History

Tomb Sweeping Festival

Imperial
June 21, 2020

  Tomb Sweeping Festival, or Qingmingjie in Mandarin (pronounced Ching-ming-jair), is a three-day public holiday in China, making it the perfect time for a luxury China tour. Literally translating to the Pure Brightness festival, Qingmingjie is the day when people pay their respects to ancestors, traditionally by cleaning the graves and burning offerings. However, since […]

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China’s Holidays Explained

Imperial
May 03, 2020

  Mainland China has six main holidays every year in addition to New Years on January 1st which it celebrates in tandem with the rest of the world. The majority of China’s festivals follow the Lunar calendar and are based upon the monthly cycles of the Moon’s phases. Of the six holidays, two are labeled […]

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The unknown story of Titanic´s Chinese passengers

Imperial
April 20, 2020

Before my husband Greg Yu started composing the original music score for a documentary on the Titanic last year, I never knew there were Chinese survivors. I had seen plenty of movies, documentaries retracing the tragic destiny of the luxury ship when it sank on 14 April 1912 but don´t remember ever hearing about Chinese […]

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Imperial Tours Experience Selected as Top Experience in 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 14, 2017 Contact:   Jacqueline Soto, 480-430-7511, Jacqueline@slentertainment.com Guy Rubin, +86 10 8440 7162 guy@imperialtours.net     IMPERIAL TOURS GREAT WALL PRIVATE BANQUET RECOGNIZED AMONG TOP TRAVEL EXPERIENCES     Scottsdale, AZ – An experience offered by Imperial Tours was recognized as one of the top experiential travel offerings at the inaugural […]

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