HK Festival: Birthday of Kwan Tai
His birthday is marked by elaborate ceremonies across town, including those at the Man Mo Temple on Hong Kong island, where anever-burning lamp（长明灯chángmíng dēng） flickers before Kwan Tai’s statue.Kwan Tai’s Birthday（关帝诞Guāndì Dàn） falls on the 24th day of the sixth Continue Reading
Single’s Day 光棍节
Single’s day（单身节 Dānshēn jié）is a special festival which generally known asOne’s day（光棍节 Guānggùn jié）.It is now widespread among the young people, it is the day to celebrate their bachelordom. November 11, One’s Day, originates from the number”11.11″ which shapes Continue Reading
The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars: Lady Tang 二十四孝：唐夫人
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. AYuan-dynasty(元朝Yuáncháo) writerGuo Jujing(郭居敬Guō Jūjìng) compiled the Continue Reading
Zoomorphic Ornaments 兽形装饰
坤宁宫 Kūnnínggōng:the Palace of Female Tranquility. Today I’d like to make an introduction of Zoomorphic Ornaments– a traditional Chinese decoration.Chinese palaces,templesand mansions have on their roofs a special kind of ornaments called wenshou or zoomorphic ornaments, some on Continue Reading
National Day 国庆节
There are many festivals throughouta year,andif you ask me what is the most important day of a nation, I would tell you it is the Independence Day or National Days. For lots of nations the date of Independence Day Continue Reading
The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars: Yang Xiang 二十四孝：杨香
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. AYuan-dynasty(元朝Yuáncháo) writerGuo Jujing(郭居敬Guō Jūjìng) compiled Continue Reading
The Laba Festival 腊八节
For it contains ample amino acids, protein, vitamins and other nutrition, the Laba porridge is not only simple to prepare, but also a nutritious winter food. Cooked nuts and dried fruit are great for calming nerves, nourishing one’s heart Continue Reading
Chinese Clothing
In China, there are so many beautiful things of antiquity that can only be known from the study and research of these ancient times. The Chinese clothing has a long history. It shows us the culture of our Continue Reading
The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars: Yu Qianlou 二十四孝：庾黔娄
He served in office but a few brief days, When father caught a strange and awful disease. Qianlou looked North, and bowed to star Polaris, “Take me instead!,” he vowed from bended knees. As one of the cores Continue Reading
The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars: Lao Laizi 二十四孝：老莱子
He cut a comic caper, and played the merry fool, The Spring breeze fluttered his flower-drum gown. The old folks laughed with toothless glee; The sounds of their delight filled the air with joy. As one of the Continue Reading
