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Songyang, Zhejiang: A Landscape in Motion

Referred to as “the last secret of Jiangnan,” Songyang is not defined by monuments, but by movement through its fields, villages, and paths, where daily life continues with little interruption.
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Mid-Autumn Festival in Songyang: Traditions of the Harvest Moon

Step into Songyang’s Mid-Autumn traditions, where families set out offerings beneath the moon, handmade mooncakes sizzle over charcoal fires, and old streets come alive with the sounds of evening gatherings.
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Bendi Stories: Dragon Boat Festival Tea in Songyang, Zhejiang

In Songyang, Zhejiang Province, Ye Jinping artfully crafts Dragon Boat Festival tea, celebrated for its refreshing, medicinal qualities.
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Bendi Stories: Lunar New Year in Yangjiatang Village, Zhejiang

We visited the charming village of Yangjiatang in eastern China’s Zhejiang province to discover how the local community there celebrates the Lunar New Year.
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Mid-Autumn Festival Songyang

Bendi Stories: Mid-Autumn Festival in Songyang, Zhejiang

To mark this year's Mid-Autumn Festival, our team headed to Songyang, Zhejiang to explore how the festival is traditionally celebrated there.
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Sanyuesan She Minority Folk Song Festival in Songyang

Sanyuesan: A She Minority Folk Song Festival in Songyang, Zhejiang

The steep mountain slopes of China’s southeastern provinces lay home to the She people (畲族), with a majority living in Fujian province and others found across Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi and Guangdong.
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Songyang Elder, photo by Xiangjun

Songyang’s Once Young: Portraits from a Forgotten Countryside

A new Shanghai photography exhibition by artists Xiangjun and Zhang Zhanping reveals the faces of Songyang, a rural village in Zhejiang province.
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