My dear readers, may I ask you a simple question, “Do you think the world is beautiful in your eyes?
Tag: Traditional Chinese
Spring Festival Folk-Custom – Bai Nian (New-Year Visits) 春节民俗之拜年
拜年是中国民间的传统习俗,是人们辞旧迎新、相互表达美好祝愿的一种方式。通常是正月初一家长带领小辈出门谒见亲戚、朋友、尊长,以吉祥语向对方祝颂新年,卑幼者并须叩头致礼,谓之“拜年”。主人家则以点心、糖食、红包(压岁钱)热情款待之。 Bai Nian is a traditional Chinese custom, a practice for people to ring out the old year and ring
A video to show you that culture is transmissible – Happy Mid-Autumn Festival !
Do you think culture is transmissible? I do. In this post I’ll introduce a classic Chinese poem, one of my
Chinese Culture: Winter Solstice Festival (冬至)
The Chinese Winter Solstice Festival has come this year. It is a festival even equivalent to the New Year in
Traditional Characters
During the ongoing "two sessions", Chinese director Feng Xiaogang suggested schools should teach traditional Chinese characters that contain cultural connotations.
今年“两会”的分组讨论中,冯小刚呼吁在中小学的课本里恢复部分有文化含义的繁体字。
Chinese Culture: Shaoxing Opera (越剧)
Today I will introduce the Shaoxing Opera. Shaoxing Opera, also called Yue Ju (越剧 yuèjù), is one of the Five
Fun Chinese characters – stack them up in multi-dimensional thinking!
In this post I’d like to stack up some character legos with you and hopefully you’ll learn a few new characters after this fun exercise.
Learn Chinese L22: How delicious the mooncakes are!
Dachuan is reading books in the library when Sun Dawei approaches Dachuan and tells him that today is a traditional
A Nine-year-old Model
Pictures of a nine-year-old Chinese girl walking along the runway at the Paris Fashion Week have recently gone viral on social media.
最近,一组9岁中国萝莉在巴黎时装周走秀的照片在社交媒体上走红。
Learn a few “store” related Chinese words and read humor in Chinese [Beginner]
The path of building vocabulary in Chinese is not an easy one. You should not only be able to learn