<img src=”http://chinese4kids.net/wp-content/uploads/sf.png” alt=”” title=”sf” width=”404″ height=”336″ class=”aligncenter size-full wp-image-2241″ />Chinese spring festival is going to be Feb. 10 this year. The year of Snake. Here is a great introductory video about Chinese spring festival:
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How time flies, tomorrow arrives again the Chinese mid autumn festival, the time for families to get together. Moon cakes will look the same, but probably taste different for those who live far away from home. But the moon will be round everywhere in the world, so at least we can send our [...]
The mid autumn festival is coming. Like all the festivals, there is a story behind. This story is about Chang’E(嫦娥), who is the goddess of the moon and lives lonely there with a company of a jade rabbit. On the bright night on the mid autumn festival, when you look closely at the round moon, [...]
Balance and harmony
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I gave a presentation to 6th grade social studies students on the topic of Balance and Harmony in Ancient Chinese Civilization. Well, the theory was developed thousands of years ago, but it is still in consideration and practice of Chinese people. The major theories I mentioned were Yin and [...]
新年好！
xīn nián hǎo!
恭喜发财！
gōng xǐ fā cái
Here are some videos regarding Chinese spring festival and celebrations, some were posted before, one was a new addition:
Introduction to Spring Festival
Please have a look at my old post
Dragon Dance
Chinese Zodiac
Please have a look at this post.
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Again, here comes the day for Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival, a day for family to get together , eating moon cakes and grapes as well as enjoying the full moon.
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
To understand more about the festival, please read this post.
There is a beautiful song “Wishing We Last Forever” you might also want [...]
I have been asked several times, “How do Chinese people eat with chopsticks? Do they drink soup with chopsticks too?” Well, chopsticks are the cutlery in China, Chinese people also use other cutlery such as spoons.
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For Chinese people it is easy to eat with chopsticks, but for people who are not [...]
If you don’t understand Chinese, making orders in Chinese restaurants can be difficult. If you want to order meals in a local Chinese restaurant, that can be mission impossible. Luckily, a visual Chinese menu appeared on internet. Since its appearance, it has become really popular among foreigners.
All the characters have the basic shape of the [...]
恭贺大家新春快乐，吉祥如意，万事称心！
Happy new year!
Here is an introduction of Chinese New Year you may find interesting.
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Chinese New Year, also called Spring Festival, will start on Feb. 03 this year. We will say goodbye to Tiger and say hello to Rabbit — yes, the new year will be Year of Rabbit! In China, people are traveling back home to have the biggest family reunion festival. Abroad Chinese people will celebrate it [...]
