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The moon is seen in the sky during a total lunar eclipse in Changchun Matt Gay Jersey , northeast China's Jilin Province, Jan. 31, 2018. A red moon will grace the sky in most parts of China for over an hour during a total lunar eclipse on Wednesday night, according to the Beijing Planetarium. (XinhuaZhang Nan)
BEIJING, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- A red moon will grace the sky in most parts of China for over an hour during a total lunar eclipse on Wednesday night Anthony Nelson Jersey , according to the Beijing Planetarium.
The lunar eclipse, which is expected to begin at 7:48 p.m., will last for about five hours. As the moon passes into Earth's shadow, it will exhibit a reddish tinge as the sunlight is refracted while shining through Earth's atmosphere.
The red moon is expected to be visible between 8:51 p.m. and 10:08 p.m., lasting about one hour and 17 minutes.
The moon will also appear bigger as its orbit is near its closest point to Earth.
The last time a complete lunar eclipse occurred was September 28 Mike Edwards Jersey , 2015. The next lunar eclipse will happen on July 28.
KIEV, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- "When the brilliant moonlight is shining upon, we share the same happy festival mood despite being far apart," Peng Wei, a 24-year-old Chinese teacher Jamel Dean Jersey , is becoming sentimental when talking about the Spring Festival celebrations.
Peng, a Chinese-language teacher from Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province, moved to Ukraine almost five months ago to provide Mandarin courses for Ukrainian students at the Confucius Institute of the Kiev National Taras Shevchenko University.
Recalling the Spring Festival traditions of her family, Peng said that all family members usually gather together making Chinese dumplings.
"One dumpling is always filled with brown sugar. We believe that someone who gets this dumpling will be happy next year Sean Bunting Jersey ," Peng told Xinhua.
The young lady admitted that her homesickness becomes stronger during the Lunar New Year, but the joint celebrations with Chinese friends help her feel the magic of the holiday.
Besides, in Kiev, Peng shares Chinese Spring Festival traditions with her Ukrainian friends and learns Ukrainian customs of New Year celebrations.
"I really like a Ukrainian tradition of New Year wishes. People write down their wish on the piece of paper and when the president makes a New Year speech, they burn it Devin White Jersey , put the ashes in their champagne and drink it," Peng said.
Peng is the guest of the Spring Festival organized by the Chinese Embassy in Ukraine to keep the Lunar New Year traditions and enhance the cohesion of Chinese nationals living in the East European country.
At the event, Chinese people living in the different corners of Ukraine showed their talents during the concert.
Children recited poems and sang songs, while youngsters played saxophone and performed the traditional dance with pipa -- four-stringed lute.
Du Shaofu, a real estate employee Wholesale Buccaneers Hats , who lives in Ukraine for eight years, looked fascinated while watching the concert.
In a brief talk with Xinhua correspondent, Du said the traditional music and the festive atmosphere of the event have brought him home.
"I like to spend the Spring Festival at home because the whole family reunites. Ukraine is far from home. You can only show video or call each other and watch the traditional New Year's concert," Du said.
He is married to a Ukrainian woman for two years and they have a one-year-old child. The couple appreciates and respects each other traditions and celebrates every Chinese and Ukrainian holiday.
Du said he was very glad that this year his wife expressed a desire to spend the Lunar New Year with her parents-in-law.
"Tomorrow morning, our family of three is flying to China Wholesale Buccaneers Hoodies ," Du said with the authentic feeling of happiness on his face.
Wang Zhijie, a businessman from Beijing, also has Ukrainian wife. Unfortunately, this year, the family is unable to celebrate the Spring Festival in China as their newborn baby is too small to travel long distances.
However Wholesale Buccaneers Shirts , Wang said he will bring Chinese festive spirit to Ukraine, decorating his home with red lanterns and inviting his friends and Ukrainian fellows to come to his house and show them Chinese New Year traditions.
"Ukrainians spend more time at home. The Chinese people like to set off fireworks. It is very important for us to sit together around the table at 12 o'clock, watching TV gala. The merry atmosphere is prevailing during the celebrations," Wang told Xinhua.
He added that he will do his utmost to share the centuries-old New Year traditions of his country with his son when he gets older.
NEW YORK， July 30 (Xinhua) -- Thousands of visitors flocked to the New York Botanical Garden in recent days for the rare sighting of the blooming of Amorphophallus titanum， also known as "corpse flower，" almost 80 years later since such phenomenon happened in the city.
Crowned as the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world， "corpse flower" gets the unpleasant name for the foul odor it emits when blooming.
The putrefying stench was compared to rotten flesh.
"That's to attract flies and other pollinators， so hopefully it could reproduce，" said Gianna Braca， an educator of New York Botanical Garden.
The corpse flower is a rare tropical specimen originating from the West Sumatra in Indonesia. It blooms only about once in a decade and then only for 24 to 36 hours.
It was also the first time for this particular plant to blossom since the Botanical Garden acquired it in 2007. The previous specimen that produced a flower in the garden was in 1939.
The rare event had hyped up interest all across the city and beyond. A live video feed was setup at the Haupt Conservatory of the Garden， where the flower was on display. More than 40，000 viewers had tuned in at it. wholesale air max 270 cheap jordans free shipping Cheapest Air Mx Shoes Cheap Nike Shoes Cheap Nike Air Max Shoes Cheap Nike Air Max 95 Cheap Air Max 90 Infrared nike air max classic bw wholesale air max shoes wholesale free shipping Cheap Air Max 270 Shoes |
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