The Eight Chinese Cuisines China is large, how many Chinese cuisines are there? Chinese cuisines have been divided into 'Eight Great Cuisines' (八大菜系bā bǎo cài xì). Each cuisine represents a certain region. 1, Shangdong Cuisine With the longest history, Lu Cuisine is ranked #1 of the eight cuisines! Lu Cai - 鲁菜 lǔ cài Shandong Province [...]
Chinese New Year The Chinese New Year (新年xīn nián) is also known as the Spring Festival (春节chūn jié), has more than 4,000 years of history. Being one of the traditional Chinese festivals, it is the most important festival in China! Chinese New Year Prelude (December, 30th,2022 Friday) 腊八 là bā -Laba Festival The eighth day [...]
Top 8 Most Popular Chinese Summer Foods What is your favour Chinese Summer foods? If you’re wondering what Chinese people eat according to traditional Chinese medicine. Here are Eight Chinese summer foods to get you started. Watermelon - 西瓜 xī guā Watermelon is the most favour Chinese summer foods. In Chinese Medicine, the watermelon fruit [...]
Lantern Festival in China The Lantern Festival (元宵节 yuánxiāojié) in China is the last day ( traditionally) of Spring Festival (春节 Chūnjié ), falling on the 15th day of the first lunar month, it is also the first full moon night in the Chinese lunar calendar. The Lantern Festival of 2022 falls on February 15. There [...]
The Year of the Tigher 2022 2022 is the year of Tiger (Water-水虎 shuǐ hǔ) according to Chinese zodiac, starting from February 1st, 2022 and lasting to January 21st, 2023. Tiger is the third in the 12-years cycle of the Chinese zodiac sign. The 12 zodiac animals are, in order: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, [...]
6 Most Popular Chinese Online Shopping Sites Online shopping is growing rapidly in China, do you know the most popular Chinese online shopping site? Double Eleven — online shopping festival is coming in next month. Let's have a look at 6 most popular shopping sites in China that may help you buy products online easily. [...]
Essential Vocabulary for Online Shopping in Chinese Online shopping is growing rapidly in China. It is part of everyday life for Chinese people, saving time, money and the trouble of leaveing the house. Singles Day or Double-11 is China's biggest online shopping festival. On November 11,2020, there was more than RMB 372.3 billion (US$56 billion) [...]
Learn Chinese about Mid- Autumn Festival Mid- Autumn Festival --- 中 秋节 zhōng qiū jié Mid-Autumn Festival --- Chinese: 中秋节 ( zhōng qiū jié ) is traditionally celebrated on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month in September or October in the Gregorian calendar. In 2020, Mid-Autumn Festival is on September 21st. Chinese [...]
Qixi Festival ------ Chinese Valentine's Day Qixi Festival (七夕节)， the seventh night of the 7th month on the Chinese lunar calendar, falls on August 14 this year. It celebrates the annual meeting of the cowherd (Niulang 牛郎) and weaver girl (Zhinu 织女) in Chinese mythology, so it is also called the Chinese Valentine's Day. [...]
Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Boat Festival of 2021 falls on June 14 ( the 5th day of the 5th month according to Chinese lunar calendar). Also known as Duanwu Festival ( 端午节 Duānwǔ Jié). the holiday in China starts from June 12 to 14, 2021. Many legends circulate around the festival but the most [...]
