the 9th lunar month which is the Chongyang Festival, or as we know it, the Double Ninth Festival.
-Yes and No.
-Same as #6.


13.http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/Festivals/78308.htm
-Unknown.
-Unknown.
-This part of the website talks about the Winter Solstice Festival. It talks about the history behind the Winter Solstice Festival.
-Yes and No.
-Same as #6.


14.http://www.chinatownconnection.com/2005/12/winter-solstice-festival-dong-zhi.html
-aznroose62
-blogger
-It talks about the history of the Chinese Winter Solstice Festival.
-No and Yes.
-He could've gotten the information from anywhere. Or he could've made up some of the information. But at the same time he could have a background on it, he could be Chinese or participated in the celebration at some point in his life.


15.http://www.c-c-c.org/chineseculture/festival/dragonboat/dragon.html
-Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco.
-The Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco is a major community-based, non-profit organization established in 1965 to preserve, promote, and influence the course of Chinese and Chinese American culture.
-This website talks about the legend of the dragon boat festival, the modern dragon boat festival, Zong Zi(traditional food for dragon boat festival), and talisman and charms.
-Yes.
-The Chinese Culture Center focuses on Chinese and Chinese American Culture, so they must have to research and have background about this information.


16.http://www.index-china.com/index-english/Lantern.html
-Unknown.
-Unknown.
-It talks about the Chinese Lantern Festival During the Chinese New Year. It shows many pictures of the Chinese Lantern Festival.
-No.
-I don't know who created the site therefore I don't know if it was a professional who created this site, or if this person has any background on the Chinese New Year.


17.http://www.olvera-street.com/html/lantern_festival.html
-Chinese American Museum
-Unknown.
-This website talks about the lantern festival in China. It ends the 15-day celebration of the Chinese New Year.
-Yes.
-The reason I believe this source is because it's a museum about China. People who research the information for museums are always professionals because they are hired to say information with us Americans. They can't make things up because then they would be telling us false information.


18.http://china.suite101.com/article.cfm/chinese_qingming_festival
-Christopher Evan Hearne
-Author of articles for China.
-The author talks about the Qingming festival rituals. He tells us that the Qingming festival is known as tomb sweeping day, the "Bright Clear Festival".
-Yes.
-Because he has the credentials necessary to know about China. Plus he's an expert author on Chinese culture.


19.http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/festival/doubleseventh.htm
-Travelchinaguide.com
-Travel agency
-It tells us about the legends of the dobule seventh festival, customs, and the way the double seventh festival is celebrated today.
- Yes.
- Because it's a travel agency advertising to other countries what China is like. They must have a background in what China is like to be able to advertise things to people.


20.http://www.cultural-china.com/chinaWH/Traditions/en/14Traditions117.html
-Cultural China.
-Unknown.
-This website talks about the Double Seventh Festival which is also known as Inequity-begging festival.
-Yes.
-The reason I believe this site is because this site is based upon the Chinese Cultural only. It only talks about the way the Chinese live.


21.http://www.chinainfoonline.com/ChineseFestival/Double_Ninth_Festival.htm
-Unknown.
-Unknown.
-Its tells us about the double ninth day festival. Also known as the "Mountain-climbing festival". This festival is on the 9th day of the 9th lunar month.
- Yes and No.
- Yes because this whole site is focused upon chinese culture, customs, etc. No because I don't know who created this site, so I don't know what credentials this person has.


22.http://english.sina.com/life/p/2008/1006/190172.html
-Xinhua English.
-News Agency.
-This article is showing what the Chinese do during the double ninth festival.
-Yes.
-Because it's a News Agency and they have to research what they report.


23.http://www.regit.com/hongkong/festival/mooncake.htm
-Regi Tour.
-Travel Agency.
-It talks about the Chinese Mid-Autumn festival which is also known as the Moon Cake Festival. (Chung Chui).
-Kind of.
-Because it's a travel agency it's possible for it to be legit work. But I have no way of contacting this agency and I don't know if it's the right information or not.


24.http://chinesefood.about.com/od/mooncake/a/moonfestival.htm
-Rhonda Parkinson.
-Rhonda is a freelance writer who has written extensively about food, politics, and nature for print and online publications.
-This article talks about the Moon Festival which falls every year on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar.
-Yes.
-As I have said before about Rhonda Parkinson, she has the right credentials for me to believe what she has written about. She has the background in writing and researching, she is a professional.

25.http://www.chinaorbit.com/china-culture/chinese-spring-festival.html
-Unknown.
-Unknown.
-This site talks about how the Chinese Celebrate the Spring Festival. It talks about there are 3 holydays during the Spring Festival, but most Chinese extend it to a week.
-Yes.
-This whole website is about Chinese culture.