CNY Day 11: Preparing for the Lantern Festival 元宵节
Traditionally, the 11th day of the Chinese New Year is when the wife’s father would invite his son-in-law to a fancy meal at home. It...
Read MoreCNY Day 10: The Birthday of Stones 石头节 (shí tou jié)
In Chinese, 十 (shí meaning 10) and 石 (shí meaning stone) have the same pronunciation. Thus the tenth day of the Chinese New Year is...
Read MoreCNY Day 9: The Birthday of the Jade Emperor 天日
Do you know the Jade Emperor? He is the Zeus of Chinese mythology. As the head of all deities, he is the ruler of Heaven,...
Read MoreCNY Day 8: The Birthday of the Crops 谷日 (gǔ rì)
The eighth day of the Chinese lunar year is said to be the birthday of the crops. Agriculture was and still is China’s most important...
Read MoreCNY Day 7: Happy Birthday to Us
In the Bible, God created the world in seven days. According to Chinese mythology, it was a beautiful fairy 女娲 (nǚ wā) who brought the...
Read MoreCNY Day 6: Sending Poverty Away 送穷
During Chinese New Year, it is considered bad luck to get rid of anything between the 1st through the 5th day of the New Year's...
Read MoreHomeschool Chinese: Do You Know Your Chinese Cities?
[caption id="attachment_1774" align="aligncenter" width="533"] "Your character looks great, Jiejie!"[/caption] We are excited to share that we will be traveling to China in the next calendar...
Read MoreCNY Day 5: The God of Wealth 迎财神
After New Year’s Day, the sound of firecrackers start to die down, but on the fifth day the firecrackers are once again popping and crackling...
Read MoreCNY Day 4: Who's 灶王爷? The Kitchen God?
Have you heard of the Kitchen God? Legends says that today (the 4th day of the lunar new year) is the day the Kitchen God...
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