One of the traditions during 元宵节 (yuán xiāo jié) is to adorn the streets with all kinds of lanterns. As one of the grandest festival...

Tomorrow is Lantern's Day and it marks the end of the Chinese New Year holiday. All over Asia, lanterns fill the streets. Lanterns started off...

Have you ever seen the red papers or lanterns with beautiful Chinese characters that are hung up on house doors during the Chinese New Year?...

If you ever shop in a Chinese grocery store, you have probably seen a round, white ball with a variety of fillings, such as peanut...

In Chinese, 十 (shí meaning 10) and 石 (shí meaning stone) have the same pronunciation. Thus the tenth day of the Chinese New Year is...

Do you know the Jade Emperor? He is the Zeus of Chinese mythology. As the head of all deities, he is the ruler of Heaven,...

The eighth day of the Chinese lunar year is said to be the birthday of the crops. Agriculture was and still is China’s most important...

In the Bible, God created the world in seven days. According to Chinese mythology, it was a beautiful fairy 女娲 (nǚ wā) who brought the...

During Chinese New Year, it is considered bad luck to get rid of anything between the 1st through the 5th day of the New Year's...