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The Lantern Festival 元宵节

The Lantern Festival(元宵节 Yuánxiāo jié) falls on fiftheen day of the first lunar month. It is one of the traditional festivals in China. The Lantern Festival has a history of 2000 years, which is the first vital festival after Spring Festival. According to the Chinese folks’ tradition, on that day people will hang thousands of lanterns to celebrate the festival. It can be exciting to go out and enjoy the glorious of the full moon and guess the lantern riddles, or just stay at home with your family eating the sweet dumplings and see the TV show.

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Five nuts 五核桃

Nuts has many benefits. TCM believes that nuts are warm and hot in nature. The cold weather makes it suitable for people to eat nuts in winter without getting internal heat. Most nuts can nourish and strengthen kidneys, brain, and heart. In addition, eating nuts in winter helps keep warm and improve physical quality.

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Filigree Inlaid Metal Art 花丝镶嵌

Filigree inlaid metal art(花丝镶嵌:huāsī xiānɡqiàn) is one of the eight traditional arts and crafts of Beijing. Use of the filigree-inlay process began during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476BC), and the process flourished during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). The process was first documented during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). As most filigree-inlaid items are made from gold, they tend to be precious. For centuries, only members of China's royal family could enjoy works of filigree inlaid art.

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Goat Meat 羊肉宴

Goat meat is cooked in many different ways. A big bowl of goat meat and spicy goat blood soup, loaded with hot yang ("hot") energy to warm people up throughout the chilly winter, is a centuries-old traditional dish on the dining tables of farmers in Zhangqiao(张桥 Zhāngqiáo) Village of Jinshanwei(金山卫 Jīnshānwèi) Town, Jinshan District.

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Chinese grammar: in addition with haiyou还有

"还有" (háiyǒu) is used to express "In addition…" in a conversation. It is introducing new information to the topic the speaker(s) is/are talking about. While it's not the most challenging grammar structure, an important thing to keep in mind is that 还有 starts a completely new sentence or clause.

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