Qingming Festival 2022
I think everyone knows and feels happy about the upcoming 3-day holiday – from April 3rd to April 5th (finally, we will have some time off to enjoy the spring…
Lantern Festival 2022 – 元宵节
During the last month, all our attention was on the Chinese Spring Festival - first we learned how the Chinese prepare for it: The Little New Year, Pork Stewing Day, Shopping Day, Couplets Day; and then,…
The first day of the Lunar New Year
Finally, the Lunar New Year is here! And at midnight on February 1st, we all enter the Chinese New Year – the Year of the Water Tiger. We have been…
New Year’s Eve
The last day of the lunar year 2021 is on January 31st according to the Gregorian calendar. It will be the last day for Chinese people to prepare themselves and…
Couplets Day
Couplets are a very important part of a Chinese home’s decoration during the Spring Festival. There is also a special day for hanging them according to the Lunar Calendar – the 28th…
Shopping Day
In China, the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month is considered a good day for shopping as it symbolizes the welcoming of new things and the new year. According…
Chinese Spring Festival 2022 – Chūn Jié
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 Chinese Solar terms – Winter Solstice
The 22nd of the 24 Chinese Solar terms is here - Winter Solstice or 冬至 (Dōngzhì). Let’s learn a bit about this period in the Chinese calendar. It starts on December 21st, and that…
24 Chinese Solar terms – Greater Snow
It is time for another Chinese solar term again, starting December 7th. After the last one, Lesser Snow, it is now time for 大雪 or dà xuě in pinyin (which means Greater Snow). It…
24 Chinese Solar terms – Lesser snow
The solar term starting on November 22nd, which is the 20th out of 24 solar terms total, is called 小雪 (xiǎoxuě in Pinyin, meaning light or minor snow). 小雪 is…
