Mid Autumn Festival

CELEBRATING MID AUTUMN FESTIVAL

 

The Mid Autumn Festival or Moon Festival is perhaps one of the most well known Chinese festivals in the West (Aside from Spring Festival/Chinese New Year, Tomb-sweeping day and Dragon Boat Festival). It's celebrated on the 15th of August in Chinese lunar calender and this year, it will fall on September 12th, 2011.

It is important to us Chinese, because it's a representative of family's reunion. So I'd always spend this day with my parents, brothers, sisters and at our grand-parents's house. For generations, mooncakes have been the typical dessert of the [...]

August 16th, 2011 | Category: Festivals of the Month | 4 comments - (Comments are closed)

Xianyukou Historical Food Market in Beijing

Xianyukou Food Street in Beijing

Those who love gourmet have another place to hunt for delicious food in Beijing at Xianyukou, a 570 year old ancient street that has been renovated and reopened to the public this summer!  You will find a lot of famous historical restaurants here, such as Pianyifang Peking Duck House. There are also local snacks and specialty dishes that you can sample.  

In addition to food, the region is unique for its architecture and history – aside from the main streets where big and famous restaurants area, [...]

August 14th, 2011 | Category: Where to Go! | One comment - (Comments are closed)

Chinese Wedding

  CHINESE WEDDING

Nowadays, more and more young couples choose to have a traditional wedding ceremony. Chinese wedding custom has a long history and a lot of rules and of course, some are barely practical. While a lot of interesting aspects are particularly popular as people believe these bring great luck to the marriage.

For example, in the morning, the groom will go getting his bride by a sedan chair lifted by either 4 or 8 people. In order for the groom to "land" safely, the bride would usually have to give "the drivers" a red envelop [...]

August 9th, 2011 | Category: Chinese Traditions and Customs | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)