24 Solar terms – Awakening of Insects
The first spring month – March – has just started (we are very happy about the coming spring with its warm weather) and it means that a new Solar term…
24 Solar terms – Rain Water
The time for the 2nd of the 24 Chinese Solar terms in 2022 starts today, on February 19th. Yǔshuǐ (雨水 in Mandarin) can be literally translated as Rain Water Solar…
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…
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…
China’s Old Art Forms – Three Artists Who Left Us in September
China has a long-standing tradition of performing arts, with generations of artists being trained up (often by their fathers or other male relatives) to follow in the footsteps of their…
