Huaiyang cooking is considered one of the four great traditions in Chinese cuisine, along with Cantonese, Shandong, and Sichuan.

The Folklife Festival flooded with Fourth of July revelers today following the parade on Constitution Avenue, packing the dance floors at both main performance stages.

Inner Mongolian music ensemble Ih Tsetsn and American banjo player Abigail Washburn decided to meet on stage for a cross-cultural collaboration

Today over thirty children’s summer camps came to the Folklife Festival, exposing hundreds of young people to the sights and sounds of China and Kenya.

Hua’er folksongs, often about love and longing, are popular in Gansu and Qinghai provinces, along China’s Silk Road.

Bicycles are a common sight in China. Usually thought of as a tool, bikes are used as a way to get around or to haul goods.

With a heat index of 104⁰ in the capital today, Folklife Festival visitors might be more concerned with trying not to melt than with stopping to take in the arts and culture offered by participant artists.

See highlights from the Folklife Festival captured by our photography team.

The Folklife Festival’s Kenyan and Chinese participants are as diverse as the crafts and music styles they represent.

Today’s recipe comes from Five Spice Kitchen’s “Drinks and Desserts” session. Eating yuanxiao (round, sweet rice dumplings) is a favorite custom during the Lantern Festival