Chūn Jié – Chinese Spring Festival
Everyone loves holidays, right? I know most of us just returned to work from our Christmas and New Year’s vacation, but now, we already get to plan the next one,…
24 Solar terms – Major Cold
Today, on the 20th of January, we welcome the last solar term that represents winter. It is called Major Cold or 大寒 (Dàhán), but interestingly enough, it is not the…
24 Solar Terms – Minor Cold
Minor Cold, or Xiǎohán(小寒) is the 23rd of the 24 Chinese Solar terms. This year (2022) it starts on January 5th. Despite the name – Minor Cold – usually it…
24 Solar terms – Introduction
China is a country of diversified culture. One of the interesting cultural quirks here is that China has its own seasons called the 24 solar terms. Akin to the farmers'…
Markets of Shenyang – Nanhu Hardware Market
In previous articles, you’ve learned about various specialized markets in Shenyang – for foodstuffs, for instance. Or the Moloch that is Wu’Ai Market. But today, I will introduce a more…
My Top Favorite Parks in Shenyang
I am not much of a city girl. I grew up in a very small town in a rural part of Germany where there is green everywhere. That was a…
Commander Zhang’s Mansion Shenyang
When you question out-of-towners about things to do in Shenyang, the first 2 sights they will probably come up with are the Imperial Palace and Commander Zhang’s Mansion. While our…
Huanggutun Incident Museum
Zhang Zuolin – lovingly nicknamed the “Old Marshall” by the Chinese and a major figure in the national history of China – is an unknown entity to many in the West. Here in Shenyang, we…
Ice-Skating in Shenyang
Isn’t winter great? Hot chocolate, tea, or Irish coffee (if you are over the legal drinking age and so inclined). Going skiing on various slopes around town. Eating Hotpot until…
Best Hotpot in Shenyang
The observant reader has probably already discerned (from articles such as my introduction to Xita part 1 and part 2, or from my overview of halal food in Shenyang) that…
