Did you know that Ping Pong originated from 1880s Victorian England? It was invented by the upper classes as an indoor alternative to...

Numbers are surprisingly easy to learn in Chinese because they are simply logical. Once you have learnt how to count from 1 to 10 in...

年糕 (nián gāo), New Year Cake, is one of our favourite traditional dishes that we would eat during Chinese New Year. It’s a simple sweet...

Since ancient times the length of a pair of chopsticks has been 7.6 Chinese inches long, representing our 7 emotions and the 6 senses.

Hotpot is a Chinese cooking method similar to fondue, is a very popular Chinese New Year dish. Find out why!

Do you know the meaning or significance of the Chinese zodiac system and what each of the 12 animals represent?

Our children have started playing football matches in the local school league and as you can imagine it's now Eat, Sleep, Football,...

Li Bai, 李白, one of China's most prolific poets, used 4 lines of 5 Chinese characters while he reminisced about being with his family.

The Ghost Festival, also known as the Hungry Ghost Festival, 鬼节 (guǐ jié) is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in certain...

Behind every great man is a great woman, or so the saying goes, which generally implies that the great women is often the wife or...

Qing Ming 清明 is a day for the Chinese to celebrate life and honour their ancestors. This is a popular Tang Dynasty poem written by Du Mu...

2019 is the Year of the Pig starting from Feb. 5, 2019 (i.e. Chinese New Year) to Jan. 24, 2020. The Pig is the twelfth animal in the...

If you want to impress the in laws, grandparents or the other halves during Chinese New Year, here are few basic phrases (if you don’t...

Chinese paper-cutting (剪纸 jiǎn​ zhǐ​) originated from traditional ancestral and deity worship, and it is one of the oldest and most...

DIY Training Chopsticks in 3 Simple Steps You will need: A rubber band A pair of disposable bamboo chopsticks (including the paper...

The Chinese are thought to have used chopsticks as early as 1200 B.C., firstly as a cooking utensil. It was not until A.D. 400 that...

In our previous blog post we wrote about the many types of Chinese dumplings and a brief history of its origins and importance. We...

饺子 (jiǎozi) or Chinese dumpling is a quintessential dish in China that is consumed and appreciated throughout the country all year round...

Trick or treat! 不给糖，就捣蛋 (bù gěi táng, jiù dǎo dàn) Unless you have been too flustered with the kids this half term, you'd probably have...

Qixi festival (七夕节), falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month in the Chinese calendar and is also known as the Chinese...