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...

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?

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...

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...

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...

The Mid-Autumn Festival, which falls on the 24th of September this year, is an important date in the Chinese calendar, second only to...

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...

The Dragon Boat Festival is known as 端午节 (duān ​wǔ ​jié)​ in Chinese. The festival is also known as the Double Fifth Festival as it is...

The Dragon Boat Festival is a 2,000 year old tradition. It commemorates the life and death Qu Yuan, a patriotic poet and respectable...

粽子(zòng​zi​) is a traditional treat made in the lead up to the Dragon Boat Festival. They are very tedious to make, as such making them...

Qingming festival 清明节, known as Tomb-Sweeping Day in English, is a traditional Chinese festival observed universally on the third day of...

The Year of the Dog is considered popular because of the dog’s bark??? Here’s why. The barking sound of the dog is phonetically written...