What is Traditional New Year in China?
The Spring Festival is China’s major traditional holiday, and is also celebrated in other parts of Southeast Asia, including Vietnam (where New Year’s Day is called “Tet”), Malaysia, Taiwan, and of course, Hong Kong. However, in my research I couldn’t Continue Reading
Chinese New Year Taboos
While many Chinese people today may not believe in these do’s and don’ts, these traditions and customs are still practiced. These traditions and customs are kept because most families realize that it is these very traditions, whether believed or Continue Reading
Chinese Taboos for Man&Children
In China, for diffrernt people and different time, there are different taboos. Each culture has its personal policies on what is appropriate and what’s not. This list will detail some taboos in China. There is nothing at all better Continue Reading
The basic knowledge of Cold Dews
Example: The date of Cold Dew in 2088= [88 × 0.2422 +8.318] – [88 / 4] = 29-22 = 7, so Cold Dew falls on Oct. 7. October 8 is the first day of Cold Dew, one Continue Reading
The weather in Cold Dews
Cold Dew begins at the end of the first ten days of October, and ends in the last ten days. The direct point of the sun shines on the southern hemisphere and continues to move southward, and the angle Continue Reading
Proverbs and Poems of Cold Dew关于寒露的诗词
See the Emissary off in Shandong Han Hong (Tang Dynasty) Riding the horse with golden bridle, We went out of the city, and saw him off at Dongyang. In September, the cold dew turns to white, The autumn grass Continue Reading
Light Refreshments in China
Materials: 500 grams of flour and pork each, 150 grams of hardened broth, 15 grams of salt, white soy sauce, sugar and MSG each, 10 grams of sesame oil If you are a food lover, then coming to Continue Reading
Chinese culture: A Wedding Without Bridegroom
Occasionally the procedure of some of minority nationalities’ marriage in Yunnan like this, engaged, married, the bride goes back her mother’s home for living, pregnant, birth and bride come back to husband’s home, then begin to fall in love Continue Reading
The traditional Hui Minority
The Hui are one of the largest among China’s ethnic minorities, mainly living in Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai and Xinjiang. In addition, the Hui Moslems can be found in most of China’s counties and cities. According to historical records, during Continue Reading
Customs of De’ang people in China
Most De’ang festival are related to religion. For example, between the Close-the-Door and Open-the-Door Festivals (the middle of the eighth lunar month), the De’ang, followers the Hinayana or Lesser Vehicle branch of Buddhism, are forbidden to court, marry or Continue Reading
