HK Festival: Hung Shing Festival
The Hung Shing Festival(洪圣节Hóng Shèng Jié) falls on the 13th day of the second lunar month.
Chinese food: Chinese Tray of Togetherness
From appetizers to dessert, these recipes all feature foods that are considered to be lucky in Chinese culture. They are especially popular during the Chinese New Year season, but you can enjoy them all year long!
Write 朋(péng)(friend) in Chinese character
朋(péng) Origin: “朋”最早是一种货币单位的名称,字形像两串贝。古代以贝为货币,五贝为一串,两串为一“朋”。后来引申为“朋友”等意思。
“朋” was the name for a type of currency. The character first appeared as two strings of shells. Ancient people used shells as money, with five on each string. Two strings together equaled one “朋.” Later, it expanded to mean “friend” and related concepts.
The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars: Wang Xiang 二十四孝:王祥
As one of the cores of Chinese culture, "filiality" is not only the moral code for maintaining family relationships in Chinese society for thousands of years, but also the traditional virtue of Chinese Nation. A Yuan-dynasty(元朝Yuáncháo) writer Guo Jujing(郭居敬Guō Jūjìng) compiled the stories of 24 filial exemplars in ancient times and finished the Stories of Filiality. Let me introduce the 12th story to you.
Chinese food: Spring Rolls春卷
These delicate spring rolls are filled with shredded pork, shrimp, black mushrooms and garlic chives.
Chinese grammar: Expressing “a little too” with “you dian”
At times you may want to politely say something is "a little too" something. In that case, use "有点"(yǒu diǎn) or "有一点"(yǒu yì diǎnr).
Chinese Valentine’s Day 中国情人节
The origin of the Qi Xi(七夕 qīxī) Festival is a romantic but sad Chinese fairytale which known as “Cowherd and the Weaver Girl”. The tale tells the story of a pair of star-crossed lovers, nearly in the style of “Romeo and Juliet”.A moral cowherd and a fairy from heavens immersed in their forbidden adore, faced excellent objections from the Heavenly Empress. They had been finally separated. Every year on this faithful day, legend says, a large number of magpies from a bridge, transcending the barrier between the mortal and heaven worlds, to allow the pair of lovers to meet just on that particular day.
Chinese food:Lettuce Wraps
Popular at Asian restaurants, lettuce wraps make a great appetizer or main dish. These delicious chicken lettuce wraps are made with an oyster flavored sauce.
Chinese grammar: Expressing distance with 离 “li”
One of the ways to express distance is to use "离"(lí). Structure: So this pattern is normally used to simply express that one place is (not) close or (not) far from another place.
The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars: Guo Ju 二十四孝:郭巨
As one of the cores of Chinese culture, "filiality" is not only the moral code for maintaining family relationships in Chinese society for thousands of years, but also the traditional virtue of Chinese Nation. A Yuan-dynasty(元朝Yuáncháo) writer Guo Jujing(郭居敬Guō Jūjìng) compiled the stories of 24 filial exemplars in ancient times and finished the Stories of Filiality. Let me introduce the 13th story to you.