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Two popular Chinese TV series are causing family fights over the remote control this winter: The Line with its cast of young, good-looking men who appeal to yunger audiences (particularly girls), and Ji Xiaolan, a Qing Dynasty costume drama that is hooking older viewers. The Line The story of The Line takes place in Guning, [...]

Chinese New Year 2010 in London Dates: February 2010 Venue: Various venues The Chinese New Year in Central London is the biggest celebration of Spring Festival outside Asia. Source from: http://www.visitlondon.com/events/detail/4733685 Chinese New Year 2010, the Year of the Tiger, falls on 14 February. The main London Chinatown Chinese Association celebration takes place on 21 [...]

The popularity of Chinese language classes is at an all-time high, as more and more people sign up to xuexi putonghua (study Mandarin). However, China’s 400 million Internet users have some phrases that new students won’t find in any dictionary or language textbook. Just as the development and increasing use of the Internet put words [...]

If you think your friends know more about Chinese culture than you do, stump them with this one: name the only Chinese citizen ever to win an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and a Grammy Award.

Tradition has it that in ancient China there was a monster named “Nian” (or “year”) with long tentacles on its head that was extremely ferocious. “Year” generally lived deep down on the ocean floor, climbing to the shore only on the Lunar New Year to devour livestock and people.

What would a holiday be without music? Just as Christmas music fills the airwaves in many Western countries at Christmas time, the festive music of Spring Festival can be heard throughout China as people gather together to celebrate the New Year. Music has always played an important role in Chinese culture and tradition. Confucius himself [...]

Fun facts about travel during Spring Festival 1. So many people travel around the time of Spring Festival (most going home to be with their families) the phenomenon has been given its own name: Chun Yun, or “Spring [Festival] travel”. 2. During the 2005 Spring Festival season, nearly two billion individual passenger trips were taken [...]

Spring Festival is a time when families get together and celebrate, and just like in the West, that means lots and lots of eating! There are tons of goodies to choose from, but the most important meal happens on the night before the first day of the New Year, when families gather as one and [...]