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...

I spent quite a bit of time getting my head around the characters of My Little Pony whilst writing descriptions of the books on our...

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...

Part of Your World 属于你的世界 | The Little Mermaid 小美人魚 (1989) | Chinese Mandarin This was first released almost 30 years and yet the music...

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...

Remember Me 请记住我 | Coco 寻梦环游记 (2017) | Chinese Mandarin Disney Coco follows a 12-year-old boy named Miguel who is accidentally...

Our 7 year old son is obsessed with Nerf guns. He has been spending endless summer afternoons playing at Nerf gun wars with the other...

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

We have a house rule with our kids. Ever since they were of speaking age, we would not respond to them unless they spoke to us in...

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...

Every year during summer, lesbian (女同), gay (男同), bisexual (双性恋), and transgender (变性人) people all across the world particpate in street...

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...