The Guest Gets the Best in China
The guest of honor naturally receives the choicest morsels, and is expected to lead the way when necessary. With a fish course, the fish head would be left for the guest of honor—and it is the most nutritious part (the eyes and lips are the valued delicacies offered to the senior lady present). The platter holding the fish will always be laid on the table in such a way that the fish head points towards the guest of honor (at family meals, the head faces the head of the family). If visitors find that they are the guest of honor and are unwilling to accept the duties involved, they should always delegate the honor to the person on their left, or politely turn the platter so that the fish head faces the host.
Chinese Festival: Winter Solstice Festival
The Winter Solstice Festival（冬至节dōng zhì ji é） falls during the 11th lunar month.
Chinese grammar: Expressing permission keyi可以
可以 (kěyǐ) is primarily used for expressing permission in Chinese grammar. Structure
Permission is expressed with the auxiliary verb 可以. It might be helpful to think of 可以 as meaning "may." This will help to keep its functions and usage clear.
The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars: Jiang Shi and His Wife 二十四孝：姜诗和妻子
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 20th story to you.
Chinese Tea & Teahouses
Ever since Emperor Shen Nung sat under a camellia tree 5,000 years ago, tea has been China's national beverage. Some of the camellia tree's leaves were blown into a cauldron of boiling water and the resulting fragrance tempted the emperor to sip the brew. From that accidental beginning, China's tea culture flourished through the succeeding dynasties.
Write 昏 (hūn)( dim) in Chinese character
昏 (hūn) Origin: 甲骨文“昏”字像太阳落到了人的手臂的高度，表示“到了天暮的时候”，这就是字的本义。引申为“昏暗”、“糊涂”等义。
On oracle bones inscriptions, the character “昏” looked like the sun falling into a man’s arms. It meant “the time of sunset,” which then extended to “dim,” “confused,” and more.
The tradition of Start of Winter
The Customs of the Start of Winter in Benxi City Benxi of Liaoning Province is a multi-ethnic city. There are more than 20 nationalities living here, including Han, Manchu, Hui, North Koreans, and Mongolians. Among them, the population of Manchu achieves 410,000 humans. The Start of Winter, when the autumn crops have been stored in the storage, is the festival for the Manchu Eight Banners and Han Eight Banners to burn incense and offer sacrifices to their ancestors. The “huan yuan xiang” (the incense to redeem a vow to the god) and “tai ping xiang” (the incense to pray for peace) of the Manchu Eight Banners, in particular, are held on Start of Winter Day. The main activity of Han Eight Banner is to “play the god of tiger.”
Snacks in Xi’an
Xi'an one of the four ancient cities, and the domestic tourist city, is famous for its cuisine and snacks, if you are visiting this city, you cannot miss the food here. In this article, several most famous Xi’an cuisines will be introduced to you.
Chinese grammar:Continuation with 还 “hai”
If you "still" need help on how to use "还" (hái), then this is the page for you.
How to Calculate Start of Winter?
According to ancient records, there are three signs to look for that the Start of Winter period has begun. The first sign is that water begins to freeze. The second sign is that the ground has also begun to freeze. The third sign is that animals such as pheasants can no longer be seen, while clams with similar colors to pheasants begin to appear on beach.
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